Car giants ‘urged UK Government to delay new EV rules’

Several major car manufacturers have reportedly lobbied ministers to ease or postpone the implementation of rules aimed at boosting sales and reducing carbon dioxide emissions

Is Hybrid the future?

Toyota will start production in the UK for its fifth-generation electric powertrain

Toyota builds 1MW hydrogen system for US Department of Energy

The $6.5m project is being funded by the DOE and could be operational within three years

Toyota EVs recalled after loose wheel concerns

Around 2,700 have been taken back after bolts were found to be loose in the wheels

A hydrogen-powered V8 engine?

Could petrol heads have a carbon-neutral future?

Four of the biggest car makers absent from COP26 agreement

The manufacturers have not signed a pledge to only sell zero-emission vehicles by 2035

Will Tees Valley become the UK’s hydrogen capital?

Trials of diesel bus retrofits and NHS hydrogen vehicles have secured a share of a £2.5m government funding

Hybrid cars frying to Europe?

Hybrid Toyota cars built in the UK are being transported to Europe using a train powered by vegetable oil

‘Groundbreaking’ research to test EV charging with wireless technology under road surfaces

Small wireless chargers will be installed beneath the tarmac of the road and will ‘communicate’ with technology installed in EVs

Toyota and Hino Motors partner to develop heavy-duty fuel cell truck

Heavy-duty trucks account for about 60% of the total carbon dioxide emissions from commercial vehicles operating in the firms’ home market of Japan