‘We’re going all in’: how France raced ahead of UK on electric car batteries

State subsidies and industry backing pull in foreign investment as country creates ‘Battery Valley’

Low pay, fuel fines, cramped cabs: drivers at haulier used by major retailers speak out

Employees at Lithuanian freight operator Girteka complain of hard conditions on the road, including one who says he fell seriously ill but co-drove his truck 800 miles after emerging from hospital

I’m glad you’ve bought an electric vehicle. But your conscience isn’t clean

First, you’ve got to drive a long way before you overcome your EV’s embedded carbon debt. And then there’s the trouble with the minerals in its battery…

E-fuels: how big a niche can they carve out for cars?

Sections of industry back synthetic alternatives to fossil fuels, but case is much stronger for aviation

How war in Taiwan could mean the wheels come off the UK economy

Microchips are an issue, of course, but China also makes the alloy wheels our cars mostly roll on. And what about TikTok?

The Guardian view on the electric car revolution: targets are not enough

Editorial: The government must do its bit to make new electric vehicles more affordable if mass adoption is to be achieved on the road to net zero

Electric cars: could your employer help you save thousands?

People are waking up to the benefits of using salary sacrifice schemes to buy greener vehicles

As Dowlais debuts, fears over Melrose’s GKN takeover look unfounded

In 2018 the deal was treated with much scepticism, but Melrose can hardly be accused of slash-and-burn tactics

Biden team proposes strict vehicle pollution limits to boost EV sales

Proposal would require two of every three new vehicles sold in US to be electric by 2032

Shock and ore: UK firms race to get in on electric car battery recycling act

A startup in Devon is among those who spy opportunity in the process of turning old power cells into valuable raw materials

‘I was the ultimate in cool’: VW Golf owners remember the iconic cars

Half a century after its debut, the end of the combustion engine Golf is nigh – but it will always have a place in drivers’ hearts

Volkswagen warns EU that US is beating it in race to attract battery makers

Carmaker says it is progressing faster on US factory than European one thanks to subsidies

Ford seeks to remotely repossess cars after missed payments in US patent

Automaker would remotely disable the vehicle or a component of the vehicle if delinquency notice isn’t acknowledged

‘Greenwashing’ firms face steep new UK fines for misleading claims

New legislation could see companies fined millions of pounds for making unproven environmental assertions to sell their products

Major plug-in hybrid cars pollute more than official measures suggest

BMW, Renault and Peugeot PHEVs all exceeded carbon dioxide output claimed in standard lab tests, on-road tests show