EU may as well be ‘province of China’ due to reliance on imports, says industrialist Stefan Scherer, boss of AMG Lithium, says Europe must become more self-sufficient in critical raw materials and new technologies
Judge blocks Trump from withholding EV charger funds awarded to 14 states Trump officials had ordered states not to spend $5bn given by Biden under national EV infrastructure scheme
Chinese carmaker Chery Auto ‘actively considering’ building UK factory As company faces increased UK and EU tariffs, it says move would be part of ‘localisation’ strategy
Labour scraps £950m EV rapid charging fund first announced by Conservatives £400m to be set aside for on-street charging points instead of motorways after RCF was mired in delays
Trump blocks California rules for greener vehicles and gas-powered car ban State says it would challenge president’s resolution, setting up a battle over California’s environmental measures
BYD launches cheapest UK model in bid to overtake Tesla as biggest electric carmaker Dolphin Surf will start at £18,650 – among the cheapest new vehicles on sale in Britain
The car made pedestrians second-class citizens. Don’t let driverless vehicles push us off the road altogether If we want autonomous tech to succeed it must be designed to share space with us, rather than forcing us to adapt to it, says former cycling and walking commissioner Adam Tranter
UK sales of new Tesla cars slump by more than a third amid Musk backlash Electric carmaker sold 36% fewer cars year on year in May as it loses ground to China’s BYD and other rivals
UK’s shift on car sales rules may lead to higher emissions, says statutory adviser Up to 500,000 more plug-in hybrids could be sold because of government flexibility on the zero-emission mandate
Tesla sales slump across Europe amid backlash against Musk Registrations for new vehicles in April drop to half 2024 figure despite a broader rise in battery electric cars
Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts
Sing when you’re winning: how karaoke in cars heralds the triumph of Chinese firms European manufacturers of electric vehicles are scrambling to match the technology of their Chinese rivals
Weakening of UK EV sales rules ‘likely to result in significantly more carbon emissions’ Analysis suggests there could be 500,000 additional plug-in hybrid electric cars on Britain’s roads by 2030
Nissan open to making cars for Chinese partner in Sunderland, says CEO Ivan Espinosa says UK plant will not be hit by cost cuts as Japanese firm reveals seven factories to close
The Cybertruck was supposed to be apocalypse-proof. Can it even survive a trip to the grocery store? Thanks to poor engineering and Elon Musk, Tesla’s road rage-inducing street tank can’t even win over its core demographic: doomsday preppers