English councils urged to install pavement gullies for home charging of electric cars Scheme aims to stop cables trailing across pavements and encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles
EU may as well be ‘province of China’ due to reliance on imports, says industrialist Stefan Scherer, boss of AMG Lithium, says Europe must become more self-sufficient in critical raw materials and new technologies
BYD launches cheapest UK model in bid to overtake Tesla as biggest electric carmaker Dolphin Surf will start at £18,650 – among the cheapest new vehicles on sale in Britain
‘They’re living in fantasy land’: Uber to trial self-driving taxis in London next spring Partnership with Wayve will use cars without a human safety driver onboard for the first time in Europe
UK sales of new Tesla cars slump by more than a third amid Musk backlash Electric carmaker sold 36% fewer cars year on year in May as it loses ground to China’s BYD and other rivals
UK’s shift on car sales rules may lead to higher emissions, says statutory adviser Up to 500,000 more plug-in hybrids could be sold because of government flexibility on the zero-emission mandate
UK-wide parking app to be rolled out by industry bodies after pilot scheme National Parking Platform, where motorists can pay for all parking on single app, to launch ‘as soon as possible’
Sing when you’re winning: how karaoke in cars heralds the triumph of Chinese firms European manufacturers of electric vehicles are scrambling to match the technology of their Chinese rivals
The Cybertruck was supposed to be apocalypse-proof. Can it even survive a trip to the grocery store? Thanks to poor engineering and Elon Musk, Tesla’s road rage-inducing street tank can’t even win over its core demographic: doomsday preppers
Cobalt firm taps in to electric car boom with £174m London stock market float Cobalt Holdings aims to buy up supply of the metal from Glencore as slowing EV growth has pushed down prices
‘Source of data’: are electric cars vulnerable to cyber spies and hackers? British defence firms have reportedly warned staff not to connect their phones to Chinese-made EVs
Don’t forget to tip! The driverless taxi that could also get you a job – or a date Looking for love or a new career in San Francisco, Los Angeles or Phoenix? You just might find it in a Waymo autonomous vehicle
‘It’s going to be messy’: Americans on how Trump’s tariffs are shaping their spending Fallout from Trump’s trade war is forcing some Guardian readers to cut back or stock up on items from food to cars
Two visions within Trump world are battling for primacy. Which will win? The second Trump administration was backed and is staffed by two major – and widely differing - ideological projects
Labour: changes to EV rules will have ‘negligible’ impact on UK emissions Transport secretary says overhaul in response to Trump tariffs supports car firms and climate goals