Vauxhall has rejected allegations that it cheated vehicle emissions tests in response to threats of legal action claiming that up to a million car owners could be liable for compensation due to mis-selling.
The Volkswagen Group faces a fine of over €100 million (£89m) after it “narrowly missed” its EU CO2 emissions targets for 2020.
Analyst David Francis examines the arguments that electric cars might not be the 'green' eco-friendly solution.
Green NCAP has published the results from its latest round of testing, which highlights the most environmentally sustainable new cars on sale.
Alphera Financial Services is partnering with BuyaCar to launch Alphera Zero, a finance product that allows consumers to offset carbon emissions from used hybrids and plug-in hybrids.
Jato Dynamics believes car manufacturers' actions to reduce average emission levels, by taking certain cars off sale and driving sales of electrified vehicles, is putting them on track to hit targets set by the European Commission.
Banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 puts motorists and automotive industry workers at risk, warns the IMI.
Tesco is the latest business to join the UK Electric Fleets Coalition, a group of 27 companies calling on the Government to bring forward a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans to 2030.
Polestar chief executive Thomas Ingenlath has conceded that ‘Life Cycle Assessment’ data on the environmental impact of electric vehicles (EV) can make for “uncomfortable reading”.
Used car buyers can support the UK's journey to net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 targets thanks to the launch of the iOffset carbon offset scheme.
Car retailers in Italy will benefit from a post-COVID sales boost after the country’s government gave the green light to scrappage scheme incentives for buyers.
Croation officials have arrested former Audi executive Axel Eiser in connection to conspiracy charges related to the Volkswagen dieselgate scandal in the US.
The Climate Group has formed the UK Electric Fleets Alliance to promote a faster switch to electric vehicles (EVs) in partnership with BT Group.
Mercedes-Benz owners could demand compensation in a High Court class action alleging that the German premium carmaker used a ‘defeat device’ system to cheat diesel emissions tests.
The European new car markets should expect a U-shaped recovery after being hit hard by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in March, according to global sales data compiled by Jato Dynamics.
A CO2 emissions-reducing car scrappage scheme is needed in order to avoid a perfect storm of falling sales and soaring fines from stringent new EU regulations driving carmakers ‘to the edge’.
The past couple of weeks have seen unprecedented and rapid changes at a personal and business level driven by sweeping government responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Car buyers face higher running costs following the introduction of new WLTP CO2 emissions test figures from today (April 1).
With the UK government considering whether to bring forward a ban on the sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars to 2032, Ana Ramirez Aguirrezabala, international head of auto at market research company Simpson Carpenter, argues that the UK’s political leaders need to do more to persuade consumers to give electric vehicles (EV) a try.
Automotive industry analyst GlobalData has claimed that carmakers Tesla and Toyota will prove to be the OEM brands most resilient to the impact of COVID-19 coronavirus following a manufacturing sector review.