London drivers ditching diesel cars six times faster than rest of UK

Abandoning of polluting vehicles has accelerated since expansion of ultra-low emission zone announced

‘Ambitious’ UK plans for electric vehicles welcomed – with reservations

Green groups fear the policy will embed car use at the expense of healthier and ultimately cheaper alternatives

Department says falling income from levies that brought in £37bn last year could cause ‘significant and permanent fiscal pressure’

Government says strategy would create 440,000 jobs, but Treasury warns taxes may need to rise to fund changes

Move to upgrade transmission plant at Halewood to produce parts for electric drive will maintain about 500 jobs

Chair Peter Rolton says Britishvolt more likely to pick UK after proposed changes to stock market listing rules

Almost four in 10 back road pricing to replace fuel duty and other taxes as people switch to electric cars

Dutch team designed and built two-person van with kitchen, bed, shower, loo and range of up to 450 miles a day

With running-cost savings available, motorists are increasingly keen to go green

Little-known scheme similar to ‘bike to work’ could make it much cheaper to lease an electric vehicle

Global chip shortage helps push car registrations to lowest level for more than two decades

Decarbonisation plan, with almost 40% of power sourced from fossil fuels, is a monumental challenge

A continuing global shortage of semiconductors is further hampering the sector badly hit by lockdown

Deep sea mining firms claim their rare metals are necessary to power clean tech – but even major electric car firms now back a moratorium

Editorial: Rachel Reeves put on a fiscal straitjacket, then spent her speech to the Labour party conference getting out of it