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Policymakers went back to Brussels this week to resume legislative work before the end of the legislative term in 2024. A number of files which are important for CLECAT and its members will be discussed and voted in the coming weeks. …

Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Shanghai COSCO Shipping LNG Investment, a subsidiary of China Shipping Corporation Limited, have signed an agreement to collaborate on a new project that aims to formulate and assess the d …

The UK. rejoining the EU's flagship Horizon science funding program could pave the way for an agreement to delay damaging post-Brexit tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs), Rishi Sunak suggested. …

  BMW Group said on Friday that it will start to export China-made electric MINIs from 2024. …

It has been a rollercoaster ride for the China-EU rail freight market over the past three years. Following the exponential growth in 2020 and 2021 came the Russia-Ukraine war. …

Stellantis has started production at its first all-electric vehicle plant. Located in Ellesmere Port near Liverpool, UK, and manufactures the group’s first electric van, the Combo Electric, for Opel/Vauxhall. …

A malfunction that shut down all of Toyota Motor's assembly plants in Japan for about a day last week occurred because some servers used to process parts orders became unavailable after maintenance procedures, the company said. …

MUNICH, Sept 6 (Reuters) - German carmakers are determined to tackle the problems they face in producing competitive electric vehicles, an executive at Chinese EV maker Xpeng said on Wednesday, as China's carmakers put pressure on Europe …

Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Germany’s automakers to embrace competition from Asian rivals and not be intimidated by the rise of China’s electric-vehicle manufacturers. …

ACEA, together with seven other signatories from the automotive value chain, including trade union and employer representatives, have made an urgent call to stimulate the European auto industry’s transformation and enhance competitivenes …

German new-car sales rose 37% in August to 273,417, boosted by demand for EVs, which jumped 171%. …

While Western automakers look warily upon the European expansion plans of Chinese electric vehicle makers, major German suppliers are eager to expand on existing partnerships in China and provide those rising manufacturers with Euro …

Germany had hoped to use the pizzazz of the Munich auto show to hype its vision of saving combustion engine cars with novel e-fuels. It didn't work out that way. …

Faced with growing environmental criticism, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended individual mobility as a great social achievement and called upon carmakers to make electric vehicles available for all. …

Capacity constraints are the leading concern for the FVL industry, according to a survey by Automotive Logistics in partnership with Cognosos. …

CER, ERFA and UIRR call on the European Parliament and the European Council to maintain the package approach when considering the legislative proposals in the ‘Greening Freight Transport Package’ (GFTP) tabled by the European Commission …

Road freight transport prices in Europe continued to fall in the 2nd quarter of 2023, affected by declining demand. The contract freight rate index even exceeds that of spot rates, for the first time in six years. …

As Shanghai sweltered in a heatwave in June, the car factory where Mike Chen works switched production to night shifts and dialled down the air-conditioning. …

Neptune Lines is excited to announce the order of two next generation vessels, specially designed for its short sea trades. …

China’s Xpeng plans to expand into more European markets, including Germany, Britain and France in 2024, President Brian Gu told reporters on Monday at the IAA Mobility auto show in Munich. …