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The share of rail freight transport is projected to double until 2050. In order to handle the growing volumes, a public investment of €490bn is needed into the TEN-T rail infrastructure. This comes down to €16.3bn per year. …

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The Port of Gothenburg has been awarded the Energy Globe Award for the port’s Railport Scandinavia railway network, which has resulted in an annual reduction of 60,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. …

Volkswagen will follow Tesla, BMW and other automakers in exporting electric vehicles from China to Europe, citing limited production capacity in its home market. …

US automaker Tesla on Thursday 1 December delivered its first battery-powered heavy duty truck, dubbed “Semi,” and built to tackle long hauls with the handling of a sporty sedan. …

IRU welcomes the European Parliament’s move to expedite the discussions on the revision of the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Directive, as the Transport Committee (TRAN) is mandated to enter trilogue negotiations. …

On 1 December 2022, ERFA, along with other European railway associations, issued a joint statement on the need f …

Recently, in the space of just two weeks, we saw two major legislative milestones that are of great significance to the EU auto industry – but that unfortunately risk pulling our sector in different directions. …

Mercedes-Benz and Robert Bosch have received approval for a fully automated self-parking software that enables cars to drive themselves into a pre-booked parking spot at a Stuttgart Airport parking lot. …

European shipowners welcome the outcome of yesterday’s trilogue negotiation and the provisional agreement on the EU ETS maritime. …

Rail workers all over the world have organised and are organising multiple strikes to grab the industry’s attention on the issues they deem more important. …

Energy is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. Find out how the EU wants to increase renewable energy and decarbonise the sector. …

Honda said it would develop technology enabling its level 3 self-driving capability to function at any speed below legal limits on highways by the second half of the 2020s as it strives to eliminate traffic deaths involving its vehi …

Stellantis is facing outbound logistics problems from its plant in Sochaux, France because of a shortage in transport capacity. The situation has led to a build-up of vehicles at the plant, which makes the Peugeot 3008 and 5008. …

The European Parliament wants to make charging for electric vehicles easier by making payment terminals for credit and debit cards obligatory at all charging points. …

German car giant Volkswagen may stop investing in battery factories across the bloc if the EU fails to tame energy prices and beef up its industrial policy, according to a senior executive at the company. …

The UK automotive industry has today urged government to take rapid action to secure the long-term future of one of the country’s most important assets, while accelerating its decarbonisation. …

Renault and Nissan have readied plans to announce a potential deal on a restructured alliance as early as next month in London with the two automakers still negotiating terms, three people with knowledge of the talks told Reuters. …

The carmaker is increasing investment at its new plant in Debrecen, Hungary to include onsite assembly of batteries with the aim of reducing logistics costs and supply chain complexity …

BMW sees further COVID-19-related lockdowns in China as a risk for 2023, despite healthy demand there for the automaker’s full-electric models and expectations of stable global sales. …