Bring in pay-per-mile road pricing across UK, urges Tony Blair’s thinktank Rachel Reeves urged to shelve fuel duty plans and overhaul taxes amid expected switch to electric vehicles
Project to build German EV microchip factory put on hold US firm Wolfspeed and German car parts supplier ZF postpone plans over doubts over viability
BMW chief says EU combustion engine ban will shrink car industry Oliver Zipse tells Paris motor show 2035 cutoff point for CO2-emitting cars is ‘no longer realistic’
Vauxhall owner to make decision on future of UK plants ‘in next few weeks’ Stellantis chief says company is nearing decision on Ellesmere Port and Luton amid row over EV quotas
The Guardian view on Europe’s struggling EV industry: driving in the slow lane Editorial: Insufficient investment and the withdrawal of subsidies and incentives are damaging a sector that is vital to the green transition
UK must prepare for widespread road pricing, says infrastructure tsar Sir John Armitt says charging per mile ‘inevitable’ as move to electric vehicles creates £35bn shortfall in tax revenues
Rio Tinto to buy US lithium producer Arcadium in $6.7bn deal Acquisition by Anglo-Australian miner comes despite global headwinds in electric car market
Go-Ahead transport group orders 1,200 ‘green buses’ from Wrightbus Deal for electric zero-emission vehicles worth £500m supports 500 jobs in Northern Ireland and 2,000 more across UK
Ocado and AA join growing revolt against London congestion charge for electric vans Forty businesses sign open letter to Sadiq Khan saying extending £15 daily levy to electric vans will backfire
Four years after buying an electric car, why am I still forced to play hunt-the-charger? I assumed it would get easier to run an EV, but without a decent infrastructure it’s getting harder and harder
EU leaders back extra Chinese EV tariffs despite split vote Decision opposed by five countries including Germany, where car firms say it could be ‘fatal’ blow for industry
Carmakers ramp up pressure on chancellor for EV sales subsidies Bosses say cost of complying with zero-emission vehicle mandate is ‘astronomical, and unsustainable’
‘Huge losses’: Sweden fears for future of batterymaker Northvolt Government rules out bailout for key project in European green industrial transition as job cuts announced
Jaguar Land Rover to invest £500m in Halewood car plant Upgrade to Merseyside site will allow it to build hybrid cars and prepare for electric vehicle production
Batterymaker Northvolt to cut 1,600 jobs amid electric car ‘headwinds’ Move comes after weeks of uncertainty over reports of financial problems as green vehicle sector struggles