Tuesday briefing: How Mark MacGann revealed the secret history of Uber

In today’s newsletter: Inside the story of the man who leaked explosive evidence of company’s expansion strategy

Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals

124,000 documents expose inner workings behind US tech firm’s rise as a global empire responsible for 19m journeys a day

Uber offered shares to media barons for political help, leak reveals

Tech firm wooed owners of publications in Europe and India as it sought favourable treatment from governments, documents show

Britain’s electric dreams will never come true while China has a materials advantage

Rare earth elements hold the key to a carbon-free future, but a new report reveals the UK’s shortcomings and vulnerabilities

Decision on sale of UK’s biggest chip maker to Chinese-owned firm delayed

New national security legislation used to allow more time to scrutinise £63m deal for Newport Wafer Fab

UK new car sales fall to lowest level in June since 1996 amid chip shortages

Rising costs push up prices and drivers wait more than 12 months to take delivery of some models

Electric cars sold in UK passes half a million despite supply chain issues

A fifth of the electric cars on British roads were made by Tesla, the US electric car pioneer

Is ‘fake data’ the real deal when training algorithms?

The use of synthetic data is a cost‑effective way to teach AI about human responses. But can it help eliminate bias and make self‑driving cars safer?

Dutch group targets hydrogen-fuelled commercial flight in 2028

Consortium plans to adapt turboprop aircraft with 40-80 seats to run on environmentally friendly fuel

A living room on a skateboard: how electric vehicles are redefining the car

Future EV designs offer drivers more space and leisure, with fewer parts making production more sustainable

Tesla investigation deepens after more than a dozen US ‘Autopilot’ crashes

Regulators to look with enhanced scrutiny after cars with driver-assistance function crashed into parked emergency vehicles

TechScape: Do Apple’s bigger car screens take driving in the right direction?

In this week’s newsletter: Apple’s CarPlay updates put a dizzying amount of information at a driver’s fingertips – for good or bad. Plus, Elon Musk continues to try not to buy Twitter

Australia’s used car market is in overdrive as dealers chase customers to buy back vehicles

Supply chain issues cause unprecedented demand and wait times for used cars pushing dealers to contact private sellers directly

Brace for a shock: cost-of-living crisis drives up price of electric car charging

Recharging at home is 43% more expensive than a year ago – but EVs are still much cheaper to run than petrol and diesel cars

UK sales of secondhand electric cars more than double in a year

Number of transactions rose from 6,600 in the first three months of 2021 to 14,600 in the first quarter of 2022