Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the UK government’s Autumn Budget this week, with measures aimed particularly at drivers of electric vehicles. We dig into what was announced and the industry’s reaction to it.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered the UK government’s Autumn budget with measures that reveal 'fair abut necessary choices

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered Labour’s first budget since the party took to power in July 2024.

The Joe Biden administration has proposed a 30% tax on the electricity used for cryptocurrency mining operations in its budget for 2025.

A mothballed factory in Teeside that produced carbon dioxide (CO2) for industrial purposes will be reopened with £100m in govern

The UK government is piloting social media bans, time limits and digital curfews in the homes of 300 teenagers to inform a national consultation on children’s online safety.

It has been announced that the Future Homes Standard will mandate that most new homes built from 2028 must include on-site renewable energy generation as standard.

Cuba’s national electricity grid collapsed yesterday, leaving the majority of its near 11-million citizens without power.

The first of two tunnelling machines has begun excavation works between Old Oak Common and Euston Station as part of HS2’s final 4.5-mile stretch into central London.

HS2 has achieved a ‘UK first’ after successfully sliding a 4,600-tonne viaduct across the M6 over a single weekend while keeping the motorway open to traffic.

Construction has been completed on Britain’s longest rail bridge – HS2’s Colne Valley viaduct in the West Midlands.

HS2 has moved a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel bridge into place over Lawley Middleway in Birmingham after constructing the whole structure on a separate, nearby site.

British Steel has secured a massive order worth ‘tens of millions of pounds’ to provide materials for a major high-speed electric railway in Turkey.

Efforts to electrify the UK’s railways have been hampered by a boom-and-bust approach to funding that leaves most of the net

A Transport Vision proposing a high-capacity mass transit network connecting Bristol to its airport has been unveiled.

Great Western Railway (GWR) has introduced the UK’s first battery-only-powered passenger train on a suburban rail link in west London.

Temperatures in the London Tube and other underground train systems are continuing to increase, leading to escalating complaints

Efforts to electrify the UK’s railways have been hampered by a boom-and-bust approach to funding that leaves most of the net

Great Western Railway (GWR) has introduced the UK’s first battery-only-powered passenger train on a suburban rail link in west London.

HS2 has achieved a ‘UK first’ after successfully sliding a 4,600-tonne viaduct across the M6 over a single weekend while keeping the motorway open to traffic.

Battery electric HGVs could become a viable alternative for long-distance and heavy-duty applications by the mid-2030s, according to a new study.

Transport for London is partnering with SSE Energy Solutions to build purpose-built solar installations that will supply electricity to the Tube network.

A Transport Vision proposing a high-capacity mass transit network connecting Bristol to its airport has been unveiled.

Battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles accounted for 32% of all new cars registered in January 2026, according to independent transport research organisation New AutoMotive.

A mothballed factory in Teeside that produced carbon dioxide (CO2) for industrial purposes will be reopened with £100m in govern

The government has been urged to decouple the price of UK electricity from gas – which typically commands the highest cost per MW – to save households around £203 per year on energy bills.

Draining the North Sea of all oil and gas would cost households more than a fully renewable-powered UK, according to a new Oxford Smith School analysis.

A 271.5-tonne tunnel boring machine has started excavating a 2.2km tunnel to carry electricity beneath the River Thames.

A mothballed factory in Teeside that produced carbon dioxide (CO2) for industrial purposes will be reopened with £100m in govern

OpenAI has confirmed it will shut down its AI video generation platform Sora after just two years as the firm looks to refocus its resources on its core product ChatGPT.

Battery electric HGVs could become a viable alternative for long-distance and heavy-duty applications by the mid-2030s, according to a new study.

Nasa is planning to make manned trips to the lunar surface every six months from 2028 as part of efforts to lay the groundwork for a permanent Moon base.

Battery electric HGVs could become a viable alternative for long-distance and heavy-duty applications by the mid-2030s, according to a new study.

The UK government is piloting social media bans, time limits and digital curfews in the homes of 300 teenagers to inform a national consultation on children’s online safety.

It has been announced that the Future Homes Standard will mandate that most new homes built from 2028 must include on-site renewable energy generation as standard.

As copper demand surges, mining companies are struggling to keep up and global shortfalls are expected in the coming years, according to analysis.