British Shell petrol stations are expected to be among the first in Europe to have electric car charging stations installed. Both Shell and Total are planning to offer electric charging at certain stations around Europe later this year, according to the Financial Times. Shell is targeting Britain and The Netherlands for first adoption, while Total [...]

Mitsubishi has been fined $4.2m by Japan’s consumer watchdog for false advertising of its vehicles sold in the domestic market, after the automaker last year admitted to overstating their mileage readings. The government-run, Consumer Affairs Agency said that product catalogues and websites for vehicles sold by the automaker carried misrepresentations of their fuel economies, in [...]

The High Court battle between Volkswagen Group and UK customers begins on Monday, when legal firm Harcus Sinclair will represent 20,000 motorists affected by the emissions scandal. It’s been reported that a further 100,000 have registered an interest to join the class action, with an estimated two million customers in the UK in line for [...]

New-Atlas reports that a Michigan-based trauma surgeon and crash-test-dummy manufacturer are hoping to bring car safety up to date with models that are a more accurate representation of today’s older and overweight drivers. ‘The typical patient today is overweight or obese – they’re the rule rather than the exception,’ said trauma surgeon Stewart Wang, an [...]

The State of the Future Report, unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos, has predicted that 90% of all vehicles on the road will be electric by 2035. However, BP’s forecasts say it will be just a fraction of that – 100 million EVs – with demand for oil rising into the 2040s. It’s [...]