Belgium postpones EU vote on truck emissions as Germany imperils majority on 07/02/24
Belgium has postponed a vote by EU ambassadors on new emission standards for trucks – initially planned for Wednesday (7 February) – to Friday, after Germany withdrew its previous support for the law, leaving the majority unclear. EXCLUSIVE: Germany poised to repeat blockade on combustion engine ban for trucks on 06/02/24
Germany will abstain from another EU transport law, despite initially signalling agreement, an industry source told Euractiv, as the liberal FDP party is blocking the agreement to the proposed new CO2 standards for trucks which would see the number of diesel trucks drastically reduced. Transport Brief: The final stretch of legislative work in Brussels on 06/02/24
As we move closer to the European elections in June, work on legislation in Brussels is slowly coming to an end. This week, the European Parliament and EU countries are holding multiple negotiations, known as 'trilogues', to close deals before the EU-wide ballot. Parisians vote against SUVs, heavy vehicles on 05/02/24
On Sunday, Parisians voted to increase parking charges for sport utility vehicles (SUVs), but the opposition jumped to call it a democratic, ecological and social farce. Car emissions 14% higher than advertised by manufacturers, study finds on 31/01/24
The gap between official and real-world car emissions has grown by 80% in the past five years, despite advanced testing procedures in place to prevent such a discrepancy, a new study has found. Pilots accuse aircraft makers of putting ‘profit over safety’ on 31/01/24
New automation technology being pushed by plane makers will boost their bottom line at the expense of safety, the head of the European pilots’ union told Euractiv, whilst criticising the EU aviation regulator as overly close to business. Cars v cows: German automakers call to split EU-Mercosur deal to bypass French ‘non’ on 31/01/24
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement should be split into two distinctive parts to circumvent French resistance based on agricultural issues, the German car industry has proposed, in a bid to boost export markets other than China. To decarbonise transport, we need solutions, not fantasies on 30/01/24
The climate crisis has provoked a raft of new technological solutions, from the ridiculous to the sublime. In defining its transport policy for the coming years, the next European Commission will need to push industry towards sustainable change. Green hydrogen is the only viable route for aviation and shipping on 30/01/24
Given its limited supply, green hydrogen must be reserved for hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as aviation and shipping, rather than directed towards sectors that can be electrified, writes Aoife O’Leary. The Brief – Technology can save the world, if we let it on 26/01/24
If you follow the EU’s, say, transport policy, there is one term you will hear over and over again: Technology neutrality.
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