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The government has today proposed measures for the UK’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, in an important step towards putting the phase out of petrol and diesel cars into law. …

In its consultation paper outlining plans for a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate for cars and vans, the UK Government has underlined its commitment to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030 and force all new cars …

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has moved forward to add more capacity in the car carrier segment by signing a firm deal for two new methanol dual-fuel 9,300 ceu ships. …

The regions of Hamburg and Lower Saxony have embarked on a €32m ($35m) project to replace diesel-fuelled cargo trucks with those powered by hydrogen. …

UK car production rose 13.1% in 2023 February, up to 69,707 units, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). …

The amount of biofuels in Europe’s transport sector is expected to increase after the European Parliament and EU countries agreed in the early hours of 2023 March 30 on new rules to spur the use of renewable energy across the bloc. …

On Wednesday 29 March 2023, Karima Delli, chairwoman of the transport and tourism committee (TRAN) of the European Parliament, Josef Doppelbauer, the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways, Conor Feighan, the Secret …

The first in a series of documents on safely carrying lithium-ion batteries covers how the batteries operate, their regulatory classification as cargo, the risk of and causes of thermal runaway which can lead to fires, and the toxicity h …

The EU Commission responded swiftly to the European Court of Auditors’ report on intermodal transport and the share of rail freight. …

Despite the German transport minister Volker Wissing being a pro-road investments advocate for some months, the federal committee engaged with the ‘modernisation package for climate protection and planning acceleration’ decided …

IRU has welcomed the provisional agreement reached between the Council, European Commission and Parliament on the alternative fuels infrastructure regulation (AFIR). …

The UK government has announced the reintroduction of the HGV levy in 2023 August, as part of the 2023 Spring Budget. …

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said that e-fuels, which have received an exemption from policymakers in Brussels to the EU’s 2035 zero-emissions target for new cars, will not “significantly” change the trajectory o …

Port of Antwerp-Bruges today introduces the new Ketenis truck parking. The free parking facility has 280 parking spaces and will open from 2023 March 31 at 1pm. …

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) welcomes the fact that MEPs and national ministers struck an agreement last night on the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), which governs the EU-wide deployment o …

European Union negotiators agreed to roll out electric and hydrogen charging points across the region over the next few years in a bid to help spur the transition away from the combustion engine. …

Dutch haulier Van den Bosch Transport has been involved in a decade-long legal battle with ten Hungarian truck drivers over Dutch wages. …

No, Germany's government hasn't just saved the internal combustion engine. …

Public chargers for electric trucks will need to be provided at regular intervals along Europe’s primary and secondary motorways, and in major cities, under a new law agreed by MEPs and governments last night. …

European carmakers are fighting back against proposed emission regulations they argue are too costly, rushed and unnecessary, but which the European Commission says are needed to cut harmful emissions and prevent a repeat of the Dieselga …