Tesla accuses Australian car lobby group of making ‘false claims’ about Labor’s vehicle emissions plan

Exclusive: Electric car company says Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries is running a ‘concerted public campaign’ by suggesting plan would push up price of popular cars

UK a ‘tax haven’ for polluting SUVs, says green thinktank

First-year vehicle excise duty is a fraction of that in countries such as France and the Netherlands

Apple reportedly scraps multibillion-dollar plan to build electric car

Reports say tech giant made announcement during meeting and forecast layoffs, ending secretive and resource-heavy project

Electric cars produce twice as much CO₂ as trains, says rail group data

Rail Delivery Group said it hopes analysis will allow businesses to make greener travel choices

Do electric cars have an air pollution problem?

In part seven of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we look at claims friction on brakes and tyres will affect air quality

Public transport workers join climate activists for week of strikes across Germany

Verdi union in unusual alliance with Fridays For Future, founded by Greta Thunberg, based on common goals

Vauxhall’s Luton plant to manufacture electric vans in UK from next year

Owner Stellantis’s decision to invest will safeguard 1,500 jobs at the factory

Lab tests v the real world: how does the fuel consumption of Australian SUVs compare?

The Australian Automobile Association has found some SUVs use up to 20% more fuel on the road than reported in laboratory tests. Is your vehicle underperforming?

Some vehicles on Australian roads use 20% more fuel than claimed – which models are the worst?

BMW X3 has biggest gap between manufacturer’s laboratory consumption claims and real-world testing in latest Australian Automobile Association data

Post-Brexit watchdog ‘ready’ to investigate flood of cheaper Chinese electric cars

Remarks by head of trade authority come amid fears UK firms could be undercut ‘to extinction’

France halts €100-a-month electric car leasing scheme after huge demand

Minister says scheme to help low-income households and cut emissions is ‘victim of its own success’

Pity SUV drivers, fast being priced out of their badges of contempt for the planet

With the royals as ambassadors for these luxury cars, there’s little hope for the rest of us

Forget range anxiety: we should really worry about China’s global dominance in the electric car market

EVs heavily subsidised by Beijing are flooding Europe and the globe. If we don’t watch out, it could start a major trade war

Call for UK utility firms to face higher fines for ‘street scars’ on pavements

Government adviser says water and telecoms privatisation is to blame for disfiguring streets with tarmac

Ulez fines scandal: Italian police ‘illegally accessed’ thousands of EU drivers’ data

Italy’s data protection body is investigating claims – denied by TfL – that police shared names and addresses with firm collecting penalties from drivers