Rio Tinto puts Serbia lithium mine on hold

Chief executive seeks public dialogue, suggesting protests against Loznica project have hindered any ‘reasonable debate’

How electric vehicles have helped labor and climate groups team up

Revitalized alliance could help strengthen both the fight for reducing emissions and for bolstering worker rights

Fast, furious and futuristic – Extreme E looks to turn a corner

Lewis Hamilton among team owners of competition for electric SUVs which puts the focus on the climate crisis

Electric cars: deadline nears to claim home charging grant

Funds are designed to give up to £350 towards cost of buying and installing a home charging point

UK cuts grants for electric vehicles for second time in a year

Subsidy available will fall from £2,500 to £1,500 – half the sum available to buyers at the start of the year

Elon Musk slams Biden’s Build Back Better bill and its electric car incentives

Critics suggest the multibillionaire is annoyed that Tesla’s nonunion-made cars wouldn’t qualify for the subsidy

Electric vehicle boom fuels rise in UK new car sales

November increase is first in four months year on year but sales are still down on pre-Covid levels

I can’t charge my electric car cheaply because I’m too close to an RAF base

I can’t have Octopus Energy’s Go tariff because the meter would interfere with air force systems

‘No easy fix’: polar bear capital of the world turns to electric transporters to save the bears

The move comes as Churchill, Canada, remained ice free for the first time in years, resulting in less feeding time for its population of polar bears

US lags in electric vehicle sales despite Biden administration’s push

Electric cars will make up just 4% of American sales in 2021, compared with 9% in China and 14% in Europe

Nissan to invest £13bn on speeding switch to electric cars

Sunderland plant to play key role as carmaker says it will introduce 23 ‘electrified’ models by 2030

Easy rider? We’ll miss the roar, but electric motorbikes can’t kill our road romance

For bikers, combustive power is one of the thrills of a long-haul trip. But flat batteries and charging points will just become part of exciting new journeys

Will Rivian’s electric vehicles end Detroit’s reign over the US auto industry?

Investors have salivated over the Illinois automaker – but juggernauts like Ford and GM still have plenty of advantages

Battery power: five innovations for cleaner, greener electric vehicles

EVs are seen as key in transition to low-carbon economy, but as their human and environmental costs become clearer, can new tech help?

‘Battery arms race’: how China has monopolised the electric vehicle industry

Chinese companies dominate mining, battery and manufacturing sectors, and amid human rights concerns, Europe and the US are struggling to keep pace