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The European Commission has announced the opening of three new funding opportunities under the Innovation Fund with a total budget of €5.2 billion in EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) revenues. …

France is asking the European Union to adopt rules that require automakers to build electric vehicles in the region, as nations continue to put forward different proposals in the bloc’s review on CO2 fleet emissions. …

Today, transport ministers adopted a Council position that amends the directive laying down maximum authorised dimensions and weights for certain road vehicles. …

German carmaker BMW aims to cut its CO2 equivalent emissions by at least 60 million metric tons by 2035 from 2019 levels, it said on Tuesday, setting new mid-term goals within the longer-term target of achieving net zero by 2050. …

The European Parliament has ultimately decided that younger candidates for truck-driving roles will have to wait. …

China's tightening export controls are pushing European firms to explore new supply chain capacity outside of the world's second-largest economy, a European lobbying group said on Monday, seeking cover from the U.S.-China trade war. …

Production at Stellantis’ French factories is set to drop over the next three years, the Financial Times reported. …

Chinese carmakers lost ground in Europe in October, slipping back from the record market share they captured a month earlier across the region. …

On 28 November in Shanghai, the christening and delivery ceremony of the Grande Istanbul was held. …

The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating and improving international shipping, has elected Member States to serve on three categories of the IMO …

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wrote to Brussels on Friday to urge the European Commission to ease a planned ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035, arguing that automakers need more flexibility in the shift to electric vehicles. …

Low confidence, infrastructure delays and limited financial support are putting the UK’s decarbonisation targets for vans and heavy goods vehicles at risk, according to a new report published by Logistics UK. …

The European Commission should resist automakers' calls to allow cars to run on biofuels beyond 2035 because they are in short supply and not truly carbon-neutral, campaign group T&E said on Thursday. …

IRU has formally conveyed to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen the united and peaceful protest of 5,302 transport operators and s …

Europe’s embattled automakers are hoping for a reprieve when Brussels unveils an auto sector package next month that could water down an effective ban on new combustion engines initially slated for 2035, as a shift toward electrification …

China’s Great Wall Motor is targeting annual production of 300,000 vehicles in Europe by 2029, where it is scouting locations for its first car plant in a battle to revive flagging regional sales, a company executive said. …

Today, modernised rules on driving licences and mutual recognition of driving disqualifications enter into force across the EU. …

Despite this recent positive momentum, overall volumes remain far below pre-pandemic levels. The battery-electric car market share reached 16.4% YTD, yet it is still below the pace needed at this stage of the transition. …

Stellantis Chairman John Elkann warned that the European auto industry risks an “irreversible decline” if the European Union does not soften its stance on cuts in CO2 emissions to grant automakers more flexibility. …

Last year, European road transport expanded by just 0.6% – a figure within the statistical margin of error. According to Eurowag’s Transforming Transportation in 2026 report, this is stagnation, not a recovery. …