Seven EU countries reject weaker car emissions rules
The Commission is due to review its CO2 standards for cars and vans and has signalled it would give hybrids and renewable fuels a bigger role beyond 2035.
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The Commission is due to review its CO2 standards for cars and vans and has signalled it would give hybrids and renewable fuels a bigger role beyond 2035.
The German's challenge is combined by a broader slowdown across the global automotive sector.
The issue is due to be discussed at a meeting of EU transport ministers in Luxembourg on June 8.
European orders are due to open later this year, with US deliveries scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2027.
Days before the Venice Biennale was due to open its doors, its entire international jury quietly walked away.
The French Senate has voted to abolish low vehicle-emissions zones (Zones à Faibles Émissions – ZFE), marking a significant reversal of a flagship green policy…
Europe’s biggest carmaker, Volkswagen Group, has presented dismal 2025 annual results.
Mercedes-Benz Group has released its full-year 2025 financial results revealing a dramatic decline in profitability that marks the company's weakest performance…
The rush to impose advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) across the European Union has triggered a a new state investigation amid concerns the systems may be…
Europe's largest carmakers Volkswagen and Stellantis have called for subsidies to keep carmaking in the EU as they struggle with challenges from US tariffs to Chinese…
The president of Germany’s largest automobile association ADAC has resigned from his post after he backed raising the price of diesel and petrol.
The chief executive of German automotive behemoth Volkswagen Group says his companies will have to scrap plans for a new production plant in the US unless tariffs…
Replacing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) with a minimum price system would lower consumer prices while raising margins of European manufacturers and…
The city of Stuttgart in southwestern Germany might be facing insolvency.
US carmaker Ford has announced far-reaching changes to its electrical vehicle (EV) strategy.
The European Commission looks set to scrap a landmark 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars, as part of a package of reforms aimed at supporting Europe's embattled…
Indian automotive group Bajaj Auto has gained control of KTM, Europe’s biggest producer of motorcycles.
Italy’s €600 million subsidy scheme for electric cars was snapped up in a day - one of the fastest take-ups of "green" mobility funding seen in the Europe Union.
The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) is asking the European Union to lower its car CO₂ reduction targets when legislation is reviewed later…
European car giant Stellantis will pause production in its European factories as it continues to struggle with poor sales.
Oliver Zipse, CEO of German carmaker BMW, has spoken out harshly against the planned total ban for internal combustion engines (ICE) in new cars in the European…
Volkswagen's chief executive Oliver Blume has said that US tariffs were hurting his company, calling the deal between the European Union and US "asymmetric".
Motorists in the Czech Republic can now drive at 150 kilometres per hour (93 mph) on certain sections of the country's motorways.
Italy’s car industry, central to its exports and manufacturing base, has been caught between two rival powers whose trade decisions could shape its future.
Europe’s automotive sector faces collapse under the weight of the EU’s CO2 regulations and their “draconian penalties,” Ola Källenius, CEO of carmaker Mercedes…
Adrian Mardell, CEO of British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, has announced his resignation.
The European Commission will release more than €3 million to support 915 workers affected by US multinational Goodyear’s closure of one tyre plant and partial…
German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz suffered a huge drop in profits in the first half of this year, down by 55.8 per cent.
The 15-per cent tariff that the United States will apply to exports of cars from the European Union as part of a new deal "burdens" Germany's carmakers, an industry…
Germany's auto giant Volkswagen has reported a 36.3 per cent drop in its net profits, citing US tariffs and ongoing struggles with its electric vehicle strategy.