How Europe’s EV makers shrank their product to challenge the bloated SUVs

Smaller, cheaper cars built for narrow city streets are becoming more stylish – but require careful design decisions

Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage

Apart from effort to electrify, there were geopolitical tensions around climate science and the 1.5C goal at pre-Cop31 climate talks

Drive to appeal to wealthy Americans is part of pivot away from previously announced all-electric strategy

British vehicles will emit extra 17m tonnes of CO2 by 2030 due to loophole allowing sale of more PHEVs, data suggests

Some analysts question whether design of Luce, starting at $640,000, lives up to sportscar car brand’s heritage

Department for Transport is understood to back reducing levy, which critics have called a ‘pavement tax’

Sports carmaker extends lifespan of petrol-engined Emira, made in Norfolk, to continue to cater for US market

BEV sales jumped nearly 60% in April, taking total electric car registrations to more than 2m, says SMMT

In an electric vehicle you quickly learn when you can gun the engine, how to use the many apps – and how to enjoy the time while the car is charging

Loaded with extras and produced at a cut price, the crossover SUV has overtaken rival cars from US, Japanese and Korean firms

Continent ‘sleepwalking’ into series of economic and national security problems due to over-dependence

Secondhand car buyers urged to carefully inspect vehicles, while owners told to beware tests that are suspiciously quick

As domestic sales slow, manufacturers are investing in AI and seeking growth in technology and in overseas markets

Data shows 224,000 new EVs were registered in March, with Norway leading way in terms of switching