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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. …

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 …

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 …

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

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

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

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. …

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

Given their importance in everyday life, cars must be ‘given more space’, particularly as they have become ‘cleaner, quieter and safer’, Infrastructure and Water Management Minister Mark Harbers said as he presented his governme …

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. …

EU rules setting stricter pollution standards for trucks will pull resources from the production of zero-emission vehicles, slowing the shift to electrification, the vice president of Volvo group has said. …

Governments must use the upcoming meeting of the Intersessional Working Group on Greenhouse Gases (ISWG-GHG-14) to support stronger science-based climate targets for 2030 and 2040 that are vital for shipping’s energy transition, accordin …

As a new face at German infrastructure manager DB Netze, Thorsten Dieter aims for change. …

As self-driving truck developers move forward with pilot deployments and continue laying the groundwork for broader commercialization, they are pursuing several different concepts for how and where this technology could fit into real­-wo …

French Transport Minister Clément Beaune on Friday said that Germany's proposal to save the combustion engine is "risky." …

New rail links announced between Wales and England are an encouraging step towards easing congestion on the M4 motorway, which parallels the Great Western Mainline (GML). …

The European Parliament doesn't like the look of Germany's proposed backroom deal with Brussels to save the combustion engine. …