Oxford becomes UK’s electric bus capital as 159 vehicles join fleet Private operators are guaranteed faster journey times by the council in return for investment
Have Australian drivers finally charged into electric vehicles? EV sales are booming and longtime favourite makes and models are being ignored in favour of Tesla and BYD
White House unveils $623m in funding to boost electric vehicle charging points Funding comes amid concerns transition to zero-carbon transportation isn’t keeping pace with goals to tackle climate crisis
‘Paying too much’: what could you save on your holiday road trip if Australia had fuel-efficiency standards? Climate Council finds average Australian car needs more petrol to travel same distance as more efficient models common overseas
EU announces €4bn state aid to back battery and green tech factories Support aims to stop production being lured overseas with promise of bigger foreign subsidies
Electric car sales in UK flatline, prompting calls for VAT cut Stalled growth in electric vehicles comes despite government goal to phase out petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles by 2035
Big carmakers lobbied UK to weaken or delay electric car rules Exclusive: Submissions seen from companies on both sides of zero-emission vehicle mandate
‘They’ve knocked down hundreds of trees’: concerns over Cornwall’s new anti-gridlock road The infamous A30 summer bottleneck will go when dual carriageway opens in March, boosting the local tourism economy. But for some residents the cost is too high
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary: ‘There isn’t enough cooking oil in the world to power one day of green aviation’ The explosive airline boss with a big bonus looming sees the need for climate action – but points out ships and cars are big emitters too
Making the switch to electric vehicles: ‘The biggest shock was the huge savings’ UK motorists outline the pros and cons in making the move to an electric vehicle
‘It feels very fun and freeing’: US sees ebike boom after years of false starts Sales surge as cities and states look to cut pollution from cars and improve options for Americans to get around
‘People are proud of this green spirit of ours’: how a small Spanish city rejected cars Decades ago, when many other European cities were building more road capacity, Vitoria-Gasteiz took a very different path
Paris is saying ‘non’ to a US-style hellscape of supersized cars – and so should the rest of Europe From emissions to road deaths, the trend for ever-bigger SUVs is a disaster. We need regulation to turn the car industry back to smaller vehicles
Jaguar Land Rover begins road testing electric Range Rover prototypes New iteration of flagship vehicle is JLR’s first foray into building electric cars in UK
UK motorists: will you switch to a hybrid or electric vehicle in 2024? We’re interested to hear from UK drivers whether they will trade in their car for an electric or hybrid one next year, and if not, why not