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EU exports of electric cars to UK put at risk by Brexit trade deal

More than €4.3bn in costs could be added to EU industry unless deal is tweaked, say representatives of sector

‘I want to do something significant’: ex-F1 champion Nico Rosberg on his sustainable entrepreneurship

The former elite driver has changed lanes from fossil-fuel-guzzling track cars to green investing and environmentally friendly racing

The planet’s economist: has Kate Raworth found a model for sustainable living?

The long read: Her hit book Doughnut Economics laid out a path to a greener, more equal society. But can she turn her ideas into meaningful change?

Uber aims for greener trips and to expand London electric vehicle fleet

New features come to Uber app and firm is funding installation of 700 public charging points in east London

Fact check: why Rowan Atkinson is wrong about electric vehicles

Last week we ran a piece by Rowan Atkinson casting doubt on the environmental benefits of electric vehicles. Here Simon Evans of Carbon Brief offers his response

The die is cast: petrol and diesel engines are dying. The electric age is inevitable

Arguments over the green credentials of electric cars are already over. Work on 21st-century tech, and leave the past behind, says Zapmap co-founder Ben Lane

I love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped

Sadly, keeping your old petrol car may be better than buying an EV, says actor Rowan Atkinson

UK car buying: expert tips on what to pick for your budget

Motoring insiders tell us which models to choose, based on price, reliability, running costs and more

Fiat seeks incentives from UK for motorists to buy electric vehicles

Key subsidy scrapped last year, and carmaker says growth in sales has tailed off in Britain

Twitter and Tesla’s interests at odds in Elon Musk’s quiet China visit

The world’s richest person lapsed into an unusual silence on social media during his trip to the electric carmaker’s second largest market

France opens first electric vehicle battery gigafactory

Plant expected to create 2,000 jobs as France aims to be self-sufficient in vehicle battery production by 2027

‘We’re going all in’: how France raced ahead of UK on electric car batteries

State subsidies and industry backing pull in foreign investment as country creates ‘Battery Valley’

Jeep maker Stellantis demands billions to keep battery plant in Canada

World’s fourth biggest carmaker threatens to move production to US unless government matches incentives offered to Volkswagen

Jaguar Land Rover boss says car plants in UK are not under threat

Comments come as carmaker talks with Spain and UK governments over where to build new car battery gigafactory

Lack of plan for green industry risks UK ‘falling behind’, top government adviser warns

Influential economist Andy Haldane says dearth of coherent strategy means Britain isn’t in the new ‘arms race’ to reindustrialise

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