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German autos association VDA dampened its forecast for the passenger car market in the United States and Europe on Thursday, citing inflation, interest rates and ongoing supply chain troubles. …

On Monday 25 July, France published a decree increasing the maximum authorised loads intended for combined transport from 42-44 tons to 46 tons as of Wendsday 27 July, as part of an experiment that will last 18 months. …

Europe faces a period of huge uncertainty. …

Toyota is stepping up its transition from internal combustion engines to battery-powered cars by converting powertrain plants in Japan into battery production sites. …

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. …

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

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. …

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. …

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. …

We are happy to announce the latest addition to our fleet. …

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. …

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. …

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. …

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. …

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

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). …