Automotive

British technology firm is beefing up its EV team as it races to build first electric car by 2020

Declaration follows landmark ruling from German court giving cities the power to ban polluting vehicles from their streets

All of car manufacturer's factories in Canada, Mexico and South America now send zero waste to landfill in daily operations

New analysis suggests there are enough EV charging points to meet demand until 2020 - but limited availability of electric vehicles is responsible for slow pace of sales

City officials can immediately ban diesel cars from German streets in areas where air pollution breaches legal levels, in a ruling that deals further blow to ailing sector

SMMT report argues falling diesel sales could see reduction on carbon emissions from new cars slow

Development of new material for supercapacitors has potential to raise range to that of petrol cars

Research suggests 85 per cent of consumers would wait longer for a parcel delivery that helped cut congestion and air pollution

Risings costs and a collapse in demand for diesel vehicles prompt the automaker to invest cash elsewhere

Bosch CEO Volkmar Denner tells conference 'connectivity is fundamentally changing how we get from A to B'