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For the first time, the entire ecosystem of EU rail has come together in Berlin. From innovation to authorisation and market entry, stakeholders are building on rail’s rich history to integrate it into the digital era.
Instead of reinventing the wheel on automated vehicle data sharing, the EU should build on existing rules while ensuring a coherent legal framework for sharing data generated by vehicles.
Italy’s Minister for Enterprises Adolfo Urso will seek a broad alliance with other industry ministers on Thursday (26 September) to move the review of EU’s Co2 reduction targets for cars forward but shield the bloc’s 2035 zero-Co2 emissions goal - as long as three key conditions are met.
The EU is increasingly caught in the middle between the US and China’s trade wars, and needs to pick a side
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) joined calls on Monday (23 September) for a quicker revision of the EU’s CO2 standards for cars after the Italian government and industry had previously pushed for such a move.
The European Commission (EC), the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA), and the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) are pleased to announce their common actions at InnoTrans 2024, the world’s largest trade fair focused on transport technology, held in Berlin on 24-27 September 2024.
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) will have little time on Monday (23 September) to digest the results of the third round of local elections as he prepares for talks with car sector leaders on getting the country’s largest industry back on track.
Back in early 2020, Europe’s automotive industry was trying to dismantle the 2020 clean car standard, claiming the Covid-19 pandemic made it impossible to comply. Regulators resisted, battery electric car (EV) sales broke all records in 2020/21, and Europe, for a moment, was even selling more plug-in cars than China.
After Tuesday's (17 September) unveiling of the new transport commissioner-designate, MEPs and the sector’s stakeholders comment on Tzitzikostas and his programme.
The EU’s road transport sector faces critical challenges. The IRU's roadmap urges policymakers to enact supportive legislation to ensure the EU's economic and environmental goals are met.
The European Commission pushed back against calls by automakers to postpone the 2025 CO2 reduction targets for cars, arguing that carmakers had enough time to prepare.
It hardly goes unnoticed that Chinese companies are stepping up green investments in Europe, write Leon de Graaf, Dominika Floriánová, Flora Wallace and Giorgia Andriola.
Volkswagen group faces potential site closures in Germany and Belgium, against a shrinking appetite for electric vehicles (EVs) and fierce competition from China. MEPs have different perspectives on the EU's role in supporting Europe’s carmakers.
EU member states and the Commission must "reconsider" their position regarding the tariffs imposed on Chinese electric vehicles, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday (11 September).
Europe's air safety regulator on Thursday (5 September) ordered inspections on engines of Airbus A350-1000 jets after an engine fire during the flight of a Cathay Pacific jetliner.
While the EU Green Deal came with the promise of new jobs in green industries offsetting job losses elsewhere, these jobs are currently being created outside Europe, warned Judith Kirton-Darling, General Secretary of trade union IndustriAll Europe.
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr is meeting with Portugal's centre-right government on Monday to formally signal his company's interest in the privatisation of state-owned carrier TAP, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter.
Hungarian consortium Ganz-MaVag withdrew its €619 million bid for Spanish trainmaker Talgo on Friday (30 August), just days after Madrid blocked the purchase on national security grounds.
As wildfires rage in Europe, authorities face a difficult choice, in their struggle to source critical fire fighting aircraft.
Italy's Enterprise and Made in Italy Minister, Adolfo Urso, has threatened to withhold recovery fund money from car giant Stellantis unless it provides answers over delayed projects and investments, as tensions between the company and the ruling government continue to escalate.
Greece has recently made a strong push for transport in the new European legislature. The Greek government now aims to secure the transport portfolio in the upcoming EU Commission, according to sources in Athens and Brussels.
Railways are the most environmentally sustainable mode of transport, compared to cars or planes, yet, they remain chronically underfunded and underdeveloped in Europe. High prices, complex booking systems, and a lack of cross-border coordination are just some of the problems making it harder for Europeans to consider trains a reliable and safe option.
The EU's aims for rail often fall far short of the reality on the ground, says Jon Worth, a cross-border rail enthusiast and campaigner, in an interview with Euractiv.
Tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EV) will likely boost investments in new European factories, which is good news but could also undermine Europe’s industrial base, to address this challenge the EU needs to strengthen and unify its investment rules, writes Tobias Gehrke.
