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Volkswagen Group's Chinese joint venture with SAIC has transformed one of its plants in Shanghai for production, research and development of electric vehicles, VW said. …

IMO has updated the United Nations Bonn Climate Change Conference (5-15 June 2023) on the Organization's work towards adopting a revised Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from shipping. …

Autobahn GmbH and BALM have signed a cooperation agreement on the establishment of weight control points to protect road users and infrastructure, the office said in an official statement. …

Port of Felixstowe, part of the Hutchison Ports’ network, and Shanghai Westwell Technology Co. Ltd (Westwell) have signed an agreement for an additional 100 battery-powered autonomous Q-Trucks. …

There will likely be no railway strikes in Germany this week. Deutsche Bahn has returned to the negotiation table. …

With queues reaching 70km, a solution to the Brenner pass bottleneck continues to escape EU governments and authorities. Discussions may no longer be enough; the EU Commission should open its legal toolbox. …

General Motors Co., said on Monday 5 June 2023, it plans to invest more than $1bn to re-tool two manufacturing sites in Flint, Michigan to prepare for a new generation of its internal combustion engine heavy-duty (HD) trucks. …

The European Commission published the Euro 7 proposal with the aim of improving air quality and public health in the EU by reducing pollutant emissions coming from road transport. CLEPA, the European association of automotive s …

In its latest white paper “Biofuels in shipping,” classification society DNV has reported that the flexibility of biofuels can enable the shipping industry to accelerate its journey towards decarbonisation while maintaining oper …

Hauliers must recalibrate their route networks to alleviate the strain on Europe’s beleaguered road transport sector caused by the ever-worsening driver shortage. …

The Balkan states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia have taken a decisive step towards connecting their transport networks with the TEN-T network. …

The Port of Hanko has recently joined the ranks of ECG members! …

IRU’s Secretary General held bilateral talks and spoke at the annual International Transport Forum (ITF) Summit of transport ministers in Leipzig. …

Automotive Cells Company (ACC) has officially opened the first of three planned European battery gigafactories in Billy-Berclau, Douvrin, France. …

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The decision came after an NLF meeting regarding how to boost the Fair Transport Scheme. …

United European Car Carriers (UECC), the leading provider of sustainable short sea Ro-Ro transportation in Europe, reached a significant milestone on May 25th, 2023, as their state-of-the-art LNG Dual Fuel vessel, Auto E …

Stellantis will invest €160m ($176m) to prepare its factory in Rennes, western France, to build the next Citroen compact SUV, which will be mostly sold as a full-electric vehicle when it is launched in 2025, the automaker …

Toyota will produce its first BEV model in the US in 2025. It will be a completely new model: a three-row, battery electric SUV. …

Dutch contract car manufacturer VDL Nedcar will cut 1,800 jobs in 2023 as it struggles to replace its canceled production deal with BMW, owner VDL Group said. …