Leading the charge: how a drive for electric vehicles is cleaning up Nepal

With air pollution causing a fifth of deaths in Nepal, growing EV use could add two years to Kathmandu residents’ lives

Trapped with a Tesla: my dream car has become a living nightmare

I bought it to be part of a greener future, but that was before Musk proved so awful. I’d sell it now, but prices have dropped, says the secret Tesla driver

Tesla quarterly sales slump 13% amid backlash against Elon Musk

Drop is likely combination of ageing lineup, increased competition and backlash to Musk’s politics

Tesla investors brace for global sales data amid consumer backlash over Elon Musk

First-quarter deliveries will be significantly down, say analysts, with the CEO and his links with Donald Trump the ‘core toxic issue’

‘Love the car, not the CEO’: how Europe’s Tesla owners feel about their cars – and Elon Musk

Some voice regret over Musk’s backing of Trump, but others say CEO’s views do not detract from the car’s appeal

Ministers may siphon off stalled £950m fund for motorway chargers

Talks to take place with operators about the scheme, announced in 2020, which has failed to make any grants

The Guardian view on China’s EV breakthrough: helped by the kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises

Editorial: BYD, a Chinese carmaker once dismissed by Tesla’s CEO, claims to have outpaced western rivals with charging tech that’s as fast as filling petrol engines

Chinese EV maker BYD says fast-charging system could be as quick as filling up a tank

BYD unveils platform with charging power of 1,000 kW, which would be twice as fast as Tesla’s supercharging

What is EV maker BYD and can its batteries really charge in five minutes?

The Chinese carmaker’s shares have jumped as investors speculated it could outdo Elon Musk’s Tesla

Tesla tells US government Trump trade war could ‘harm’ EV companies

Letter from Elon Musk’s firm to US trade representative warns of ‘downstream impacts’ of tit-for-tat tariffs

Car industry urges UK government to create new EV incentives

Automotive body says current policy is leading to job losses and has become a ‘driver of de-industrialisation’

EV battery startup Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden

Swedish firm unable to ‘secure the necessary financial conditions to continue in its current form’

‘Patchy and behind deadline’: MPs attack UK rollout of EV charging points

Committee warns of serious injustice to disabled motorists and those reliant on public chargers

Quarter of England’s strategic A-roads have electric car charging ‘cold spots’

Affected roads include vital routes for holidaymakers, including A2 towards Folkestone and parts of A303 and A30

UK’s richest can boost climate action but need to cut outsized emissions – study

Study finds wealthy have larger carbon footprints but are uniquely positioned to have positive effects