Tesla’s European sales slump as Musk warns of ‘rough quarters’ ahead

Electric carmaker struggles to emerge from sales rut on continent despite updating its bestselling Model Y

Jaguar Land Rover delays launch of new Range Rover Electric

Exclusive: Customers are told the carmaker is allowing more time for testing and for demand to pick up

Buyers of ‘greenest’ new EVs under £37,000 can get discount under UK scheme

Grant offering up to 10% off will not cover cheap Chinese models, which are built using coal-fired power, or Teslas

UK government announces £63m funding for EV charging infrastructure

Transport secretary promises to make buying electric cars ‘easier and cheaper’ as £700m subsidy package prepared

English councils urged to install pavement gullies for home charging of electric cars

Scheme aims to stop cables trailing across pavements and encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles

Tesla shares dive as investors fear new Elon Musk political party will damage brand

Fall of 6.8% in early trading wipes $79bn off firm’s value as market frets CEO’s foray into politics will distract from role

UK carmakers on track to meet EV sales target despite intense lobbying to lower quota

Electric car sales made up 21.6% of sales in first half of 2025, only just below the effective 22% share needed to meet rules

UK electric car sales up by a third in first half of 2025, preliminary data suggests

Battery electric car sales rose 34.6% in first six months of the year after strongest June for overall car sales since 2019

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