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Chinese battery giant CATL has chosen Debrecen, Hungary’s second-largest city, as the site for a 100GWh gigafactory that will supply batteries directly to carmakers making electric vehicles (EVs) across Europe, beginning with Mercedes-Be …

The completion of the Rastatt tunnel on the Rhine Alpine corridor is pushed back again. The railway tunnel in Germany will not be operational until mid-2026, Deutsche Bahn has said. …

According to a media report, BMW wants to produce fuel cell SUVs in large series from 2025. BMW had previously only confirmed that it intended to offer the iX5 Hydrogen in small series this year. …

More than 500 dockworkers at Liverpool’s Peel Port voted on 15 August to strike after rejecting a 7% pay hike. …

The Rhine River on 12 August is set to shrivel to a crucial level that could upend the trade of fuels throughout Europe, with the effects potentially rippling through the continent for months.  …

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The European Union and South Korea have raised concerns about proposed US tax credits for purchases of Electric Vehicles, saying they may discriminate against foreign-made vehicles and breach World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. …

The Grimsby River Terminal (GRT) welcomed the first deep sea car carrier powered by a multi-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG)/battery hybrid engine carrying a cargo of Kia vehicles. …

Europe’s economic headwinds are catching up with the region’s auto industry. …

UECC is raising its sustainability game by expanding the use of carbon-neutral biofuels in its logistics chain through a new partnership for decarbonisation with Svitzer, a leading global towage provider and wholly owned subsidiary of AP …

Government and the logistics sector are this week (10 August 2022) launching an exciting new campaign - Generation Logistics - which aims to tackle the industry's long-term recruitment issues and future-proof the industry's talent pipeli …

The Lombardy Region has greenlit the project for the quadruplication of the rail route between Milano Rogoredo and Pavia, in the North of Italy. However, advantages for rail freight will not be tangible before 2030. …

Capturing CO2 from the air while running a train: it could even make a diesel-fueled train nearly carbon-neutral. …

The automotive industry now has the opportunity to reorganise the delivery of a more standardised choice of vehicle supported by the digital revolution in retail. …

Electric vehicles sales in China are forecast to hit a record 6m this year as demand for cleaner cars surges. …

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio is opening its first overseas plant in Hungary in September. …

Finland’s Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka has called the recent proposal by the European Commission on the European standard rail gauge “unreasonable”. The views of Finnish officials and experts vary, but speci …

China's Great Wall, one of the country's six largest automakers, has entered a strategic partnership with Europe's largest car dealer group, Emil Frey, to distribute the Ora and Wey brands. …

Germany would face costs almost six times as high as Brexit if it and the European Union were to shut China out of their economies, the Ifo institute said on Monday, citing the results of a study. …

Following the government’s announcement of a call for evidence on opportunities for changes to the driver licensing regime, Chris Yarsley, Logistics UK’s Road Freight Regulation Policy Manager, comments:   …