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Drivers charging electric cars handed shock parking fines

EV owners were sent hefty PCNs but say some signs in private car parks fail to warn of fees to park and recharge car

Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’

Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar

High court rejects most of ‘dieselgate’ claims brought by 1.6m UK car owners

Carmakers welcome ruling against suit claiming manufacturers including Nissan, Ford and Peugeot fitted devices to defeat emission tests

EV charger rollout in UK slows amid political uncertainty and rise in installation costs

Growth in charge points falls markedly despite surge in number of rapid-charging units

Why put solar panels on green space when we could put them over car parks?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions considers a hot topic within renewable energy

As auto costs rise, will the US miss the golden age of electric vehicles?

Shifting demands and political ideology have left the industry vulnerable to global competition from cheap Chinese cars

Delhi plans to ban petrol rickshaws and scooters in effort to cut toxic fumes

Government hopes for 30% of city’s fleet to be electric by 2030, in move hailed as ‘gamechanger’ on air pollution

Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds

Research suggests 41,800 premature US deaths in 2024 were attributable to road pollution

‘Carspreading’ could lead to extra 400 crash deaths a year by 2040, study finds

Analysis shows cars in Europe have grown longer, taller and wider every year since 2000

Air pollution is a fixable problem – just look at how London and New York have cleaned up their acts

We’ve shown that rapid, measurable progress is achievable in our cities. Here’s how that can now be replicated worldwide, say mayor of London Sadiq Khan and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg

Nissan ‘shelves all-electric Qashqai plans’ as it cuts costs

Firm has been developing full EV version of its top-selling model in Europe at its plant in Sunderland

How Europe’s EV makers shrank their product to challenge the bloated SUVs

Smaller, cheaper cars built for narrow city streets are becoming more stylish – but require careful design decisions

JLR at risk of battery supply delays after Somerset factory turmoil

Supplier Agratas sacks its main building contractor on the government-backed project amid a budget mismatch

Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage

Apart from effort to electrify, there were geopolitical tensions around climate science and the 1.5C goal at pre-Cop31 climate talks

Heathrow third runway GDP yield may be 90% less than previous estimates

Department for Transport analysis suggests tiny economic boost would be outweighed by up to £62.5bn in trade-offs

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  • Secondhand EV leasing hits the fast lane as more UK drivers explore ways to cut motoring costs
  • ‘You owe parking fees’: experts warn of fake RingGo text scam
  • EVs and hybrids approach half of Australian new car sales amid ongoing fuel crisis
  • Boss of £300m used-car firm was ousted after ‘orchestrated plan’ by investors, judge rules
  • UK petrol price hits Iran war high, adding to pressure on households
  • Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’
  • TfL brings case worth up to £1bn against carmakers over Ulez compliance
  • BMW to cut ‘as many as 8,000 jobs’ under pressure from Chinese rivals
  • Top Gear’s Richard Hammond fined for speeding in Bentley and Porsche
  • I risk losing my livelihood because Nissan failed to repair my car
  • Summer holiday car hire: drive a great deal and avoid hidden fees
  • Four men in 20s die after car crashes into lamp-post in Merseyside
  • Mass job cuts loom at VW as profits fall steeply on China sales slump
  • Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise
  • Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035
  • Burnham announces £2 bus fare cap across England from January
  • ‘A guy did a runner in a Jaguar’: the petrol theft scandal – and the garage owner struggling to stop it
  • EU border chaos feared at Dover crossing as busiest summer weekend looms
  • Drivers charging electric cars handed shock parking fines
  • China’s monthly car ‌exports top 1m for first time as overall trade soars
  • The Guardian view on Volkswagen’s crisis: another wake-up call for Germany and the EU
  • US justice department investigating UAW president over corruption allegations
  • VW chief confirms plan to cut 50,000 jobs as board rejects plant closures
  • Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’
  • High court rejects most of ‘dieselgate’ claims brought by 1.6m UK car owners
  • VW workers protest in Germany over proposed job cuts and factory closures
  • German car industry warns of job collapse unless ‘bold decisions’ made to address Chinese threat
  • Port of Dover faces ‘utter chaos’ under struggling EU entry system, MPs say
  • EV charger rollout in UK slows amid political uncertainty and rise in installation costs
  • Making public transport fully accessible ‘could boost UK economy by £176bn’

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