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The European Council has reached a final decision on the new EU CO₂ standards for heavy-duty vehicles. This concludes a legislative process that led to overly idealistic emission reduction targets. But more work lies ahead. …

The Council today (13 May 2024) formally adopted the regulation on CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, amending and strengthening the existing EU rules. …

From the beginning of June 2024 DP World will be providing an intermodal rail service for containerised car shipments between Mexico, the US and Canada. …

Current legislative changes regarding ecological freight transport in the EU Revision of the EU directives on weights and dimensions and on the Eurovignette New CO2 road fee …

Automotive suppliers are actively developing strategies and pre-competitive partnerships to provide sound, reliable and comparable tools to measure sustainability progress  Uncertainty in the text, legal concerns …

As EV prices have plunged, Ford's Q1 losses per car are more than double the deficit from 2023, a source told Bloomberg. …

Suardíaz Shipping Lines has added a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) to its car carrier fleet in Europe, bringing the number to nine. …

The EV3 compact SUV may be built for European markets at Kia's plant in Slovakia. Kia's new compact full-electric SUV, the EV3, will stay close to the concept version unveiled in 2023, new images suggest. …

Ford may build a second hybrid model at its Valencia factory as the company scales back its goal to become all-electric in Europe by 2030. …

Chinese automaker BYD will consider building a second assembly plant in Europe in 2025, its European managing director Michael Shu said on Thursday, 9 May 2024. …

German automakers fear retaliation if the European Union imposes punitive import duties on EVs from Chinese manufacturers. …

Decarbonisation of the global maritime industry could support the creation of up to four million green jobs by 2050. …

The implementation of the EU’s carbon pricing scheme for road transport is crucial to drive the business case for electric and hydrogen trucks, Martin Lundstedt, CEO of the Volvo Group, told Euractiv in an interview. …

T&E position paper on the European Commission public consultation. …

German newspaper Handelsblatt reported that Tesla would shut down production at its Berlin plant for four days due to protests against its expansion plans. …

At a recent meeting held at IRU in Geneva, US and global trucking industry stakeholders compared and addressed solutions to key challenges undermining road goods transport operations. …

Nio said it expects the new Onvo brand's L60 to compete with the Tesla Model Y. …

The alliance between the two companies will guarantee the supply of eight million litres of renewable fuel over the next two years This initiative will allow Sesé’s customers to progress in their decar …

Tight Ro-Ro capacity has led to an increase in the volume of finished vehicles shipped by container but the advantages of doing so suggest a wider adoption which experts in the field say could be here to stay. …

Volvo Cars' sales rose 27% in April 2024 from a year earlier to 65,838 cars, boosted by demand for electric and hybrid vehicles, the Sweden-based group said on Monday, 6 May 2024. …