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In 2025 ECG-the Association of European Vehicle Logistics visited the Middle East markets of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). …

ECG has released its new “Rail Catalogue,” a practical tool that gathers essential information on European automotive compounds equipped with rail tracks. …

Over the past few days, the EU has made substantial progress in its long-running effort to revise the Weights and Dimensions Directive under the Danish Presidency in the Council.  …

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. …

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. …

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. …

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. …

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. …

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. …

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

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. …

A factory next to a weed-ridden lot in China's industrial south has become a global choke point for automotive chips, upending a sector that just a few years ago swore it wouldn't be caught again by supply-chain disruptions. …

A total of 24 European ports will receive funds to deploy onshore power supply (OPS, cold ironing) to “green” their port operations and invest in ammonia and methanol bunkering infrastructure. …

China's Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) will build its electric AION V model at a Magna facility in Austria, the two companies said on Thursday, a strategy that should help GAC avoid the EU's tariffs on China-made EVs.  …

Hauliers could soon gain access to 44-tonne cross-border operations for zero-emission vehicles, according to the International Road Transport Union. …

The CEOs of European rail freight companies were joined in Copenhagen by high-Level representatives from the Danish Authorities, the European Commission, and industry leaders for a two-day strategic meeting  hosted by DB Cargo and o …

IRU welcomes the European Commission and High Representative’s new Military Mobility Package and calls for practical civil and military cooperation to keep the EU’s transport network strong and ready. …

The news that the Dutch government has agreed to relinquish control of the Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia significantly de-escalates a crisis that threatened to disrupt worldwide auto production and highlighted Beijing’s growing levera …

In a new round of funding under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) programme, the European Commission has selected 70 projects that will receive grants totalling over €600 million for the electrification and decarbonisa …

Council and Parliament negotiators reached today a provisional agreement to harmonise, simplify and rationalise the management of the available capacity for trains on the EU’s rail network, both within and across member states. …