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As we enter 2023, we are leaving behind a period characterized by sever supply chain disruptions for the automotive OEMs; from chip shortages, Covid lockdowns, major fluctuations in global shipping, war in Europe, to finished vehicle tra …

Smart Freight Centre announces the launch of the Road Freight Electrification Guidance, which will work towards helping fleet owners and freight buyers to better understand where and when freight electrification should be applied, based …

Always. More. Choice. The boom in battery-electric cars continues, despite subsidies dropping slightly around Europe. We dare to look ahead: what’s coming, what’s missing and what are we particularly looking forward to? …

Stellantis is ending all its lobbying activities after frustrating experiences with politicians over increasingly tougher regulations on emissions. …

An increasing share of electric vehicles in Europe will reduce the demand for diesel and gasoline in the long term. This has significant implications for the future of refining in Europe. …

Dacia has started delivering its latest vehicle models through the port of Bristol to its dealership network in the UK. It is officially a decade since the Romanian carmaker started selling vehicles in the UK. …

Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars delivered 117,800 battery-electric cars in 2022. Thanks to a strong final quarter, the Stuttgart-based company was able to more than double its electric car deliveries compared to 2021. …

Martin Lundstedt, President & CEO of Volvo Group, has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Commercial Vehicle Board of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). …

A shortage in available capacity for finished vehicle shipments by ocean Ro-Ro vessel out of China, which has intensified over the last two quarters, has provoked a number of carmakers to look for control of their own assets. …

In 2022, the BMW Group sold a total of 215,755 fully electric vehicles from the BMW and Mini brands, more than twice as many as in 2021. …

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) recently wrote to Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, to caution that Euro VII and CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles cannot be looked at in …

The GEFCO brand is now CEVA Logistics. With this change, CEVA Logistics announced today the creation of a dedicated Finished Vehicle Logistics (FVL) organization as part of its integration of GEFCO. …

Volkswagen continues to make rapid progress with the transformation to e-mobility: at around 330,000 units, worldwide deliveries of all-electric vehicles (Battery Electric Vehicles - BEVs) grew 23.6% year-on-year. …

Mercedes-Benz Vans wants to produce and roll out the new VAN.EA electric platform on three continents from 2025. …

Simon Hodgkinson, head of loss prevention at West P&I, believes dedicated courses are a must to safeguard mariners’ lives. …

The Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG) and Odette, the supply chain logistics standardisation, services and networking platform, have jointly developed a VIN-label standard aimed at making vehicle deliveries …

Demand for full-electric cars surged in Germany in 2022 to capture almost a fifth of sales in Europe's biggest market. …

Government launches a new fund to help small to medium-sized businesses to develop greener and more efficient solutions for freight. …

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Strikes crippled the British rail network in the first week of January 2023. The long-running disputes on the network combined into the most prolonged period of industrial action so far, with five consecutive days of stoppages. …