Electric cars

Demand for electric cars slows sharply as customers revert to petrol

Business
Robert Johnson

Automakers have also been offering enticements such as 0pc finance and zero deposit, as well as packages that include servicing and maintenance. ...

How a Chinese car invasion forced Japan into an unthinkable alliance

Business
Robert Johnson

Over in Latin America, including in Brazil and Mexico, BYD and other Chinese brands are also seeking to take on their Japanese ...

China is finally reaping what it sowed with TikTok sell-off

World
Emily Foster

Well, perhaps. And yet the Chinese government is hardly in a position to accuse anyone else of unfair competition. This is a ...

EVs have one third less range than advertised, magazine test finds

Technology
Laura Adams

Across the dozen EVs What Car tested, range was on average 29.9 per cent less than the official Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle ...

Veteran DJ Tony Blackburn criticises ‘cold and uncaring’ Tesla after crash

Trending
Sophie Anderson

Tony Blackburn, the veteran radio DJ, has criticised Tesla for its “cold” and unresponsive customer service after waiting months for his car ...

The West’s humiliating electric car climbdown has begun

Business
Robert Johnson

There is a lesson in the humiliating climbdown. State-led industrial strategies never work. Indeed, the failure of the drive into EV is ...

We will all soon be driving Chinese cars – but can we trust them?

Business
Robert Johnson

Other successful and popular MG models followed – benefitting perhaps from the superficial link to Britain’s car manufacturing past (the British brand ...

I’ve been struck down with whooping cough

Health
Sarah Carter

I HAVE what feels like a cold. No. It’s not man flu. I’m not lying in bed demanding winter warming soup and ...

Brussels delays electric car tariffs by three years as UK EV sales slump

Business
Robert Johnson

Ian Plummer, commercial director at Auto Trader, said: “November’s drop in electric vehicle sales is a sign of what’s to come if ...

Electric cars to prompt more traffic jams, government report warns

Business
Robert Johnson

Professor Andrew Graves, a car expert at the University of Bath, said building more roads will not halt the threat of congestion.  ...