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Ahead of this week’s European Council Summit, where EU leaders will address EU competitiveness, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) is re-iterating its call to speed up action to secure the EU’s industrial base duri …

DB Cargo and its British subsidiary, DB Cargo UK, have carried out load bank tests to operate a Class 60 Locomotive fuelled with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel instead of diesel. …

French container carrier CMA CGM, already spreading its wings by entering the air cargo and logistics markets, is looking to charter four vessels, according to a well placed Loadstar source, in an attempt to benefit fr …

Belgium's Lineas and DFDS are joining forces to transport containers and trailers from the port of Gothenburg via Ghent at North Sea Port on rail to Lyon - and vice versa. …

The German rail network is in dire need of restoration but now that work is finally going ahead carmakers are facing a decade of disruption and delay to the movement of parts and finished vehicles …

The German government is trying to secure a future for the combustion engine, but it's likely too late, Renault's CEO warned on 2023 March 21. …

Talks between Germany's Transport Ministry and the European Commission about the planned end of new combustion engines from 2035 are moving forward, the ministry said on Monday, but added it could not say when an agreement would be reach …

Industry letter on AFIR targets Dear Swedish Presidency of the Council, Dear Ministers, Dear MEP Ismail Ertug, Dear EU Commissioner Adina-Ioana Valean, …

Mazda has started exporting its CX-50 crossover to Mexico from the US joint venture plant it runs with Toyota in Huntsville, Alabama. …

The European Union (EU) has pledged to provide €189m to fund the construction of 2,000 new charging points and 63 hydrogen refuelling stations along the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) for cars, trucks and buses. …

ACEA welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of the Data Act – a thorough and unambiguous law, which will support the growth of a wide range of services across the entire automotive industry. …

Tata Technologies is partnering with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to provide the carmaker with cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools. …

A growing row between Germany and France risks crashing into a crucial EU summit later this week. …

The European Commission today published a recommendation to improve the periodical technical inspection of vehicles. …

Audi CEO Markus Duesmann flew to China last week to tackle a problem that is indicative of the challenges facing Germany: how to compete with its biggest trading partner on new technology. …

Mercedes-Benz will invest billions of euros to modernize its plants in China, Germany and Hungary over the coming years, Automobilwoche, a sister publication of Automotive News Europe, reported, citing Jörg Bu …

Stellantis will spend more than €200m ($213.3m) to manufacture four Fiat models in Algeria, the automaker said on 2023 March 19. …

Skoda would have to close a plant and ax models if the European Union's Euro 7 emissions scheme is implemented in its current form, a Skoda board member said. …

Mercedes will invest billions of dollars to modernise its plants in China, Germany and Hungary over the coming years, magazine Automobilwoche reported, as the carmaker prepares to switch to electric vehicles and cut emissions. …

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said France had declared a "showdown" in the dispute over the EU's plans to end sales of new CO2-emitting cars in 2035. …