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Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan criticized Germany, Italy and other European countries that are seeking to weaken the EU's plan to ban the sale of new vehicles powered by fossil fuels. …

The new Effort Sharing Regulation reduces the allowed maximum level of greenhouse gas emissions in member states from transport, buildings and agriculture until 2030. …

BYD Auto delivered its first fully electric passenger car to the UK in March but the Chinese vehicle maker has ruled out building a manufacturing plant in the country because of Brexit. …

IRU’s Secretary General has outlined solutions to key challenges facing the road transport sector at the global road transport trade union conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa. …

The H2Accelerate collaboration secured funding for two of their primary initiatives: the deployment of eight heavy-duty hydrogen refuelling stations under the Connecting Europe Facility and a 150 fuel cell truck project funded by the Cle …

Transport ministers from Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia on Monday discussed their push to change proposed European Union Euro 7 emissions limits. …

Stellantis is in talks with the Spanish government regarding the production of small electric vehicles in the country, newspaper Cinco Dias reported on 13 March citing unidentified sources at the Industry Ministry and the carmak …

Volkswagen Group’s battery needs are covered until 2028 by its three confirmed factories in Europe, said Thomas Schmall, CEO of VW’s components division. …

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has promised he will do his utmost to ensure the survival of the combustion engine, joining Germany in opposing the EU’s plan to ban diesel and petrol cars from 2035. …

Germany has formed an alliance with Italy and some Eastern European countries opposing the planned phase-out of internal combustion engines from 2035 unless cars running on e-fuels are exempted from the ban. …

The future of the internal combustion engine is turning into a Franco-German war. …

The US and the EU want to negotiate an agreement on critical minerals for electric car batteries, said US President Joe Biden and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after a meeting at the White House. …

Automotive Cells Company, a joint venture of Stellantis, Mercedes and TotalEnergies said its planned Italian battery making plant was expected to start operations in 2026. …

We are very happy to announce that UAB  Idlija has become a member of ECG! …

Transporting goods from China via Kazakhstan will take significantly less time than using routes via the Black Sea. …

ACEA welcomes the relaunch of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with India. …

With the help of European funds, the General Directorate of Training of the Community of Madrid has announced the launch of a voucher programme that would help locals get an HGV or a bus driving license and so the local government could …

The research initiative, entitled GILA (German, Italian & Latin America consortium for resource efficient logistics hubs & transport) has launched the 2023 version of the Fraunhofer Institute market study related to energy effici …

Digital interconnectivity will increase efficiency, but will also make forwarders, carriers and hubs more of a target for cyber criminals. …

There are growing signs that global auto sales will continue their comeback from the pandemic, chip shortage and other supply chain snarls. …