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  • A charging demonstration at the BYD booth at the Shanghai International Automobile Show: closeup of a dark grey SUV with cable plugged in.

    ‘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
  • Menelik Calvin and Donna Michelle Evans pose in front of Donna's car

    ‘It’s nearly impossible’: learner drivers on the difficulty of booking a test

  • A 2022 Toyota RAV4 hybrid model

    Coalition’s claim that fuel efficiency standard would raise prices based on car no longer on sale

  • A police officer checking a car

    German police crack down on illegal street car tuning as season begins

  • Two Waymo taxis meet in San Francisco.

    Don’t forget to tip! The driverless taxi that could also get you a job – or a date

  • SUV drivers line up to collect children from school in rose bay, Sydney, in February 2025.

    It’s time to consign these giant SUVs to the rubbish heap of history

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News

  • 'Tesla Takedown' New Jersey Day of Action, Springfield, USA - 29 Mar 2025<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Joel Plummer/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (15229099a) Protesters gather outside the Tesla store in Springfield, New Jersey, as part of nationwide 'Tesla Takedown' rallies across America. 'Tesla Takedown' New Jersey Day of Action, Springfield, USA - 29 Mar 2025

    Tesla investors brace for global sales data amid consumer backlash over Elon Musk

  • Elliott Ingram with his Hyundai Ioniq 5 car.

    Hyundai facing legal action over car that can be stolen ‘effortlessly in seconds’

  • Electric vehicle being charged

    Coalition may rethink rules that push car-makers to create cheaper EVs and hybrids for Australians

  • Electric cars being charged at a motorway services

    Ministers may siphon off stalled £950m fund for motorway chargers

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Electric, hybrid & low-emission vehicles

  • composite image of man, TikTok notification on phone, rows of people in uniform, and hand signing document

    The 141 executive orders Trump signed in his first 100 days

  • composite image of man, TikTok notification on phone, rows of people in uniform, and hand signing document

    All the executive orders Trump has signed so far

  • Aerial image of Kawasi village on Obi Island, Indonesia, with the Harita nickel mine in the background.

    Company supplying critical EV metal ‘did not disclose’ Erin Brockovich pollutant in drinking water

  • a man teaching gestures to a machine

    EV programs ignited the future for students – now Trump has made their career paths uncertain

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Self-driving cars

  • A big truck parked in a garage

    California proposes to allow testing of driverless heavy-duty trucks

  • Elon Musk during Tesla meet in Shanghai, China, in 2020.

    The Guardian view on China’s EV breakthrough: helped by the kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises

  • 3D illustration of a self driving car

    UK Ministry of Defence enlists sci-fi writers to prepare for dystopian futures

  • Mike Johns’ self-driving taxi started circling a parking lot on his way to Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix.
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    'I feel like I'm in the movies': malfunctioning robotaxi traps passenger in car – video

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