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Last night, California adopted the first ever emissions-free truck sales mandate in the world. The regulation sets yearly binding targets, running from 2024 until 2035, for truckmakers to sell battery electric trucks and hydrogen trucks. Three major truckmakers affected by the California law - Daimler Trucks, Paccar (DAF), Volvo Group - account for 60% of sales in the EU.[1] Transport & Environment said the law shows that zero-emissions truck-making is a reality and progressing fast. European truck manufacturers should now be asked to do the same over here.

Electric cars are becoming an attractive business proposition for high-mileage vehicle operators like Uber in key EU capitals such as Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon, a new study by research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) revealed today.

The auto industry rescue plan presented by the Spanish government today is a tentative step to decarbonise the auto sector and boost electromobility, green group Transport & Environment has said. Having increased its budget to support electric vehicles from €65 million to €100 million, Spain draws from the positive examples of Germany and France in their auto recovery plans. However, €250 million will also be provided in purchase incentives for polluting combustion engine vehicles, delaying the switch to emissions-free vehicles and impeding carmakers from meeting their EU car CO2 targets.

It is said that crises are great accelerators. And that is certainly the impression when you look at Europe’s urban landscape. In this Bulletin we have dispatches from France, Germany, the UK, Spain, Italy, Poland and Portugal. My native Brussels, where the government created 40km of new cycle paths and transformed the city centre into a go-slow, 20km walkable area, is another good example. 

A YouGov poll of residents in Leeds reveals overwhelming support for measures to protect health by tackling air pollution emissions from cars. Nearly four in five (79%) are in favour of measures to reduce car emissions and use, with just 11% rejecting action. A similarly high level of support is observed between men and women, and among different age and income groups.

A YouGov poll of residents in Birmingham reveals overwhelming support for measures to protect health by tackling air pollution emissions from cars. Nearly eight in ten Brummies (79%) are in favour of measures to reduce car emissions and use, with just 11% rejecting action. A similarly high level of support is observed between men and women, and among different age and income groups.

A YouGov poll of residents in greater Manchester reveals overwhelming support for measures to protect health by tackling air pollution emissions from cars. More than four in five Mancunians (82%) are in favour of measures to reduce car emissions and use, with just 8% rejecting action. A similarly high level of support is observed between men and women, and among different age and income groups.

A YouGov poll of residents in London reveals overwhelming support for measures to protect health by tackling air pollution emissions from cars. Nearly nine in ten Londoners (86%) are in favour of measures to reduce car emissions and use, with just 3% rejecting action. A similarly high level of support is observed between men and women, and among different age and income groups.

A YouGov poll of residents in five UK cities reveals overwhelming support for measures to protect health by tackling air pollution emissions from cars. Four in five residents (81%) in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow are in favour of measures to reduce car emissions and use, with fewer than 1 in 10 (8%) rejecting action. A similarly high level of support is observed across all the cities, between men and women, and among different age and income groups.

The German rescue package announced last night will help fight the worst economic shock in decades by transforming the economy to make it greener and stronger, environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E) has said. Under the plan, €2.2 billion will be spent on incentivising electric cars and car fleets - not polluting petrol and diesels - supporting auto industry jobs and helping the sector to decarbonise. It also includes €7 billion in hydrogen investments, €2.5 billion for electric vehicle recharging infrastructure and battery manufacturing, €2 billion for energy-efficient houses, €1.2 billion for clean buses and trucks, and €5 billion for the German railway company Deutsche Bahn.