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Road interests launch Green Freight initiative
An alliance of road freight interests has launched ‘Green Freight Europe’, aimed at working out a reliable method of measuring emissions from lorries. The group of hauliers, transport logistics firms...
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Lorry safety advances under threat after vote delayed
There are concerns for the future of lorry design proposals that would drastically improve road safety, after a vote in the European Parliament was postponed earlier this month. The Transport Committee...
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Green light for lorries redesign but only after 2022
Representatives of EU governments have signed off on a deal that will put an end to brick-shaped lorry designs and clear the way for advances in fuel efficiency and safety for drivers, cyclists and...
View ArticleVehicle fuel efficiency standards can help EU countries halve their climate...
Europe can only meet the climate targets Heads of State agreed on for sectors outside the Emissions Trading System (ETS) if it sets fuel efficiency standards for new cars, vans and lorries by 2025 or...
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Letter to the Commission to include ambitious direct vision requirements for...
In this joint letter, Eurocities, Polis, European Transport Safety Council and Transport & Environment call on the Commission to include ambitious direct vision requirements for lorries in the...
View ArticleNatural gas vehicles an expensive, ineffective way to cut car and truck...
Increasing the use of natural gas in cars and trucks would be largely ineffective in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution, a new independent study finds. There are no GHG savings...
View ArticleNatural gas vehicles an expensive, ineffective way to cut car and truck...
Increasing the use of natural gas in cars and trucks would be largely ineffective in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution, a new independent study finds. There are no GHG savings...
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EU vehicle type approval: independent, robust and transparent
When? Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 19:00 to 21:00This dinner, kindly hosted by Christel Schaldemose MEP and Ivan Štefanec MEP, will aim to contribute to the current Parliament and Council...
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Lawmakers join call for EU to propose fuel efficiency standards for trucks now
A cross-party group of MEPs has called on the European Commission to table an ambitious proposal to reduce carbon emissions from trucks as soon as possible. Transport ModeFreightLorriesPolicy...
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Urban E-Freight Conference
When? Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 09:00 to 12:45Discussing benefits, risks and potential of electrifying city logistics and public transportation, this event addresses representatives of member...
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Consultation on the Eurovignette Directive
The Commission opened a public consultation on the “Eurovignette” Directive, which defines how Member States can charge heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain roads. The Directive will be reviewed...
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We can still change trucks (and the world) for the better
By William Todts, freight and climate directorWHAT WE LEARNED IN 2016: “So what did you learn in 2016? And could you write a blog about it?" asked our communications officer.Silence. My God, where do I...
View ArticleDirect vision trucks must hit the road well before 2028, NGO says
The European Commission has outlined its plans for new car and truck safety rules. Under the Commission's plans new cars would be fitted with intelligent speed assistance and emergency braking systems....
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VECTO: Comparison of the conformity of aerodynamic resistance in Europe and...
In the light of discussion on a new test procedure for truck CO2 emissions (VECTO), this study commissioned by T&E compares the test procedures in the US and EU to measure the aerodynamic...
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Transport: Europe's biggest climate problem – read T&E's 2016 annual report
Type of publicationAnnual reviewTransport ModeAll modesAviationCarsFreightFuelsInfrastructureLorriesPublic and urbanShippingVansRelated issuesAir PollutionClimate Change and EnergyNoisePolicy...
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Renewable electricity is a must to decarbonise land freight transport
This is the fifth in a series of eight snippets about how to decarbonise land freight by 2050. Based on a new T&E study, the series will culminate in a public debate in Brussels in...
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EU truckmakers’ proposal for CO2 standards will increase climate emissions...
T&E analysed the impact of the truck lobby’s (ACEA and VDA) proposal on transport and truck emissions in Germany and Europe, using the in-house model EUTRM. The analysis shows that if policy makers...
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How to decarbonise European transport by 2050
Transport is Europe's biggest climate problem accounting for 27% of its GHG emissions in 2017. This report summarises a series of studies by Transport & Environment. (T&E analysed pathways for...
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EU truckmakers hide polluting diesel trucks behind the façade of electrification
Despite all the fanfare about electric trucks at the world’s largest truck fair (IAA) on Wednesday 19 September, the German and European truck lobby groups are urging lawmakers to weaken emission...
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UK government advisors call for net zero carbon by 2050 and ending fossil car...
The UK Climate Change Committee, official advisers to the UK government, have recommended that Britain reaches net zero carbon emissions by 2050. In a comprehensive report it acknowledged emissions...
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