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Years of warnings about job losses from the transition to all-electric cars from internal-combustion powertrains are starting to become reality, as Ford this week announced it would cut nearly half of its European eng …

Grimaldi has acquired 20 hectares of space at the Dutch port of Amsterdam with the intention of importing new vehicles to northern Europe. …

Recently released figures by EU statistics agency Eurostat show a spectacular drop in the amount of renewable energy used in the transport sector for 2021, a trend that affects almost all EU countries and is due to a change in …

The price of shipping goods on vital global trade routes has fallen 85%  below its peak as the cost of living crisis hits consumer spending and pandemic-related supply chain disruption eases. …

Polluting trucks could continue to be sold in Europe after 2040, according to a new EU plan which campaigners say would make the bloc’s net-zero climate goal impossible. …

On Tuesday 14 February 2023, the European Commission has proposed ambitious new CO2 emissions targets for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) from 2030 onwards. …

IRU has welcomed many aspects of the European Commission’s proposed rules on CO₂ standards for heavy-duty vehicles, however, open concerns about vehicle technology restrictions remain. …

The agreement was concluded within the framework of the Railway Direction Days conference, held in Warsaw in late January. …

Renault and Nissan are investing around $600m in India to produce six new models at their joint plant in Chennai. These will include the first two electric cars companies will build in India. …

The European Commission’s rules for green hydrogen, adopted on Friday evening, provide much-needed investment certainty for green hydrogen, says Transport & Environment (T&E). …

Ahead of the Federal Council’s vote on Friday 10 February, the two associations stated that the policy should have been discontinued because it did not have a significant impact. …

Tuesday’s 14 February 2023 vote by the European Parliament on CO2 targets for cars and vans is set to seal the agreement reached last October between the European Commission, Parliament and Council. …

Ford is radically changing its business model in Europe in a bid to become sustainably profitable in the region. …

The project, according to the French Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion and the Ministry of Energy Transition, will cost €10,3m. …

This week, CLECAT signed a joint statement together with organisations representing fuel and automotive suppliers, vehicle manufac …

On 6 February 2023, the International Council on Clean Transportation published a study on a life-cycle comparison of the GHG emissions from combustion, electric and hydrogen trucks and buses in Europe. …

For the transport of vehicles, specific vehicle transporters are usually used, which are suitable for either cars or trucks, for example. …

Volkswagen Group will speed up its shift to electric cars and revamp its software strategy in a five-year investment plan presented by management to the supervisory board on Friday 10 February 2023, the automaker said in a statement …

On 8 and 9 February 2023, the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee as well as the Council’s Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) approved the provisional agreements reached in trilogues in the ‘Fit for 55’ package, i …

Volvo Cars said on Thursday 9 February that 2023 is likely to be another challenging year despite strong demand for its vehicles as the Swedish automaker reported a fall in quarterly profit. …