The auto industry can become a lead market for low-carbon steel production in Europe if lawmakers set content requirements. Steel made with green hydrogen and electric arc furnaces, or produced from scrap, can reduce the CO2 emissions of producing cars in Europe by 6.9 Mt in 2030, new analysis shows. That’s … [continued]
A new undercover investigation commissioned by green group Transport & Environment (T&E) shows that sales staff of leasing companies in France rarely promote battery electric cars to customers, unlike some of their German counterparts. In France, leasing companies aren’t advising their customers to switch to battery electric vehicles (BEVs), despite … [continued]
Tomorrow Transport & Environment (T&E) will kick off a new campaign calling on Europe’s biggest leasing firms to go faster on electrification. People might wonder why T&E has now decided to target the leasing sector.
But MEPs should mandate deeper emissions cuts by 2030 and extend the targets to all truck types.
People in the UK more likely to buy EVs if they were offered an affordable small BEV.
Reaction to MEPs’ vote on the Ambient Air Quality Directive by T&E, European Environmental Bureau, AirClim, the European Respiratory Society, and ClientEarth.
A new law has set high environmental standards for batteries from electric cars. But its effectiveness will be determined by rules that are still up for discussion.
The “dither and delay” manoeuvres of the UK government concerning the zero emissions car and van mandate could risk billions of pounds worth of private investment going into the UK charging network which could endanger the whole decarbonisation of transport, Europe’s leading clean transport NGO, Transport & Environment, has said. … [continued]
The “Climate Chancellor” needs to draw a line between national disputes and what has already been agreed with Germany’s international partners.
When I joined T&E in 2011 there was a consensus: truckers would have the last drop of diesel. They would be the last sector to decarbonise. If ever. The other consensus – in our community – was that rail was the answer to all freight’s problems. Clearly there was a … [continued]
