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Australia’s sluggish electric vehicle transition has begun to accelerate. In the first half of the year, more than 72,000[1] battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles were sold. That’s about 12% of all new cars, up almost a quarter[2] over the same …
Freeport-McMoRan’s Atlantic Copper smelter. Credit: Freeport-McMoRan
Freeport McMoRan Inc. plans to break away from the benchmark pricing system underpinning global sales of mined copper ores to protect the profitability of smelters, the company’s top …
Four leading European associations representing the road transport, freight forwarding, shipper and cold chain sectors have jointly called on the European Commission to avoid introducing mandatory zero-emission truck demand targets, warning that such m…
A new generation of road freight technology is challenging long-held assumptions about what defines an electric heavy transport vehicle. Instead of replacing entire fleets, engineers are reimagining how trailers themselves can deliver power, control an…
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15 October 2025
The German Economic Institute (IW) has called for more investment transport infrastructure in the 2026 federal budget and rapid implementation of the new financing architecture announced in the coalition …
There were long delays in Bristol following a crash on the M5 motorway[1] this evening (Tuesday, October 14).
Drivers faced delays[2] on the southbound carriageway of the motorway at junction 19, near Portbury.
Traffic maps showed long delays on the so…
England made it six wins from six World Cup qualifying matches as the win over Latvia in Riga ensures the Three Lions will make the trip to America, Canada and Mexico to end 60 years of hurt
21:39, 14 Oct 2025Updated 21:39, 14 Oct 2025
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Stark Future has pulled the covers off its latest creation: the Stark VARG SM, a road-legal electric Supermoto designed to blend motocross toughness with street-ready agility. Building on the success of the Stark VARG MX and their street-legal end…
The third Electric Freightway progress report has been published, demonstrating real progress as fleets record over a half a million zero-emission miles.
The report contains a number of important project milestones, including initial data-driven …
The report has been produced by Hitachi ZeroCarbon and GRIDSERVE as part of the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator programme (ZEHID).
The £100m Electric Freightway project, which brings together 30 partners, aims to lay the foundati…