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BT axes EV charger scheme after installing just one out of 60,000

Telecoms company hoped to convert roadside cabinets into charge points but will now shut down its sole installation

Amazon makes ‘largest ever’ UK order of electric trucks to cut carbon emissions

Online retailer will also begin its first large-scale deliveries by train and trial heavy post-style carts

Warmer homes and healthier people: what’s not to like about a low-carbon future?

Challenges of hitting net zero emissions are often discussed, but little focus is given to the gains of living in a low-carbon world

Elon Musk’s Tesla has received almost £200m in UK grants since 2016

Bulk of funds for electric vehicle firm relate to government’s plug-in car grant, analysis finds

Record number of electric cars were sold in UK during 2024

Environmental groups urge government to keep tougher green targets as industry argues they are unsustainable

Early phase-out of full hybrid vehicles may be a political risk too far for UK ministers

Pragmatism will win over purism, unless the government favours early closure for car manufacturers

UK needs to ban full hybrid cars by 2030 or face net zero ‘catastrophe’, says motoring body

Electric Vehicles UK says hybrids without a plug should be banned or else confidence in electric cars will be damaged

Starmer faces test of climate leadership with big decisions on carbon budget

PM will have to respond to Climate Change Committee’s recommendations on future emissions cuts with drastic changes in many sectors of economy

Can flood of cheap new EVs coming to Europe save its carmakers?

Analysts argue 2024 is minor blip and that lobbying for relaxation of rules could harm industry in long term

Disparities in EV charging provision risk drop-off in UK transition, study warns

Exclusive: Report finds poorer areas particularly affected by varying availability and cost of charging electric cars

UK public electric car chargers rose by a third in 2024 to more than 70,000

Number hits record level but rate of growth slows as installers face delays to government funding

Toyota donating $1m to Donald Trump’s inauguration – report

Report comes day after Ford and GM said they would give $1m each as companies look to cozy up with president-elect

BYD construction site in Brazil shut over ‘slavery-like’ conditions

More than 160 Chinese nationals were found living in ‘degrading’ conditions and working excessive hours

UK car industry hails plan for Prius-style hybrids to stay on sale after 2030

Government to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars but will relax rules that force firms to sell more electric vehicles every year

Nissan’s mooted merger with Honda may be best answer to industry’s EV problem

Potential deal sounds more like a credible plan for crisis-hit carmaker as its troubled alliance with Renault hits a dead end

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  • Secondhand EV leasing hits the fast lane as more UK drivers explore ways to cut motoring costs
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  • EVs and hybrids approach half of Australian new car sales amid ongoing fuel crisis
  • Boss of £300m used-car firm was ousted after ‘orchestrated plan’ by investors, judge rules
  • UK petrol price hits Iran war high, adding to pressure on households
  • Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’
  • TfL brings case worth up to £1bn against carmakers over Ulez compliance
  • BMW to cut ‘as many as 8,000 jobs’ under pressure from Chinese rivals
  • Top Gear’s Richard Hammond fined for speeding in Bentley and Porsche
  • I risk losing my livelihood because Nissan failed to repair my car
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  • Four men in 20s die after car crashes into lamp-post in Merseyside
  • Mass job cuts loom at VW as profits fall steeply on China sales slump
  • Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise
  • Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035
  • Burnham announces £2 bus fare cap across England from January
  • ‘A guy did a runner in a Jaguar’: the petrol theft scandal – and the garage owner struggling to stop it
  • EU border chaos feared at Dover crossing as busiest summer weekend looms
  • Drivers charging electric cars handed shock parking fines
  • China’s monthly car ‌exports top 1m for first time as overall trade soars
  • The Guardian view on Volkswagen’s crisis: another wake-up call for Germany and the EU
  • US justice department investigating UAW president over corruption allegations
  • VW chief confirms plan to cut 50,000 jobs as board rejects plant closures
  • Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’
  • High court rejects most of ‘dieselgate’ claims brought by 1.6m UK car owners
  • VW workers protest in Germany over proposed job cuts and factory closures
  • German car industry warns of job collapse unless ‘bold decisions’ made to address Chinese threat
  • Port of Dover faces ‘utter chaos’ under struggling EU entry system, MPs say
  • EV charger rollout in UK slows amid political uncertainty and rise in installation costs

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