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Volkswagen will accelerate its transition towards electric vehicles, but needs to find the right "rhythm" as it makes the shift, new Chief Executive Oliver Blume said at an internal conference on Thursday, the first day of his tenur …

Citroen and Polestar have settled a trademark dispute over logos that prevented the Swedish electric car brand from selling vehicles in France since 2020. …

Finnlines is building two Superstar Ro-Pax vessels. The first vessel, Finnsirius, was launched on 30 August 2022 and the keel laying of the second one, Finncanopus, was celebrated on 1 September 2022. …

Skoda is accelerating and expanding its electric car plans. The Czech VW brand will launch three new purely electric models by 2026 brought forward from 2030. …

BMW has started its own production of fuel cells for the iX5 Hydrogen at the Hydrogen Competence Center in Munich. …

If you thought transatlantic trade wars were a forgotten relic of Donald Trump's presidency, think again. …

An endemic shortage of chips costing anywhere from 50 cents to $10 is slowing down swathes of the $600bn semiconductor industry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s top executive warned Tuesday. …

The Chinese electric vehicle and battery manufacturer BYD was able to achieve a net profit of almost 2.8bn yuan In the Q2 of 2022. …

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China's Geely Automobile Holdings and an oil group are in talks about taking stakes in the fossil-fuel engine unit that Renault plans to separate from its electric vehicle business, two sources close to the French automaker sai …

Glasgow-based electric heavy-duty 4WD vehicle manufacturer Munro Vehicles has struck a deal with Wyre, a US electric vehicle sales and leasing specialist. …

Stellantis will halt its Sevel van making plant in central Italy from Wednesday 31 August to Saturday 3 September 2022 due to a shortage in supplies of parts, a spokesman for the company said on Tuesday 30 August. …

Toyota's global output sank for the fourth straight month as a shortage of semiconductors and supply chain disruptions caused by COVID lockdowns in China hurt production. …

Ranked 20th in the world and fourth in Europe according to the data for the second quarter of 2022 of the connectivity index prepared by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). …

The EU has taken important steps towards strengthening EU energy independence and food security while sticking to ambitious commitments in the fight against climate change. …

France is readying a plan to subsidize electric-car leasing as part of President Emmanuel Macron’s campaign pledge to make them more affordable.  …

Xiaomi appears in talks with BAIC to collaborate on producing electric vehicles and is exploring options to take a stake in a Hyundai plant, according to media reports. …

Suzuki Motor Corp will set up a global research and development company in India, its president said on Sunday, pushing deeper into a market that is set to become an electric vehicle (EV) hub for the Japanese carmaker. …

Both GHG and air pollutant emissions from commercial vehicles account for a significant share of total emissions from the transportation sector. …

Mercedes-Benz has given the go-ahead for the production of the EQS SUV. The SUV offshoot of the all-electric EQS is now being produced at the US plant in Tuscaloosa for the global markets. …