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Peter Harris, Vice President for International Sustainability at UPS, has 33 years of experience working for the global parcel delivery and logistics giant. …

Swedish truck maker AB Volvo said on Wednesday 14 September 2022 it was starting series production of heavy electric trucks, catering to a growing demand for zero-emission transport. …

Taking stock of the progress made, key road transport players participated in the fifth IRU workshop on the enforcement of the EU’s Mobility Package 1. …

Light commercial vehicles (LCVs) – commonly known as vans – power the European economy, helping businesses to thrive. …

Autonomous vehicle startups have raised tens of billions of dollars based on promises to develop truly self-driving cars, but industry executives and experts say remote human supervisors may be needed permanently to help robot drivers in …

Going forward, COTRA Autotransport AG will be relying on INFORM’s IT solutions at its vehicle logistics center in Studen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. …

President Biden signed a wide-ranging $750bn health care, tax and climate bill into law on 16 August 2022. …

Peugeot will launch a full-electric version of the 308 compact hatchback and station wagon next year, with a new motor developed by Stellantis’ joint venture with the Japanese company Nidec. …

Regulating Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) has implications for safety, legal and facilitation instruments under the purview of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). …

In the Q2 report into the finished vehicle logistics industry from RPM and Automotive Logistics, global providers and users of services revealed their main concerns for the second quarter …

BMW has announced the roll-out of Plug&Charge in the first models starting from mid-2023, allowing the customers to use public charge points without a charging card or an app. …

Kia Motors has set up a partnership in Europe with energy storage start-up, Encore, to reuse electric vehicle (EV) batteries for second-life energy storage systems. …

Tesla has announced new plans to expand the plant in Grünheide, Germany, by 100 hectares at an event at the weekend. …

Vietnamese carmaker VinFast on Saturday began handing its first batch of 100 all-electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to local customers, with US deliveries of the vehicle due to begin as soon as December. …

On 5 September, the International Transport Forum published a report investigating the feasibility of de …

Within its Navigation Innovation and Support Program (NAVISP) and with the contribution of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the European Space Agency (ESA) has assigned the Grimaldi Group the GSAB (Grimaldi Satellite Assi …

Representatives of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU met this week to kick-start the negotiations of some transport-related files of the Fit for 55 Package, including the revision of CO2 standards for cars and vans, ReFue …

The impact of dramatically increasing energy prices in the rail freight market has the potential to not only reverse modal shift, but also to fundamentally change the composition of the European rail freight sector. …

Bahri Logistics, a business unit of the national shipping carrier of Saudi Arabia, and the MOSOLF Group, one of the leading system service providers for the automotive industry in Europe, today announced the signing of a …

A surprising acquisition has taken place in the field of electric vehicle startups in the US: Mullen Automotive announced the acquisition of a 60% majority stake in Bollinger Motors for $148.2m in cash and stock. …