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Motoring

July 2024

  • A yellow electric Renault 5

    Sceptics say EVs will overwhelm the grid. In fact, they could be part of the solution

  • A 1967 Fiat 124 with William Batchelor House, in Coventry, a 1969 Peugeot 504 with Preston Bus Station and a 1977 Rover SD1 at the Sports and Recreation Centre, Coventry.

    Cars paired with buildings of the same vintage – in pictures

  • Dart charge 'do not ignore' penalty notice.

    Consumer champions
    Dartford Crossing charge firm told me not to pay, but still fined me £2,230

  • A car speeding past a '40' mph highway code sign painted on the tarmac

    ‘Hard to argue against’: mandatory speed limiters come to the EU and NI

  • Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos pulls launch of Fusilier electric SUV

  • Tesla sales fall for second straight quarter despite price cuts

June 2024

  • Volvo V60 in a rural setting

    Volvo does a sharp U-turn as the boxy estates and saloons return to Britain

    Last summer the Swedish carmaker announced it would limit UK sales to its more popular SUV models
  • Commercial white van speeding

    Carbon emissions from vans still rising as UK drivers cling to diesel

    Costly new vehicles, limited choice and scarce charging points are holding back a switch to electric by businesses
    • BYD: China’s electric vehicle powerhouse charges into Europe

    • Jaguar Land Rover to spend £1m to help police stop car thefts

    • One in four cars sold in May in Australia was an EV or hybrid vehicle, data shows

May 2024

  • A Tesla Model Y at an EV charging station in Sydney

    Change by degrees
    Price driven: electric cars have never been cheaper. Is it now time to buy an EV?

  • Red and blue cars parked in a row

    ‘Fleecing the man off the street’: Car dealers investigated over high interest rates

  • a silver-blue Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, a large SUV, is seen side-on parked on a tiled driveway in front of a house with a mock-Tudor black and white frontage, white front door and windowframes, and white picket fence. A yellow cable is seen emerging from the charging port which is behind a flap in the car's rear wing, and this trails behind the car to the power source.

    Plug-in hybrid cars ‘costing £500 a year more to refuel than lab tests suggest’

  • Jeff Dodds at the Mexico City ePrix standing with arms folded in front of a car.

    Observer business profile
    Jeff Dodds: the Formula E boss planning a move into pole position

  • Tesla boss Elon Musk criticises US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

  • Electric cars more likely to hit pedestrians than petrol vehicles, study finds

  • The China-linked EV battery mega factory dividing a US township

  • Vauxhall owner to sell cheap Chinese EVs in UK and mainland Europe

  • Biden announces 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles

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