Tesla pauses German production after Red Sea shipping attacks

Delays in delivery of parts result in suspension of manufacturing at factory near Berlin for two weeks

Car finance: what is the FCA looking into and will people get money back?

UK watchdog is investigating personal contract purchase (PCP) plans after two cases were found to have been unfair

UK car finance: ‘millions of drivers could get payout’ as watchdog investigates

FCA to examine whether consumers have been charged inflated loan rates on new and secondhand cars

Have Australian drivers finally charged into electric vehicles?

EV sales are booming and longtime favourite makes and models are being ignored in favour of Tesla and BYD

‘We don’t have a say’: workers join push to unionize flagship Volkswagen plant

UAW hopes to extend ‘Big Three’ victories to company’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which has resisted prior efforts

White House unveils $623m in funding to boost electric vehicle charging points

Funding comes amid concerns transition to zero-carbon transportation isn’t keeping pace with goals to tackle climate crisis

Britain’s pavement hell: how messy, broken streets ruin people’s lives

Whether it’s cracked paving stones, piles of bin bags or abandoned bikes, the UK’s streets have become increasingly tough to navigate – with some disabled and older people staying indoors as a result

‘Paying too much’: what could you save on your holiday road trip if Australia had fuel-efficiency standards?

Climate Council finds average Australian car needs more petrol to travel same distance as more efficient models common overseas

UAW announces union campaign at Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama

The US autoworkers’ union plans to bring more employees under its protection after record deals with automakers last year

EU announces €4bn state aid to back battery and green tech factories

Support aims to stop production being lured overseas with promise of bigger foreign subsidies

BT to transform old street cabinets into electric vehicle chargers

Pilot scheme in Scotland will involve engineers retrofitting cabinets originally used for cables

UK ministers in ‘embarrassing climbdown’ over claims quad bike roll bars increase injury risk

Government had rejected campaigners’ demands for new safety measures on basis of outdated research

Electric car sales in UK flatline, prompting calls for VAT cut

Stalled growth in electric vehicles comes despite government goal to phase out petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles by 2035

Utes and SUVs make up entire top 10 in record year of new car sales in Australia

The Ford Ranger usurped Toyota’s HiLux as the most sold car model, while battery EVs accounted for 7.2% of sales

Big carmakers lobbied UK to weaken or delay electric car rules

Exclusive: Submissions seen from companies on both sides of zero-emission vehicle mandate