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BMW sees further COVID-19-related lockdowns in China as a risk for 2023, despite healthy demand there for the automaker’s full-electric models and expectations of stable global sales. …

The Council gave its final approval to the corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD). …

Even if electric cars still cost more to buy than petrol cars, battery-electric vehicles have long been cheaper overall to own and run. …

BMW is doubling its investment at its Hungarian factory to €2bn, adding a high-voltage battery assembly facility. …

IRU and its member associations from Ukraine and seven neighbouring countries have called on the European Commission to prioritise TIR trucks to ease lengthy border queues and boost goods transport flows between Ukraine and the EU. …

The reason for the increase is to provide more revenue to the state. …

UK car production returned to growth in October, rising 7.4% to 69,524 units, according to the latest figures published on 25 November by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). …

Road freight fails are wrecking rail freight schedules, and causing plenty more disruption too. …

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has analysed the trends and developments in battery electric vehicle (BEVs) markets. …

Tesla Inc's Full Self-Driving Beta software is now available to everyone in North America, Elon Musk said early on Thursday, 24 November 2022, as the automaker awaits regulatory approval for its cars to be driven without human oversight. …

As part of its efforts to cut costs and support investment for electrification, Stellantis will move toward an agency sales model. …

European Union nations agreed to pursue a €43bn plan to jump-start the bloc’s semiconductor production, clearing a key hurdle in its plan to bolster high-tech industry. …

To tackle high emission levels from road freight and clean up trucks on European roads, a rapid rollout of zero emission trucks (ZET) is a much needed and effective action. …

Stellantis is weighing whether to build electric vehicles in India for potential export to Europe to take advantage of the country's low labor costs, CEO Carlos Tavares said. …

The ongoing revision of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) will be key for transport in the EU, particularly for road transport. …

A broad coalition of 39 environmental, health and consumer associations from across Europe calls on the Commission to ensure that all new trucks are zero emission by 2035 at the latest. …

The EU is currently assessing the possibility of extending the normal gauge of the European railway network to Ukraine and Moldova, as part of its effort to better integrate the countries in the European transport area. …

VinFast, Vietnam’s first global electric vehicle manufacturer, and INFORM – a leading provider of AI-based optimization software that facilitates enterprise solutions, announced a strategic global partnership on electric …

After a two-decade hiatus, Russia on 23 November launched production of the Moskvich car brand at a plant near Moscow given up by the French carmaker Renault, with a new, modern Chinese design that barely resembles the Soviet-era classic …

Despite the phase out of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars in 2035, large numbers of highly polluting ICE vehicles will be sold in Europe prior to phase out. …