#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2026 Three-quarters of Australia’s new cars use more fuel than advertised lab rating, testing shows. Cars with higher real-world consumption may add to Australia’s difficulties in reducing transport emissions
#Automotive × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2026 Aston Martin to cut 20% of workforce in effort to save £40m. Details emerge after struggling carmaker reports pre-tax losses of £363.9m for 2025
#Automotive × #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.18.2026 Tesla avoids California sales ban by removing ‘autopilot’ from marketing. State regulators walk back suspension threat and say Tesla has stopped misleading drivers about the safety of its cars
#Automotive × #Tech #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.06.2026 Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January. Data shows 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars also sold, while the figure for battery electric vehicles was more than 2,000
#Automotive × #Norway #Europe #Americas
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Chinese carmaker Chery to launch fourth brand in UK. State-owned company will sell under the Lepas brand, continuing its rapid expansion in the British market
#Automotive × #United Kingdom #China #Europe #Asia
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.03.2026 China to ban hidden car door handles on all EVs over crash safety concerns. Sleek car doors reduce vehicle drag but are prone to losing operability in the event of a crash, officials say
#Automotive × #China #Asia
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.31.2026 UK new car buyers drive a bargain as average discount nears £6,000. Motorists benefit as industry offers deals of up to 18% off to attract buyers for petrol, diesel and electric models
#Automotive ×
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.11.2025 The race begins to make the world’s best self-driving cars. Chinese search giant Baidu challenges Google’s Waymo’s driverless vehicles and Musk aims for a $1tn pay package
#Automotive × #Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #China #USA #Elon Musk #Asia #North America #Google
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.30.2025 Why don’t the side doors of cars have wipers on the windows?. The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
#Automotive × #Tech
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.29.2025 Hyundai facing legal action over car that can be stolen ‘effortlessly in seconds’. Elliott Ingram was stunned at how a thief made off with his Ioniq 5 deploying a device to mimic the smart key – and says he should have been warned
#Automotive × #Tech
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.29.2025 ‘Love the car, not the CEO’: how Europe’s Tesla owners feel about their cars - and Elon Musk. Some voice regret over Musk’s backing of Trump, but others say CEO’s views do not detract from the car’s appeal
#Automotive × #Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Elon Musk #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.25.2025 Coalition’s potential rethink on EV rules could make fuel-guzzling utes and SUVs an election issue. Opposition says Labor’s national vehicle emission standard is ‘poorly designed’, despite data showing uptick in green vehicle sales
#Automotive × #Politics #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.25.2025 Hyundai announces $21bn US investment as Trump tariffs loom. South Korean carmaker plans to create 14,000 full-time jobs and expand links with US firms on tech including AI
#Automotive × #Tech #Asia #South Korea
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.24.2025 Tesla’s Europe sales drop nearly 45% amid row over Musk’s Trump links. US carmaker’s European market share falls as Chinese rival BYD overtakes it on global revenue, topping $100bn
#Automotive × #Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #China #Elon Musk #Europe #Asia
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.18.2025 Why is Elon Musk still CEO of Tesla?. The tech billionaire and his EV company suffer, Apple castigates itself over Siri failures and a Meta tell-all book evokes a strong reaction
#Automotive × #Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Elon Musk
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.16.2025 The cars eating Australia: should we be trying to reverse our attraction to SUVs and utes?. Australians are hooked on tax perks while road fatalities and emissions are surging and spending on petrol and insurance increasing
#Automotive × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.13.2025 Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier. About 60% of the 1.2m cars that drove out of the showroom last year were SUVs, but road fatalities reached a 12-year high too
#Automotive × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.11.2025 Toyota plans to build battery vehicles in UK and keep European plants. Japanese company announces two new EVs and promises another three by 2026, as well as new Lexus models
#Automotive × #Tech #Japan #Europe #Asia #Toyota
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.11.2025 Trump calls Tesla boycott ‘illegal’ and says he’s buying one to support Musk. President makes statement in support of Musk’s ‘baby’ as company shares fall hard and owners sell vehicles
#Automotive × #Politics
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.06.2025 Australian Tesla sales plummet as owners rush to distance themselves from Elon Musk. Frustrated Tesla drivers are selling cars or displaying anti-Musk bumper stickers as sales of the EV car brand slumped 72% in February compared with last year
#Automotive × #Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Elon Musk #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.05.2025 Tesla’s UK sales rise despite threat of backlash over Musk’s political role. Sales of battery-powered cars jumped in February, with Model 3 and Model Y most popular after Mini Cooper
#Automotive × #Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Elon Musk
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.02.2025 ‘I’m selling the Nazi mobile’: Tesla owners offload cars after Musk’s fascist-style salutes. Tesla once appeared the future of vehicles. Then Musk’s salutes and support at Trump’s inauguration left owners feeling ‘saddled with a symbol of hate’
#Automotive × #Politics #Tech #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2025 Colorado woman charged with vandalizing Tesla dealership. Lucy Grace Nelson is accused of throwing molotov cocktails and spray-painting ‘Nazi cars’ on the EV maker’s building
#Automotive × #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2025 Bruce Lehrmann faces Hobart court accused of stealing Toyota 4WD. Former Liberal staffer appeared in Hobart magistrates court by phone and did not enter a plea
#Automotive × #Politics #Australian continent #Australia #Toyota #Insular Oceania
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