China Reacts to European Investigation, But the Story Is More Complex Than It Seems
18 Sep 2023, 16:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Carlos Tavares has already warned that China does not treat foreign vehicles the same way it wants its cars to be treated when it comes to taxes.
Euro 7 Emissions Norms Are Being Watered Down and Environmentalists Are Not Happy
25 Oct 2022, 11:40 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The development of the new emissions standard in Europe, Euro 7, is allegedly getting a toned-down specification to ease the strain on consumers and carmakers
Scania Fails To Wiggle Itself Out of a Huge Fine
10 Feb 2022, 17:04 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / If everything else fails, get creative. Scania tried it with the European authorities. Unfortunately, they’ll still pay the sum owed for what they’ve done
European Union Plans to Fix Semiconductors Shortage With European Chips Act
21 Sep 2021, 22:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Ursula Von der Leyen said it is a matter of tech sovereignty to produce chips locally and avoid being dependent on Asian producers.
EU Commission Proposes 2035 Target That Will Kill ICE Vehicles by Then
14 Jul 2021, 15:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The idea is that “all cars will have to be emissions-free” by 2035, implying no car with combustion engines will be on the market anymore.
There Might Never Be a Better Time to Buy Electric Vehicles for Europeans
20 May 2020, 11:01 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The already incentivized field of electric vehicles might get a decisive boost from the European Commission as part of its recovery plan
European Commission Approves Nissan’s Purchase of Mitsubishi
6 Oct 2016, 15:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Five months after Nissan decided to buy 34 percent of Mitsubishi Motors, the higher-ups in the European Commission announced that the deal is a-OK by them
Mitsubishi Confirms Interest in FIA's Electric Car Series
28 Apr 2011, 08:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While Formula 1 figures are looking with distrust at the FIA's attempts to create a parallel, global racing series for electric cars, it seems that some car manufacturers are actually fancying ...
European Commission Approves Saab Loan Guarantee
9 Feb 2010, 09:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The European Commission finally approved the Swedish state loan guarantees for Saab, which basically means that Spyker, the new owner of the Swedish brand, can now continue work on the restructuring...
EU to Discuss Opel Aid on October 7
25 Sep 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The European Commission will meet with German officials and representatives from the countries that are hosting Opel production facilities on October 7 to discuss the financial package to be offered...
Germany Doesn't Need EU Approval for Opel Funds
22 Sep 2009, 13:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / With both General Motors and Magna International planning to close the Opel deal as soon as possible, the involved parties are now discussing on the loans to be granted by the state of Germany. Even...
EU Pulls Up Its Socks to Help Auto Industry
16 Jan 2009, 11:25 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / With so many governments announcing their plans to help the falling auto industry in their own country, the European Union could just not sit back and admire the view. According to drive.co...