Håkan Samuelsson: outgoing Volvo boss and electric car pioneer

Having ensured the Swedish firm led the switch away from fossil fuels, its former boss is full of praise for Tesla – but has no regrets about filling city streets with SUVs

UK government vows 10-fold increase in electric car chargers by 2030

New target comes after criticism of infrastructure rollout for failing to match surging vehicle sales

Petrol prices are driving us to electric cars, and surging utility bills are no deterrent

EV sales are rising way beyond forecasts, indicating that most of us are more than ready to make the switch

Manchin ‘very reluctant’ on electric cars in ominous sign for Biden’s climate fight

Centrist Democrat, who holds key swing vote in US Senate, has poured scorn on the idea of phasing out gasoline and diesel cars

UK ministers urged to promote e-bikes to tackle health and climate crises

Campaigners say subsidy scheme could create £2bn in health benefits and cut 1m tonnes of emissions annually

‘You have to drive your competitive advantage’: Alison Jones of Stellantis

She runs UK operations for six car brands – and can’t understand the government’s half-hearted policy on electric vehicles

Is a Madagascan mine the first to offset its destruction of rainforest?

Researchers say the island’s biggest mine is on track to achieve no net loss of forest but that ‘there remain important caveats’

Ulez ‘to cover all of Greater London by end of next year’

Sadiq Khan’s plan would cut number of most polluting cars on London’s roads by further 20,000-40,000 a day

Plug in your car … but only Britain’s richer motorists can charge up cheaply

Drivers with no off-street parking must use public charging points and miss £950 in savings, warns thinktank

Boris Johnson’s promise to build 4,000 zero-emission buses makes zero progress

Only £320m of £4bn needed to build flagship vehicles for ‘green transport revolution’ has been committed by chancellor Rishi Sunak

‘A really bad deal’: Michigan awards GM $1bn in incentives for new electric cars

Automakers’ history of taking fat subsidies and overpromising job growth make some analysts skeptical of the deal

Andy Palmer’s bumpy ride: from supercars to battery buses

The man formerly known for his role at Aston Martin is leading a drive to make bus maker Switch, and the whole UK industry, a major force in electric vehicles

‘We are afraid’: Erin Brockovich pollutant linked to global electric car boom

Exclusive: Investigation uncovers evidence of contaminated air and water from one of Indonesia’s largest nickel mines

Andy Burnham says clean air zone critics made false claims about wife’s interests

Greater Manchester mayor says comments made in relation to Marie-France van Heel are ‘frankly disgraceful’

Electric car charging points ‘spread too unequally across UK’

SMMT says number of chargers has not grown fast enough to keep up with growth of EVs