Ford unleashes the UK’s first legal hands-free drive car – but who will buy it?
Ford’s Mustang Mach-E lets motorists drive hands-free in UK (T&Cs apply: motorways only; don’t look away for too long)
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
TechScape: Self-driving cars are here and they’re watching you
Driverless cars have their cameras trained on the road – and on those inside, making some wonder just how that data will be used. Plus, Twitter’s viewing limits
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
Tesla delivers record number of cars as price cuts lift sales
Carmaker co-founded by Elon Musk beats forecasts to deliver 466,000 vehicles in three months to end of June
UK to gain first lithium mine in Cornwall in boost to electric car industry
British Lithium in joint venture with French mining company Imerys, aiming to extract 20,000 tonnes
Electric truck maker lauded by Trump as saving Ohio town files for bankruptcy
Lordstown Motors puts itself up for sale after unresolved dispute over promised investment from Taiwan company
Brexit ‘cliff edge’ poses threat to UK electric car production, warns industry chief
Head of SMMT raises concerns over tightening of trade rules from January on vehicles exported from UK to EU
Aston Martin agrees deal to make electric vehicles with US firm Lucid
British carmaker to use components from Lucid to produce luxury high-performance battery electric models
Firm owned by Britishvolt buyer raided by Australian authorities
Future of UK battery making thrown further into doubt after company founded by David Collard was visited by Federal Police
New electric cars won’t have AM radio. Rightwingers claim political sabotage
Conservatives say liberals want to kill talk radio. But there’s plenty else on the AM dial – much of it essential
Self-driving Waymo car kills dog amid increasing concern over robotaxis
Collision occurred as canine ran out from behind another car, but autonomous vehicle could not stop in time to avoid contact
The die is cast: petrol and diesel engines are dying. The electric age is inevitable
Arguments over the green credentials of electric cars are already over. Work on 21st-century tech, and leave the past behind, says Zapmap co-founder Ben Lane
Twitter and Tesla’s interests at odds in Elon Musk’s quiet China visit
The world’s richest person lapsed into an unusual silence on social media during his trip to the electric carmaker’s second largest market
France opens first electric vehicle battery gigafactory
Plant expected to create 2,000 jobs as France aims to be self-sufficient in vehicle battery production by 2027