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Iran and Oman are expected to unveil a new traffic arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz imminently, potentially redrawing established shipping lanes and giving Tehran a formal role in overseeing vessels entering the Persian Gulf. …

Britain’s new car market grew 11.7% in July with 156,571 units registered, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). …

Chinese automakers are winning market share in Germany by luring customers away from from European, Japanese and Korean brands, with Hyundai and Kia owners proving among the most willing to switch, according to new industry data. …

DP World announced that it completed its first delivery of finished vehicles by rail from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Aiud, Romania, launching a new intermodal corridor between Western and Southeastern Europe. …

Sales ​in the United States recovered for ​a third consecutive month with a ⁠double digit increase, the company said ​in a statement. …

Driver shortage remains one of the industry’s top concerns. But the picture is complex. …

Charter rates for modern car-carriers are moving towards the $100,000-a-day mark again, powered by rising demand for Chinese electric vehicle exports. …

The entry of Chinese automakers in the past five years has reshaped the European auto market, with companies such as BYD, SAIC and Chery moving steadily up the sales tables and threatening century-old players such as Ford and even Merced …

Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume faces perhaps the most difficult challenge of his tenure: convincing the automaker’s powerful and often competing stakeholders that deeper restructuring is unavoidable. …

Electrification is the clearest way to cut energy demand, increase Europe's competitiveness and lower energy prices. …

The question we currently encounter most frequently is: Is a business owner who travels abroad in a 3.5-tonne van to deliver their own goods to a customer, without providing transport services, required to use a tachograph? …

A wave of Chinese entrants into Britain's ‌car market is piling pressure on traditional manufacturers, forcing them to offer deeper discounts to compete with lower-cost imports, the head of the country's main automotive industry body sai …

Europe is home to 69 e-fuel projects that could serve the maritime sector but only six are operational, T&E’s updated e-fuels tracker shows. This highlights the difficulty Europe is having in getting big projects off the ground. …

 Linlin Liang is the face of Chinese business in Europe. She is best known for a one-liner she often delivers at Brussels conference panels: the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation is a “nuclear weapon.” …

Europe's automotive supply chains have largely weathered this summer's crushing heatwave, avoiding the major production disruptions that some had feared. …

German car manufacturer BMW is cutting thousands of jobs by the end of 2027 through a voluntary redundancy program, a corporate spokesperson told POLITICO. …

DB Cargo Automotive and Stellantis have reorganised their European vehicle logistics network around a smaller number of high-volume rail corridors and regular shuttle services. …

The intervention follows the European Commission’s second-stage consultation with trade unions and employers on improving job quality across the EU. …

Chinese automakers are capturing European market share far faster than industry analysts predicted, prompting sharp upward revisions to long-term forecasts. …

Volkswagen's premium brand Audi must work with the group towards a comprehensive restructuring, the subsidiary's finance chief said on Monday, after reporting a weak second quarter ​hit by falling sales in China and the United States. …