Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The EU needs to be more strategic in its choice of partners, while balancing its own strengths with the partner countries’ needs. A new acronym is born in Brussels: CTIP. These “Clean Trade and Investment ... [continued]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! T&E reaction to Automotive Plan: Positive steps on fleets, but the weakening of CO₂ targets and vague support for battery production will see Europe fall further behind China. Today’s EU Automotive Plan must mark ... [continued]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! If we want peace, we need to end our reliance on oil, writes T&E’s William Todts Europe could be at war with Russia within 5 years. Anyone who has watched last week’s ambush of Ukraine’s ... [continued]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! T&E reaction to Ursula von der Leyen statement on Automotive Dialogue. The EU Commission will weaken the 2025 CO2 target for carmakers by allowing them to comply over three years instead of one, President Ursula ... [continued]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Zero-emission sales to reach 100% by 2027 if growth rate continues Nearly half (49%) of all new EU city buses were zero-emission (ZE) in 2024, making city buses one of the early success stories ... [continued]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! An EU Automotive Plan that keeps the targets, but supports demand and local battery manufacturing, can make this a landmark year for the industry. Last year it was €15 billion. Now it is €16 ... [continued]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! T&E reaction to EU Clean Industrial Deal, Action Plan for Affordable Energy, and Omnibus proposal. EU unveils action plan to double down on renewables and electrification; But delay to 2040 target proposal is ominous ... [continued]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! As part of its efforts to boost EU competitiveness, the European Commission is poised to publish its first Omnibus regulation — officially kicking off the EU simplification agenda. This initial package will tackle corporate ... [continued]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! T&E finds that leaked EU State Aid guidelines do not effectively support EU manufacturing of cleantech products. EU State Aid guidelines do not effectively support EU manufacturing of cleantech products like batteries, a new T&E ... [continued]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A coalition of 25 civil society organisations, businesses and labour organisations urge policymakers to ensure swift and full implementation of the EU batteries regulation due diligence obligations. Since the adoption of the EU Batteries ... [continued]