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  • Dom Mckenzie The Observer Comment EV cars web version

    Four years after buying an electric car, why am I still forced to play hunt-the-charger?

    Ros Coward
    I assumed it would get easier to run an EV, but without a decent infrastructure it’s getting harder and harder
  • A Hyundai Ioniq charges at an EV Power forecourt

    Carmakers ramp up pressure on chancellor for EV sales subsidies

  • a worker in red top and grey trousers attends to a white car on the production line

    New hybrid car sales allowed until 2035 in UK, government confirms

  • A white Fiat 500 electric car is displayed at a showroom of a car dealer in Rome

    Production of electric Fiat 500 halted for lack of European orders

  • The Renault 5 E-Tech, which will be available in the UK in early 2025.

    How to buy an electric car – a guide

  • Alternative Fuel Blue City Car and EV Charging Station, Side Profile, Isolated Against Blue, Copy Space. 3d Rendering.

    The 10 best electric cars to buy if you want to avoid Tesla

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News

  • Gloved hands attaching a Ford logo to a car

    Ford writes off $1.9bn as it cancels plans for all-electric large SUV in US

  • Visitors look at a MG4 electric car at the Beijing auto show

    Chinese firms win record 11% EV share in Europe as buyers rush to beat tariffs

  • A mother and her child sit inside an electric vehicle

    ‘High quality, low price and dizzying variety’: how the Chinese switched to electric cars

  • 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

Electric, hybrid & low-emission vehicles

  • a red routemaster bus pictured in Whitehall, London

    Go-Ahead transport group orders 1,200 ‘green buses’ from Wrightbus

  • An Ocado delivery van in Hackney, London.

    Ocado and AA join growing revolt against London congestion charge for electric vans

  • Visitors inspect the China-made BYD Atto 3 at the IAA motor show in Munich

    EU leaders back extra Chinese EV tariffs despite split vote

  • A general view of the Northvolt Ett facility under snow in wintry conditions; white blocks of buildings and trees are pictured against a blue sky

    ‘Huge losses’: Sweden fears for future of batterymaker Northvolt

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Self-driving cars

  • Gulu Town<br>Since 2006 Northern Uganda is quite peaceful. Former war-torn area around Gulu develops well and people stay out after dark and enjoy nightlife. Gulu is becoming the second largest town of Uganda.

    Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour

  • White car with orange lettering spelling cruise in showroom.

    General Motors names new CEO of troubled self-driving subsidiary Cruise

  • Wayve’s Ford Mustang MachE

    UK AI startup Wayve wins $1bn funding for self-driving car software

  • Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk, left, dressed in dark suit and white shirt and tie, sits at a table with besuited Chinese Premier Li Qiang (right) in Beijing

    ‘Watershed moment’ for Tesla as Elon Musk’s visit to China reaps quick reward

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