Diesel car sales slump puts thousands of jobs at risk in UK Move to electric vehicles and tax increases have dented appeal of diesel-powered vehicles and may lead to redundancies according to experts
UK must be ready for rise of electric vehicles, says ABB chief Charging point manufacturer’s CEO warns that UK power grid needs to handle expected 9m electric vehicles by 2030
Murky defence of diesel does Britain’s troubled motor industry no credit The emissions scandal has damaged public trust in carmakers. It is time for them to be transparent and honest about the challenges they now face
UK lacks infrastructure for self-driving electric cars, says Axa Britain could miss out on autonomous vehicle revolution owing to the shortage of charging bays and National Grid limitations
The EU still represents a bulwark against the corruption of 19th-century trade Outside a single market trying to keep faith with ethical trading, Britain faces a dog-eat-dog world of opacity and compromise
VW is raising its profits forecast. Has it cleared the air over dieselgate already? The company’s resilient sales have created a platform for it to overcome the disgrace of manipulated emissions tests
Norway leads way on electric cars: ‘it’s part of a green taxation shift’ Nearly a third of all new cars sold in the country this year will be plug-in models and experts expect that share to skyrocket
How green are electric cars? Norway, the world leader in electric car take-up, can boast that the vehicles are clean because they’re almost exclusively run on hydropower
Electric and plug-in hybrid cars whiz past 3m mark worldwide Rapid growth is due to falling battery costs, government incentives and car makers competing to build new models
BMW electric car ad banned over misleading ‘clean car’ claims Ruling by advertising watchdog could have knock on effect on other electric car advertising
Electric cars already cheaper to own and run than petrol or diesel – study Exclusive: Pure electric cars cost less over four years than petrol or diesel cars in the UK, US and Japan, researchers say, but China is set to lead the market
Treasury backs electric cars but makes limited moves on diesel Funds set aside for national charging network and technological research, but lack of scrappage scheme disappoints
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Tesla Roadster: nine things we know about the ‘smackdown to gasoline cars’ New electric supercar will break records according to Elon Musk, with blistering acceleration and 630-mile range. Here’s everything we know
Elon Musk unveils Tesla electric truck – and a surprise new sports car Using diesel trucks now ‘economic suicide’, says Musk – but questions persist over company’s capacity to meet demand