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Europe's automakers and their already-stretched suppliers face a tough year as they race to cut costs for electric models to counter leaner Chinese rivals which are bringing cheaper vehicles to challenge them on their home turf. …

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

The BYD Explorer No. 1 embarked on its maiden voyage from the port of Shenzhen, China in mid-January 2024. …

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. …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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). …

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 …

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. …

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

On Wednesday 21 February 2024, the G7 Transport Ministers expressed strong condemnation of the attacks carried out by the Houthis against commercial vessels and navy ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. …

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? …

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. …