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Five years of rapid European growth for Chinese electric-car makers ground to a halt in 2024, as trade barriers added to the challenge of building up sales in a stagnant market. …

Mercedes-Benz is joining a Geely lawsuit against EU tariffs on electric cars imported from China, adding to a flurry of legal cases targeting the duties. …

This unique report provides a snapshot of what the ‘fleet’ of vehicles on Europe’s roads looks like, including average vehicle age, the share of power types, the number of cars per person and much more. …

The Transport Overseas Group (TO Group) and Polaris Autoliners are intensifying their collaboration. …

Since the beginning of the decade, European car manufacturers have been losing ground in the Chinese market. Conversely, China is conquering market share in Europe, and not only in the electric vehicle segment. …

At the beginning of this year, Denmark withdrew from the Eurovignette system and introduced a mileage- and CO2-based toll for trucks. The government also announced plans for intensive toll controls. …

BMW will propose that the European Union lower its tariff on US car imports to 2.5% 5from 10%, in line with the current US import tariff, the automaker’s CEO Oliver Zipse said. …

In 2024, new EU van sales increased by 8.3%, reaching 1,586,688 units, driven by positive results in all four key markets. Spain led with a remarkable 13.7% rise, followed by Germany at 8.4%, France at 1.1%, and Italy at 0.9%. …

Global sales of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles will rise by at least 17% this year to over 20 m cars, helped by an extension of China’s auto trade-in subsidies, research firm Rho Motion forecasts. …

Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume has spoken to the carmaker’s Chinese joint venture partners about their interest in investing in Europe, a VW spokesperson said. …

We turned to Global Petrol Prices for insights into key trends and projections. …

Resilience, sustainability and collaboration as drivers of growth …

French ministers are calling for the European Commission to immediately suspend standards for car emissions on the grounds that the regulation benefits Chinese automakers and Tesla. …

ACEA, ChargeUp Europe, and SmartEN call on policy makers to ensure the effective functioning of the bidirectional charging market and stimulate user uptake. …

This initiative aims to identify skills gap emerging from the digital and green transition and discuss the shortage of maritime professionals and limited mobility between land and on-board positions. …

The British Standards Institution has published new guidelines to standardise the design and operation of public high-power charging sites for battery electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the UK, supporting the country’s transit …

Tesla joins BYD, SAIC and Geely in suing the EU in Luxembourg. …

Volkswagen Group estimated it will take a €1.5 bn ($1.6 bn) hit this year from stricter European Union standards for car emissions that the automaker will struggle to meet. …

Chinese electric vehicle makers BYD, Geely and SAIC have challenged the European Union’s import tariffs at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). …

For all its talk of radical change, Volkswagen Group’s cost-cutting deal in Germany relies heavily on the automaker’s tradition of cooperation between managers and workers, according to details disclosed by company sources. …