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BYD has slashed its sales target for this year by as much as 16 percent to 4.6 million vehicles, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as the Chinese EV giant faces its slowest annual growth in five years and other signs that its …

Road transport’s path to net zero is being slowed by soaring costs, patchy infrastructure and reluctant customers, according to a new global survey by the International Road Transport Union (IRU). …

Toyota said it will build an electric vehicle at its factory in the Czech Republic, its first full-electric model to be made in Europe and would also invest in a new battery assembly facility at the plant. …

Switzerland is preparing a major overhaul of its heavy vehicle toll system. …

BYD cut production for the second month in a row in August. The company produced 353,090 electric cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles, around 3.8 per cent less than in August 2024. …

Jaguar Land Rover's retail and production activities have been "severely disrupted" following a cybersecurity incident, the British luxury carmaker said on Tuesday, adding that it was working to restart its operations in a contr …

Norwegian hauliers affected by the closure of the E6 have been granted a temporary exemption from EU driving and rest time rules, after a landslide blocked the key north–south route. …

Since September 1, 2025, there have been widespread traffic blockades by truck drivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. …

In a letter to EU Member States, IRU has urged swift agreement on the Council’s general approach to the revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive. …

In August, 13,482 new electric cars hit Norwegian roads. The high level of electrification continues – 97 per cent of all new cars were fully electric. Among the models, one German-built vehicle dominates. …

Luka Koper, which runs operations at the Slovenian port of Koper, has taken its next step in expanding finished vehicle storage at the port by signing a construction contract for a multistorey parking facility. …

The Jetta brand wants to launch five new models by 2028, including four New Energy Vehicles. The first model is due to launch in 2026, allegedly for the equivalent of less than €12,000. …

To accelerate the transition to fossil fuel-free shipping, Swedish company Furetank has launched a new company for trading emission reductions under the FuelEU Maritime regulation and signed an agreement securing all the biogas r …

Washington must swiftly honour an agreement with Brussels and cut tariffs on EU auto imports to 15% from 27.5% as of August 1 after the EU started the legislative process to remove duties on U.S. …

Germany’s freight sector struggles with rising personnel costs, scarce capacity and insolvencies, warns freight association ELVIS in its Q2 report. …

Leapmotor will apparently not start European production of the B10 until the third quarter of 2026. Earlier this year, there was still talk of a possible production debut in the first quarter. …

According to the European industry association ACEA, 1,011,903 new battery electric cars were registered in the first seven months of 2025, representing a 15.6 per cent share of the EU market. …

New car sales in Europe rose 5.9% in July, the best month for more than a year in a boost for the struggling industry as consumer confidence weakens, European Automobile Manufacturers Association data showed on Thursday. …

Italy’s shipping player Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the newbuild next-generation ammonia-ready pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) built by China Merchants Heavy Industries (CMHI) Jiangsu, Grande Shanghai. …

European Union targets to cut CO2 emissions from vehicles, including a 100% reduction for cars by 2035, are no longer feasible, the heads of the European automobile manufacturers' and automotive suppliers' associations said on Wednesday. …