UK new car sales rise as industry leaders say recovery ‘within grasp’

Increase for fourth consecutive month, with almost 143,000 new vehicles registered in November

Ford plans £125m electric vehicle investment at Halewood

Factory in Merseyside will produce 420,000 electric drive units a year from 2024

US owners say they’ve been on the receiving end of road rage, but it may be more about EVs than the CEO himself

Troubled startup battery maker formally abandons long-shot plan to build 60GW plant in Quebec

Russian billionaire Denis Sverdlov to swap roles with chair Peter Cuneo after chaotic strategy U-turn

Expert in device science at Imperial College London who developed the longer-life batteries that power electric cars and smartphones

Motoring experts say chancellor’s decision to apply the tax could slow transition to EVs

Editorial: The struggles of a flagship battery manufacturer point to a wider malaise

Green Lithium, backed by Trafigura, will create 250 permanent jobs at plant in PD Ports’ Teesport

Winner of government tender was unveiled at Cop26 as one that would ‘stand the test of time’

In part three of our series on the UK’s battery ambitions, we look at its attempts to encourage ‘gigafactories’

Mining giant Glencore stumps up cash as EV battery startup seeks buyer or investors to avoid administration

Effort to end fossil fuels may bring rapid industry expansion and chance to stop workers leaving ‘in droves’, EITI chair Helen Clark says

Proposed battery factory in north-east of England attracted serious backers despite founders’ lack of expertise

Company struggling to find investors willing to fund effort to build giant £3.8bn ‘gigafactory’ in north-east