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Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong has no plans to personally invest any more money in VinFast, the company's CEO said, even as the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker falls behind on factory construction plans in the US and cuts staff. …

Pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) are becoming increasingly insufficient in East Asia as China’s car exports are growing fast. …

The CO2 reduction targets will increase in intensity roughly every five years, starting with a 45% reduction compared to 2019 levels by 2030, scaling up to 65% by 2035 and 90% by 2040. …

Years of warnings about job losses from the transition to all-electric cars from internal-combustion powertrains are starting to become reality, as Ford this week announced it would cut nearly half of its European eng …

Parliament approved the new CO2 emissions reduction targets for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, part of the “Fit for 55” package. …

The price of shipping goods on vital global trade routes has fallen 85%  below its peak as the cost of living crisis hits consumer spending and pandemic-related supply chain disruption eases. …

Responding to the European Commission’s proposal for new truck and bus CO2 standards published today, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) calls for increased CO2 targets to be matched with vastly improved infrastruc …

Tuesday’s 14 February 2023 vote by the European Parliament on CO2 targets for cars and vans is set to seal the agreement reached last October between the European Commission, Parliament and Council. …

Ahead of the Federal Council’s vote on Friday 10 February, the two associations stated that the policy should have been discontinued because it did not have a significant impact. …

Renault and Nissan are investing around $600m in India to produce six new models at their joint plant in Chennai. These will include the first two electric cars companies will build in India. …

The European Commission’s rules for green hydrogen, adopted on Friday evening, provide much-needed investment certainty for green hydrogen, says Transport & Environment (T&E). …

The agreement was concluded within the framework of the Railway Direction Days conference, held in Warsaw in late January. …

Ford is radically changing its business model in Europe in a bid to become sustainably profitable in the region. …

On 6 February 2023, the International Council on Clean Transportation published a study on a life-cycle comparison of the GHG emissions from combustion, electric and hydrogen trucks and buses in Europe. …

Volkswagen Group will speed up its shift to electric cars and revamp its software strategy in a five-year investment plan presented by management to the supervisory board on Friday 10 February 2023, the automaker said in a statement …

On 8 and 9 February 2023, the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee as well as the Council’s Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) approved the provisional agreements reached in trilogues in the ‘Fit for 55’ package, i …

For the transport of vehicles, specific vehicle transporters are usually used, which are suitable for either cars or trucks, for example. …

This week, CLECAT signed a joint statement together with organisations representing fuel and automotive suppliers, vehicle manufac …

The project, according to the French Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion and the Ministry of Energy Transition, will cost €10,3m. …

This opinion piece has been written by Julia Hildermeier is senior associate at the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), an independent organisation promoting the transition to clean energy, and it does not necessarily r …