Don’t book expensive driving tests through reseller sites, warns RAC

Learners trying to beat backlog can pay up to £195 with brokers who buy up slots and sell them on, according to motoring organisation

BMW chief says EU combustion engine ban will shrink car industry

Oliver Zipse tells Paris motor show 2035 cutoff point for CO2-emitting cars is ‘no longer realistic’

RAC offered me membership that would be ‘free’ – unless I needed breakdown assistance

Bizarre arrangement would cost me nothing unless I called out a rescue van, in which case it would be £85 please

Vauxhall owner to make decision on future of UK plants ‘in next few weeks’

Stellantis chief says company is nearing decision on Ellesmere Port and Luton amid row over EV quotas

The Guardian view on Europe’s struggling EV industry: driving in the slow lane

Editorial: Insufficient investment and the withdrawal of subsidies and incentives are damaging a sector that is vital to the green transition

Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears

A Dodge Ram 1500 is bigger than a Panzer I tank and campaigners say heavy trucks are ‘lethal’ in collisions

Tesla’s value drops $60bn after investors fail to hail self-driving ‘Cybercab’

Investors criticised lack of detail about the ‘robotaxi’ showcased by Elon Musk

Elon Musk unveils Tesla Cybercab self-driving robotaxi

Billionaire says autonomous car expected ‘before 2027’ will have a pricetag of less than US$30,000, with a ‘Robovan’ that can carry 20 people to follow

Not all credit goes to Ratan Tata – but he did shape investment in UK steel and JLR

Steel and car-making in Britain would have shrunk even further without long-termism of Tata Group’s late former chair

UK must prepare for widespread road pricing, says infrastructure tsar

Sir John Armitt says charging per mile ‘inevitable’ as move to electric vehicles creates £35bn shortfall in tax revenues

Global petrol price spike due to Middle East conflict to hit Australian motorists, Jim Chalmers warns

‘Rule of thumb’ is Australia’s inflation rises 0.4% when a 10% increase to crude oil price lasts a year

Rio Tinto to buy US lithium producer Arcadium in $6.7bn deal

Acquisition by Anglo-Australian miner comes despite global headwinds in electric car market

China puts tariffs on EU brandy in escalating trade row with Brussels

Beijing also considering duties on European petrol cars after EU imposed extra levies on Chinese electric vehicles

Many of Australia’s top car sellers are collecting and sharing driver data, Choice investigation finds

Consumer group analysed carmakers’ privacy policies to determine the extent to which modern, more digital vehicles collect data

Go-Ahead transport group orders 1,200 ‘green buses’ from Wrightbus

Deal for electric zero-emission vehicles worth £500m supports 500 jobs in Northern Ireland and 2,000 more across UK