A study by the Commission's transport directorate and the Joint Research Centre of Sevilla says the overall benefits of charging vehicles for their external costs outweigh the limited negative price impacts on individual transport operators.
The study’s results back up claims by the rail lobby and show a very limited effect on final product prices, which NGOs hope will put new political energy into the stagnated revision of the Eurovignette directive. The report will be discussed by MEPs next month but as its conclusion is that transit nations will do better than peripheral nations, it is likely to encounter opposition from certain states.
T&E’s William Todts looks at whether a climate deal that potentially doubles the global biofuels market can be considered a good deal?
Changes to Batteries Regulation rules would threaten responsible and resilient supply chains and weaken European companies’ competitive advantage.
In many markets European carmakers are falling behind Chinese EV manufacturers as they have little to offer to aspiring drivers in the Global South ri...