At Tesla it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

New A220 production line in Mobile, Alabama, part of drive to expand US footprint

Move comes amid a flurry of activity in electric vehicle industry

German group to build pick-up trucks with US carmaker and open to making electric vehicles

Shares fell, while other automakers rallied, on the first day of the show

Consumers hit the brakes on vehicle purchases as economic slowdown weakens demand

Vehicle sales in fast-growing market expected to be higher than in Japan by 2021

President to stand down as investors make breakthrough in two-year campaign

Carmaker’s $14bn global cost cutting comes as Jaguar plans job losses at UK operations

Trade tarriffs and new emissions standards dent performance in second half of 2018

Indonesian start-up takes on car-booking competitor Grab as Manila negotiations continue

Honda, Nissan and Toyota worry about impact of UK crashing out of EU

Partnership aims to reduce costs and may extend to co-operation on self-driving technology

MOIA eventually wants to offer services in 50 cities across Europe and the US

New funding round led by Sequoia could value group at more than $2bn

Company to sell more vehicles to Germany and Netherlands in first quarter

Group to spend €500m and create 200 jobs as it aims to deploy ‘highly automated driving’

Dieselgate, Brexit uncertainty and supply bottlenecks lead to drop in new registrations

Vince Cable says sale of GIB was ‘totally unnecessary and damaging’

Small and medium sized groups get creative to deal with recruitment problems