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General Motors is testing whether online sales will attract wealthy car buyers. …

The China-built hatchback gets a new hybrid drivetrain, extra tech. Chinese brand MG Motor will challenge Toyota and Renault in the budget electrified small car market with the new hybrid-powered MG3. …

Fiat announces new vehicles based on Stellantis's Smart Car low-cost small car platform. …

Franco-Italian automaker Stellantis (STLAM.MI) wants to stick to the European Union's goal to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035, CEO Carlos Tavares said in an interview with German media …

Austria has extended a weekend driving ban during the ski season on one of the EU’s busiest commercial routes, exclusively targeting freight transit operations. …

SUV sales exceeded 1m in 2023, having increased 23% between 2022 and 2023 and are an increasing share of car sales. …

Mercedes-Benz on Thursday 22 February delayed its electrification goal by five years and assured investors it would keep sprucing up its combustion engine models, becoming the latest carmaker to flag a weaker-than-expected appetite for b …

Leasing companies are demanding concessions from EV makers, including agreements that manufacturers will buy back vehicles, to protect against further erosion in the $1.2trn second-hand car market. …

The European Transport Workers’ Federation partnered with the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) to deliver a pilot training on the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digitalization in the logistics sector for union representa …

Electric vehicle startups Rivian (RIVN.O) and Lucid (LCID.O) forecast 2024 production well below analyst estimates on Wednesday as persistently high borrowing costs keep consumers from buying relatively pricier battery-pow …

On Thursday 22 February 2024, the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee (IMCO) adopted its report on the reform of the Union Customs Code (UCC). …

A global slowdown in electric-vehicle demand is rippling through the industry, costing jobs and leading to changes in strategic plans, layoffs and production cuts, suggesting pain in the near term could slow the transition away from gaso …

Despite a slight decline in total cargo throughput, 2023 was a year of success for the Port of Rotterdam which is making significant strides in becoming more sustainable. …

Tesla want to double the site's capacity to 100 gigawatt hours of battery production and 1m cars per year. …

Suppliers will continue to have a harder time than automakers in the coming years, especially as the trend towards insourcing will accelerate among automakers. …

The Year of the Dragon, the most auspicious of animals in the Chinese zodiac, is upon us. What does the following year have in store for shipping’s fortunes? …

The efficient decarbonisation of road transport took centre stage at the United Nations Inland Transport Committee’s kick-off day in Geneva. …

Financial year 2023 closed with turnover of €189m, cash flow of 101m and an 18m reduction of bank debt. The Port of Barcelona continues to be the principal contributor to the general system of State Ports. …

Electric vehicle drivers unable to install a charger at home are turning instead to stopgaps offered by US and European firms as alternatives to often expensive or inconvenient public charging points. …

Slowing the electrification shift now with the aiming of catching up when margins are better is the wrong approach -- for the planet and for companies' survival. …