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Private buyers, who mostly buy from the used-car market, are less and less interested in these outdated, wallet-draining vehicles—leaving leasing companies at risk of being saddled with unpopular inventory. Read the report 👇 bit.ly/4z2Crul 5/

What is the situation with residual values in Europe?

Understanding how Residual Values have evolved and what has driven the change over the last years

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It is also in their own interest to stop doing so. There are already signs that the Hormuz crisis is severely affecting the second-hand market for diesel cars. 4/

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With drivers across Europe being bitten at the pump, leasing companies can no longer use misleading arguments about how car value depreciates to delay rapid EV uptake. 3/

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Our latest research reveals five key variables are omitted from standard depreciation calculations. Adjusting for them reduces the value-loss gap between EVs and fossil-fuel cars by 80% to only 2.6 percentage points. 2/

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NEW: Second-hand EVs retain their value better than industry claims. This has major implications for potential buyers and the pricing of leasing deals. 🧵👇

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Maintaining strong electrification targets will rapidly scale e-truck manufacturing, the only way to lower the up-front cost of buying an e-truck. Explore our new tool to compare e-truck and diesel costs across the same EU markets and the UK 👇 bit.ly/3VPL3Gc 6/

Electric trucks vs diesel trucks: which are cheaper to run?

This Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator compares battery-electric and combustion-engine long-haul heavy-duty trucks

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Europe’s truckers are on the front line of the diesel crisis. There has never been a better time to switch from diesel to electric, but we need truckmakers and governments to support them in doing so. Truckmakers should stick to Europe’s 2030 CO2 goals, rather than asking for further delay. 5/

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In an industry of small margins focused on profit, this should act as a wake up call for European truckmakers, which must speed- and scale-up the production of e-trucks to remain market leaders. 4/

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European truckmakers have dominated the market, but are now seeing increasing competition from cheaper e-trucks from China and the US. In Germany, this would mean €34,000 more savings over five years. 3/

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Electric trucks deliver a lower TCO in six out of nine major EU markets. In NL & DE, e-trucks reach their payback time after only 2 years, with savings reaching €100,000 & €85,000 respectively over 5 years. With current high diesel prices, savings could rise to €123,000 & €106,000 respectively. 2/

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As EU hauliers face soaring diesel prices, our new analysis shows that electric trucks are cheaper to operate than diesel for almost half of trucks sold in the EU. Electrification remains the only realistic option to protect against future oil crises. More from our new TCO calculator 👇

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Electric trucks vs diesel trucks: which are cheaper to run?

This Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator compares battery-electric and combustion-engine long-haul heavy-duty trucks

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In an industry of small margins focused on profit, this should act as a wake up call for European truckmakers, which must speed- and scale-up the production of e-trucks to remain market leaders. 4/

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Any support should be targeted to low income drivers. Fuel duty cuts would only extend the pain for longer and shift the burden onto taxpayers. Check out our latest analysis 👇 bit.ly/4As78e1 5/

Europe’s growing diesel crisis is becoming a major drain on the bloc’s economy

A continent squeezed

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Investments in scrappage schemes now will start to pay back quickly. If the current diesel premium continues until Christmas, the EU will have spent the same as offering a €2000 scrappage fee for all diesel cars over 15 years old – which is 30% of diesel cars on the road. 4/

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A faster EV ramp up is the only solution to shield Europe from high prices in the long run. This can be achieved through scrappage schemes and tighter vehicle emissions rules. 3/

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Drivers are paying a premium of €30 at the pump. Higher pump prices are squeezing consumers, while higher transport costs push up the price of everything else. Meanwhile, oil companies doubled their latest quarterly profits in Europe at the expense of consumers. 2/

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NEW DATA: Europe is paying a €203 million a day premium for diesel due to geopolitical shocks. With 38% of EU passenger cars being diesel, Europe is uniquely exposed to these disruptions. 🧵👇

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Research programmes should focus on the remaining uncertainties preventing action, such as humidity forecasting and satellite-based real-time contrail verification. Check out the research 👇 bit.ly/3V83iqa 6/

A way forward for contrail mitigation

T&E briefing on Klima Consulting’s review of the science and technology of contrail mitigation

The EU should expand its monitoring scheme for contrails to all flights in 2027 to improve data gathering. It should also push ahead with the Commission’s proposal to provide free ETS allowances to airlines that start contrail avoidance. 5/

A review of the current scientific understanding of contrails shows that the evidence is now sufficiently robust to support policy action. What needs to happen now? 4/

But despite their considerable impact, there are no binding measures at regional or global level to reduce aviation’s non-CO2 climate impacts. This is in part because the aviation industry has been resisting action for years, claiming that the science is still too uncertain. 3/

Contrails contribute to global warming at a similar level to aviation’s CO2 emissions, but they can be prevented by rerouting only a few flights. A new report finds that preventing their formation could delay aviation-related warming by ten years. 2/

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The verdict is in: avoiding warming contrails could free up 3-5 percentage points of the global 2025-2050 temperature budget. 🧵👇

