In the lead-up to the first-ever EU truck CO2 target in 2025, major truckmakers have come to increasingly prioritise their shareholders over making the necessary investments in their own clean transition. In doing so, they risk losing out to new competition. The European Union adopted its first CO2 standards for trucks … [continued]
Scania, MAN, Volvo Trucks, Daimler, IVECO and Ford sent a letter to EU Commissioners asking to delay Europe’s transition to zero emission trucks. Truckmakers have sent a letter to EU Commissioners urging them to amend the truck CO2 Regulation. Their demand would allow them to generate emissions credits, undermining the ambition … [continued]
Five out of seven European truckmakers will easily reach the -15% CO2 target in 2025 relative to 2019, the ICCT finds in a new analysis looking at official CO2 data for internal combustion engine (ICE) trucks up to 2023 and the latest data on electric truck sales. European trucks are … [continued]
These days, batteries are frequently recycled and repurposed, and companies that tackle this environmental issue make weekly news. We’ve got more battery recycling news below. MAN will build the biggest public charging network for heavy commercial vehicles in the nation to date, with 400 charging stations across 170 locations spanning … [continued]
EU needs stricter truck CO2 standards to help its laggard manufacturers compete with Tesla and BYD.
With EV charging standardization still up in the air, Tesla CEO Elon Musk goes to Washington.
The Cadillac CELESTIQ is coming — better late than never. It will be built on GM’s Ultium Platform, “the heart of the company’s EV strategy.” Meanwhile, inside the ID Buzz factories, Volkswagen is claiming a large foothold in the EV transition. “In just eight years’ time more than 55 percent … [continued]
As VinFast, a Vietnamese EV company, announced its plan to open more than 50 stores across France, Germany, and Netherland at EVS35, the Audi Environmental Foundation went into the third project phase with nonprofit startup Nunam on electric rickshaws. Battery modules from Audi e-tron test vehicles are electrifying rickshaws in … [continued]
Solar ammonia: no carbon pricing needed for cost-competitiveness with bunker fuel. By Miguel Rico Luengo (aka Lambda), ETH Zürich engineer This final part of the series will continue the economics analysis from part 3. It will touch upon the safety considerations of ammonia transportation and list a couple of the … [continued]
Herbert Diess, chairman of Volkswagen Group, says hydrogen fuel cells have no place in cars and trucks. Others disagree.
