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Is the future electric?
Despite booming sales, electric vehicles face mounting challenges from infrastructure gaps to mining concerns, raising questions about whether mass adoption can truly deliver on climate promises.
Pit stop
Morocco’s pioneering use of renewable energy is helping it to shift gears to become a car-manufacturing hot spot.
Shifting gears
Fiat's €700m gamble on the electric 500e is transforming Turin's historic Mirafiori factory into a modern EV hub, proving that Italian automotive heritage can thrive in the low-emissions age.
Driving force
The chairman of the board at Mercedes-Benz tells us why the brand must lead the charge towards electrification and automation.
Getting into gear
The motor-show format has stalled recently but a new approach could help the industry turn in an exciting direction. Here’s our steer from Munich’s IAA Mobility.
Happy campers
Camper vans are, well, having a moment. And unlike the unwieldy motorhomes of the past, people are increasingly turning to their versatility for a short holiday or weekend break. We meet the brands leading…
Business
The UK’s new automotive innovation centre, changes to shopping habits in Asia and Austria’s wooden market-leaders.
Driving force
Manfred Fitzgerald, head of Hyundai’s upscale Genesis brand, on life in the fast lane.
Street smarts
After a spin in a vintage Ferrari, Tyler Brûlé ponders the future of car design and mobility.
Are we nearly there yet?
With Porsche's Taycan drawing 20,000 advance orders and the Pininfarina Battista stealing Geneva's spotlight, 2019 is the year electric cars finally shed their worthy, worthy image and become genuinely desirable.
