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The government has today proposed measures for the UK’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, in an important step towards putting the phase out of petrol and diesel cars into law. …

In its consultation paper outlining plans for a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate for cars and vans, the UK Government has underlined its commitment to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030 and force all new cars …

IRU has welcomed the provisional agreement reached between the Council, European Commission and Parliament on the alternative fuels infrastructure regulation (AFIR). …

The UK government has announced the reintroduction of the HGV levy in 2023 August, as part of the 2023 Spring Budget. …

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said that e-fuels, which have received an exemption from policymakers in Brussels to the EU’s 2035 zero-emissions target for new cars, will not “significantly” change the trajectory o …

On Wednesday 29 March 2023, Karima Delli, chairwoman of the transport and tourism committee (TRAN) of the European Parliament, Josef Doppelbauer, the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways, Conor Feighan, the Secret …

Port of Antwerp-Bruges today introduces the new Ketenis truck parking. The free parking facility has 280 parking spaces and will open from 2023 March 31 at 1pm. …

Despite the German transport minister Volker Wissing being a pro-road investments advocate for some months, the federal committee engaged with the ‘modernisation package for climate protection and planning acceleration’ decided …

The first in a series of documents on safely carrying lithium-ion batteries covers how the batteries operate, their regulatory classification as cargo, the risk of and causes of thermal runaway which can lead to fires, and the toxicity h …

The EU Commission responded swiftly to the European Court of Auditors’ report on intermodal transport and the share of rail freight. …

The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council to boost the number of publicly accessible electric recharging and hydrogen refuelling stations in particular across the European Uni …

Transport operators very much welcome the finalisation of a basic public charging and refuelling network for trucks across Europe’s main roads. …

Dirk Engelhardt, spokesperson for the board of the Federal Association of Road Haulage, Logistics and Waste Disposal (BGL), warned of an impending supply chain collapse in Germany brought about by a HGV driver shortage. …

EU ministers on Tuesday formally — and finally — signed off on legislation phasing out sales of new polluting cars and vans by 2035, ending last-minute resistance from Germany and a small group of allies. …

The Council of the European Union has adopted its general approach on the Data Act. IRU has previously welcomed the text adopted by the European Parliament. …

European Union countries' energy ministers are set to give final approval on Tuesday to the bloc's law to end sales of new CO2-emitting cars in 2035, after Germany won an exemption for cars running on e-fuels. …

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) welcomes the fact that MEPs and national ministers struck an agreement last night on the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), which governs the EU-wide deployment o …

Dutch haulier Van den Bosch Transport has been involved in a decade-long legal battle with ten Hungarian truck drivers over Dutch wages. …

European Union negotiators agreed to roll out electric and hydrogen charging points across the region over the next few years in a bid to help spur the transition away from the combustion engine. …

No, Germany's government hasn't just saved the internal combustion engine. …