A post-servo highway? How electric vehicles are changing the Australian roadscape
EVs are heralding a new kind of driving culture, from friendly chats at charging stations to reshaping where and how long we stop on road trips
Tata’s £4bn gigafactory plan fills in a major blank for UK car industry
With 180,000 workers in the sector, the planned plant is a big win for Britain in a game it could not afford to lose
Rishi Sunak hails Jaguar Land Rover pledge for £4bn UK gigafactory
Tata project likely to be in Somerset and will be one of Europe’s biggest battery cell manufacturing sites
Jaguar Land Rover owner expected to announce Somerset battery gigafactory
Announcement on Tata Group plant, which could create thousands of jobs and receive significant state funding, may come on Wednesday
In America’s ‘Voltage Valley’, hopes of car-making revival turn sour
EV manufacturer Lordstown Motors, lauded by Trump in 2020, has gone bankrupt – what now for the once-proud auto-making region?
Canada calls for halt to deep-sea mining amid fears of ecological devastation
Country’s ministers echo European governments, scientists and environmental organisations in citing need for robust regulation of fledgling sector
I travelled around Britain on low-carbon transport. It was creaky – but magical
Even train delays and waits for buses felt worth it for the space to think and environmental benefits. Our public transport is full of untapped potential, says writer Sophie Pavelle
TfL’s £300 Ulez fine left me seeing red
My car has a French numberplate but I had made every effort to comply with the rules
‘They’re sticking the finger up at cars’: Amsterdam split by low-traffic roads
The Dutch city’s ‘social experiment’ with closing off busy highways is testing the tolerance of drivers and cyclists
Britons driving to France warned over clean air fines
UK motorists may need to get stickers as more low emission zones spring up in French cities
Is China really leading the clean energy revolution? Not exactly
The country generates more solar energy than the rest of the world combined, but burns half the planet’s coal, says Li Shuo of Greenpeace East Asia
The Guardian view on Toyota’s electric car battery: a boost only if we embrace public transport
Editorial: Reducing carbon emissions is necessary. But the future of ‘mobility’ must involve much more besides private cars
Time to worry about car tyre pollution, Chris Whitty tells MPs
Chief medical officer says move to electric cars can reduce impact of exhausts, but may bring different problem to the fore
London mayor has no legal power to expand Ulez zone, high court told
Five Tory-led councils take legal action in bid to block Sadiq Khan’s plans to extend ultra-low emission zone to whole of capital
Toyota claims battery breakthrough in potential boost for electric cars
Japanese firm believes it could make a solid-state battery with a range of 745 miles that charges in 10 minutes