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POLLUTION: Cars, Planes and Ships Buck Europe's Trend for Lower Pollution
- Date: 09-04-19
- Category: POLLUTION
- Source: Bloomberg
Pollution from transport in Europe is rising, data released on Tuesday show, putting the industry in the spotlight for tighter restrictions as policymakers struggle to rein in the pollutants damaging the atmosphere.
View full storyEMISSIONS: London introduces new emissions levy on older vehicles
- Date: 08-04-19
- Category: EMISSIONS
- Source: Europe Auto News
LONDON -- Drivers of older and more polluting cars, vans and motorbikes will have to pay 12.50 pounds ($16) to enter the center of London from Monday in a bid by the city's mayor to improve air quality.
View full storyAUTO SALES: Indian LV Market Makes a Sluggish Start to 2019
- Date: 05-04-19
- Category: AUTO SALES
- Source: LMC Auto
Light Vehicle (LV) wholesales remained weak in February, inching up by just 1% year-on-year (YoY) to 323k units. Passenger Vehicle (PV) sales fell by 2% YoY to 257k units, while demand for Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) with a GVW of up to 6 tons surged by 12% YoY to 67k units. Consumers and businesses are taking a wait-and-see approach ahead of the general elections in April/May 2019. A slowing economy, a weak rupee, and tight credit conditions (even after a recent interest rate cut) are dampening sales, too.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: Lack of electric car charging points 'putting off drivers'
- Date: 05-04-19
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: BBC
A "patchy" network of charging points is discouraging UK drivers from embracing electric cars, analysis suggests.
View full storyBATTERIES: VW secures lithium for EV batteries
- Date: 05-04-19
- Category: BATTERIES
- Source: Just Auto
The Volkswagen Group and China's Ganfeng Lithium have signed a memorandum of understanding on long-term lithium supplies for battery cells.
View full storyDIESEL: Dumping Diesel Is Bad for the Planet
- Date: 05-04-19
- Category: DIESEL
- Source: Bloomberg
File this under “unintended consequences.” The anti-diesel campaign that followed the 2016 discovery that Volkswagen AG used software cheats to understate its cars’ nitrogen oxide emissions has led to a rise in carbon dioxide, which has a greater impact on the climate.
View full storyMACROECONOMICS: German Manufacturing Orders Plunge
- Date: 04-04-19
- Category: MACROECONOMICS
- Source: Bloomberg
German factory orders unexpectedly plunged in February, adding to evidence that Europe’s largest economy is some way off from overcoming a painful slump in industry.
View full storyAUTO SALES: UK sales fall in key 'plate change' month
- Date: 04-04-19
- Category: AUTO SALES
- Source: Just Auto
UK new car registrations declined by 3.4% last month - unusual as March is one of two 'plate change' months.
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