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EU takes action against UK and Germany over dieselgate

Car exhaust (BRUSSELS) – The European Commission announced Thursday that it is to open infringement procedures against the 7 EU Member States for their handling of the dieselgate scandal.The Czech…

Germany in EU dock over road toll plan

Photo by M.Minderhoud (BRUSSELS) – Germany was referred Thursday to the EU Court of Justice over its plan to introduce a road charging scheme for private vehicles (PKW-Maut) which, according…

MEPs debate changes to car type-approval rules

Image by Pava (BRUSSELS) – Plans to tighten up EU car ‘type approval’ rules in the wake of the Volkswagen (VW) scandal were debated by members of the European Parliament’s…

The European Commission proposed today to ensure that electric cars placed on the European market are safe and that consumers are protected against direct contacts with parts of the car…

Standard chargers for electric cars would be a major step towards a single European electric vehicle market, says a resolution adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday.Smart electricity grids would…