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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. …

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

Tesla has submitted the first application for the expansion of its plant in Grünheide in Brandenburg, Germany, to the State Office for the Environment. …

European transport workers and railway companies, represented by the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), have issued a joint recommendation for …

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

European shipowners today welcome the EU’s proposed Net-Zero Industry Act. The Act can be step-change in efforts to enhance Europe’s security and to support the energy transition of European industry. …

The German federal transport minister Volker Wissing sends mixed signals to the industry. On the one hand, he appears to have a new railway renovation concept that will be completed by 2030. …

Representatives of the main EU institutions will discuss at a technical meeting on 2023 March 17 a compromise text, obtained by EURACTIV, on the mechanism for monitoring and responding to the semiconductor supply crisis in the upcoming C …

Austria has already supported the European Union's agreement on a law to phase out new sales of CO2-emitting cars from 2035 and sees no reason to withdraw its backing for the deal now, Austrian Climate Minister, Leonore Gewessl …

The ESPO Award on Social Integration of Ports is entering its 15th edition, with the theme “Nature restoration projects in ports benefitting the local community”. …

Today, the Commission proposed the Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the Union is well-equipped for the clean-energy transition. …

Brussels officials are growing increasingly exasperated with businesses demanding more state cash, and threatening — if they don’t get it — to quit Europe and relocate to America.  …

Coming together for their biannual meetings, IRU’s EU passenger and goods transport members have adopted key sector positions aimed at reducing pollutant emissions and decarbonising corporate fleets. …

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) laid out on Wednesday the details of a planned all-electric car costing under €25,000 ($26,790), part of the German carmaker's push to derive 80% of VW passenger brand sales in Europe from all-electric ve …

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd and Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd, have completed the first bunkering to an LNG-fueled pure car and tr …

The German government tried to defuse a growing conflict with the EU by proposing changes to green transport legislation in a letter sent Wednesday to the European Commission, according to an official who has seen the letter. …

Responding to the Spring Budget, RHA Director of Public Affairs & Policy, Declan Pang, said: …

The EU will provide a total financial support of €188.8m to 26 projects. The objective is to help delivering a transport network which is environmentally sustainable, in line with the ambitious objectives laid out in the EU Green Deal. …