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Technology

Sharing your route in advance could cut electric car charging queue

As electric cars become more popular, drivers face long waits to charge – but if they upload their planned route in advance, an algorithm can slash waiting times by 97 per cent

News

An electric car at the BMW plant near Oxford

Technology

Electric cars' best ever year is a tipping point for green transport

Comment

person with phone

Technology

Uber and Lyft operating in US cities linked to rises in car ownership

News

Smart motorway

Technology

Radar safety system protects only 7 per cent of UK smart motorways

News

Going car-free was painful – but you should do it too

Environment

Going car-free was painful – but you should do it too

Comment

Durian fruit

Technology

World’s stinkiest fruit could make super-fast electric chargers

News

Cobalt mining

Technology

Can we quit cobalt batteries fast enough to make electric cars viable?

Analysis

Chinese air quality regulations could put an end to 'new car smell'

Health

Chinese air quality regulations could put an end to 'new car smell'

News

Car Upside Down

Space

Driverless cars and the other biggest sci and tech fails of the decade

News

Top view of Highway road junctions at night. The Intersecting freeway road overpass the eastern outer ring road of Bangkok, Thailand.

Environment

Scientists analysed the best and worst cities to travel around

A global analysis of street connectivity has identified the cities that are easiest to get around and shown they have less car use and greater travel by foot

News

Technology

Elon Musk unveils Tesla's 'cybertruck' – an electric pickup truck

News

Technology

Electric cars could charge in 10 minutes with a new kind of battery

News

Technology

Cancelled Dyson electric car project received £5m from UK government

News

Technology

The surprising future of driving: cars that spy on your every move

Insight