Automotive

New €750m bond hailed as the first from a UK bank dedicated to financing and re-financing electric vehicles

Van and commercial fleet operators keen to make EV switch urge government to address high upfront costs and lack of charge points

New purchases will see delivery company's electric van fleet swell to 7,100

Innovators driving solar and autonomous vehicles, tyre wear capture, and tech creating 'wonder material' graphene and hydrogen fuel from methane at the Goodwood Festival of Speed's Future Lab lift the hood on their stories so far

UK production of battery packs, electric drive units, fuel cell systems, hydrogen tanks, and high-power converters for low-carbon HDVs could deliver multi-billion-pound windfall, APC finds

Industry body SMMT is projecting a fall in UK factory output this year as carmakers prepare to produce an array of new EV models

Nissan-led roll out of green auto tech training facilities in Sunderland to be approved by local leaders

UK’s largest horseracing organisation teams up with EV charging firm EVC to rollout fast-chargers at Aintree, Cheltenham, and other high profile racecourses

Social Market Foundation report argues French system of leasing EVs can improve access to transport and drive down emissions