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Sales of electrified cars plunged in Germany in January as government incentives to encourage buyers were scaled back. Tesla bucked the downward trend by boosting volume through price cuts. …

The Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries proposed the use of container ships to export new cars in order to support automobile exports, as some car producers have cars to sell, but no way to ship them. …

This latest edition of ACEA’s Economic and Market Report covers the full year of 2022, providing a detailed overview of passenger car registrations, as well as production, both in Europe and in key markets around the world. …

IRU is in contact with its members in Türkiye and Syria following yesterday’s devastating earthquake, offering its deepest condolences to the victims and support to help coordinate relief efforts. …

Germany’s Vay has become the first company to deploy a vehicle without a human being inside on a European public road, a milestone the startup says paves the way for a remote-controlled mobility service within months. …

Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi are looking at new projects as part of their reshaped alliance including a common 800-volt EV architecture in Europe, and new vehicles for India and South America. …

Insufficient pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) space is driving some Chinese car-makers to use containers to export their automobiles. …

Russia’s largest carmaker, Avtovaz, has said it will take over the former Nissan plant in St Petersburg and put it back into operation in 2023. Nissan pulled out of St Petersburg shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. …

Another car carrier caught fire over the weekend, 4-5 February, the latest in a series of incidents that are spooking seafarers and insurers alike. …

Members of IRU’s Commission on Social Affairs (CAS) gathered in Brussels and virtually to discuss key issues facing the road transport sector. …

Investment of €800m in Mexican production site for integration of fully-electric models of NEUE KLASSE and construction of local high-voltage battery assembly. …

The owners of London Gateway have announced a multi-million pound investment in new rail infrastructure at the port terminal. …

At the TRAN meeting which took place earlier this week in Brussels, CE Delft presented a new study prepared for the European Parliament on  …

BMW has once again found its way to the rails with a new dedicated car train between Germany and Belgium. The new service, operated by Medway, runs from the German Regensburg, via Aachen to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. …

The business environment for German automakers and their suppliers improved significantly in January 2023, a survey published by the Ifo economic institute showed. …

From January 30, new energy vehicles transported in China will no longer be included in the category of dangerous goods. …

At the end of 2022, various shipping segments experienced delays in their trading patterns caused by a magnitude of factors, which had a compounding effect on operations including labor shortages, long dwell times for import cargo and su …

Successfully reaching the ambitious goals of the European Green Deal and its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy (SSMS) requires a substantial shift of traffic onto the railways. …

A revamped alliance between Renault and Nissan will face an early test in India, where the automakers plan new investment in a bid to close the gap on rivals, people with knowledge of the plans told Reuters. …

Lorries running on fossil fuels will continue to be allowed beyond 2035, with a potential phase-out coming in 2040 at the earliest, a draft proposal by the European Commission on revised CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles sho …