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Countries like France, the UK and the Netherlands are proving that governments can take control by setting national aviation carbon budgets and enforcing carbon caps per airport. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4h6dczU

Overshoot: How expansion plans break European airports’ carbon limits

The case for rejecting airport expansion on climate and legal grounds

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The myth that tech improvements alone will reduce emissions enough doesn't hold up. European airports cannot expand on the promise that cleaner fuels and efficiency will cut this growth in time to keep global warming below 1.7°C. But the good news is that quicker solutions already exist. 3/

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The biggest overshoots come from Lisbon, Porto and Dublin. In fact, Lisbon’s planned new airport alone will add 18 million tonnes of CO₂ – equal to half a year of Portugal's entire economy. 2/

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NEW RESEARCH: Reckless airport expansion plans will cause 20 major European airports to blow past their carbon limits, with some surpassing their limits almost three times over. 🧵👇

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Competitive Chinese and US truck models are already in the European market. Slowing the pace of electrification would only allow these competitors to gain a greater advantage in the market – both in Europe and around the world. Check out the full analysis ➡️ bit.ly/4gWSqCP 5/

Are new electric entrants serious competition for European truckmakers?

European truckmakers face increasing competition as new players enter the heavy electric truck market offering performant products for cheaper.

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🏆 New entrants perform just as well as European models on range, charging time, max payload & efficiency. 🚛 The market is currently dominated by a small group of legacy OEMs, meaning new entrants have a huge opportunity to capture a big share of the market with comparable quality at lower prices 4/

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🇨🇳💸 Buying a Chinese e-truck can lower total cost of ownership by 12% compared to a European model – meaning savings of up to €43,000 over five years. 3/

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📈🇪🇺 E-trucks make up over 15% of new sales in countries like Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands, due to the EU CO2 rules in force since July 2025 and falling battery prices. 2/

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 08/09/2026

NEW ANALYSIS: Chinese & US truckmakers are set to gain over a quarter of the European electric truck market by 2030 – unless the EU maintains the ambition of the truck CO2 standards. Key findings 🧵👇

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New data from @eea.europa.eu shows PHEVs emit on average SIX times what official tests claim: 145g CO2/km vs. 24g CO2/km. And the gap is widening each year. This comes as the car lobby is demanding that the EU scrap rules that would better reflect PHEV pollution. Our analysis: bit.ly/4yq1d7t

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 03/09/2026

Almost three quarters want the three unused international rail stations to be opened… which we think is pretty common sense. The UK government should listen to the public & expand opportunities to travel abroad by rail instead of wasting money on climate wrecking airport expansion. bit.ly/4yhnHrh

Three times more Brits support reopening international rail stations than expanding airports

Europe’s leading advocates for clean transport & energy

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 03/09/2026

People recognise that adding more air links is not the solution if we want to improve connectivity, especially when the Channel Tunnel still has significant capacity for more passenger trains. 2/

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 03/09/2026

London is Europe’s busiest city for air travel. But after experiencing Europe’s worst summer on record and amid growing concern about climate change, a new poll shows that nearly half of Brits want more international train services, not more flights. 🧵👇

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NGO Shipbreaking Platform @ngoshipbreaking.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🚢 🇪🇺 The EU has everything needed to recycle its own fleet, a new study by Shipbreaking Platform @ngoshipbreaking.bsky.social and T&E @transportenvironment.org confirms EU-based #ship #recycling yards can accommodate all of EU-owned end-of-life fleet! Policy gaps let #shipowners evade regulations.

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 24/08/2026

Imagine living where the air is “constantly torn apart” by aircraft storms ✈️🌪️ For hundreds of thousands of people living under the flight paths of Europe’s expanding mega-airports, this is reality. Watch the full documentary ➡️ bit.ly/42qkpnJ

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 18/08/2026

In seven EU countries, aviation’s climate impact – considering both CO2 and non-CO2 effects – is now higher than cars. The growth in aviation emissions threatens to cancel out gains made elsewhere by EV uptake and jeopardise Europe’s successes. Check out the state of EU aviation ➡️ bit.ly/4bNNbD0

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 17/08/2026

We’ve ignored where profit is booked but instead used companies' country-by-country reporting to allocate group-level profit to the EU27. As these excess profits stem from revenues earned within EU27, they could be captured by a permanent windfall tax. www.transportenvironment.org/articles/oil...

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Oil majors double profits in Europe in latest quarter

As wildfires rage across Europe, T&E calls for a permanent tax on the windfall profits being made off the back of European drivers

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 17/08/2026

NEW: Oil majors have doubled their profits in Europe in the latest quarter. Just eight oil companies have made €7.5 billion in excess profits in Europe in the first half of 2026, our analysis shows.

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 20/07/2026

Today’s EV drivers do not have far to go for a public charger. While there are still challenges to overcome in ease of use and price transparency, the charging targets have enabled huge growth in the EV market. Explore our dashboard on the state of the charging network ⤵️ bit.ly/4wMcHRN 4/