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In the Belgian city of Nivelles, the ‘Peddel’ project was unveiled on Wednesday by its founder Samy Touri and the municipal authorities of Nivelles. The idea is to put into service an electric rickshaw to ensure not tourist trips as […]
The proportion of toll kilometers covered by Euro 6 trucks on Belgian roads, the trucks in the ‘cleanest’ emission category, has continued to rise significantly during 2019. While this was still 62,8% at the beginning of 2019, by the end […]
There are plans to introduce an emergency lane on the highways in Belgium. The system requires motorists to adapt and is already being successfully deployed abroad. Emergency lane On Mai 27, the Belgian Parliamentary Committee on Mobility approved by a […]
IM Efficiency, a Dutch start-up financed by a Belgian entrepreneurial family, wants to equip the roofs of thousands of truck trailers with thin, flexible solar panels to reduce the trucks’ fuel consumption. Solar power “The system of IM Efficiency consists […]
Now that there finally seems to be some perspective on the summer, motor home sellers hope to do great business, because customers can travel perfectly safely in their own ‘bubble’. At Dicar, Belgium’s largest reseller and renter of motor homes, […]
The Good Move project, the new Brussels regional mobility plan approved in March, has won the 2020 edition of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan award. Livable, traffic-safe city This award is given by the European Commission through Polis, the network […]
A study by mobility organization VAB shows that one-third of motorists will spend less money on a new car. Many customers also postpone that purchase if possible. Mobility barometer In the context of the corona crisis, VAB conducted several surveys […]
The Volkswagen automotive group will shut down some assembly lines, which have just reopened for a few days in May due to the low demand for cars. Two assembly lines at its historic Wolfsburg headquarters will be closed entirely; one […]
Cake is a Swedish manufacturer of light electric motorcycles, and Polestar, the electric car brand of Volvo Car Group and Zhejiang Geely Holding, today announced an extensive brand partnership to demonstrate Cake’s electric motorcycles in Polestar’s showrooms in Europe, to […]
VDL Roeselare, the coach manufacturer, based in the Belgian city of Roeselare, is allowed to supply electric buses to the German city of Leipzig. VDL announced this on Monday, May 11th. Made in Belgium VDL Roeselare is the former Jonckheere […]
Flemish Mobility club, VAB, expects a significant increase in battery and particulate filter problems in cars in the coming days and weeks. A survey carried out by VAB among more than 10 000 motorists shows that they hardly used the […]
On Tuesday, May 5th, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said the risk of catching Covid-19 in flight was low and, therefore, there was no need to impose an empty seat between passengers. Precautionary measures Medical experts asked the aviation […]
Chinese car manufacturer Xiaopeng, unveiled the Xpeng P7, what it likes to position as a severe challenger for Tesla’s Model 3. Not only the design closely resembles the existing Tesla products, but also the X-pilot function (autonomous driving function) has […]
Volvo Cars wants to cut 1 300 jobs for employees in Sweden and to review and reduce the number of consultancy contracts. The Swedish car manufacturer, which also has a large production site in Ghent, announced this on Wednesday. “Volvo […]
“Why would the Belgian government pump extra money in a German airline,” newspaper De Standaard questions on Wednesday. According to an anonymous source at Brussels Airport, “Belgium can’t afford to have Brussels Airlines go bankrupt as it took years to […]
The coronavirus may make Milan look more like a Dutch city. The city council wants to speed up building 35 kilometers of new cycle paths in the town to prevent Milan from flooding with cars. Post-corona “We can’t have overcrowded […]
The German automobile group Volkswagen (VW) reached an ‘amicable settlement’ with some 200 000 VW owners in the dieselgate scandal in Germany. Compensation amounting to 620 million euros will be paid, VW announced on Monday. Compensation With this settlement, Volkswagen […]
The Belgian energy transition is delayed because the federal government is hesitating to decide. In principle, Belgium will have to close its nuclear power stations in 2025. To be able to do so, gas-fired power stations will have to be […]
The Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has announced that the number of road fatalities is on the rise again. In particular, the proportion of people in their twenties and thirties who died rose by 24 to 183%. Who are […]
Insurance company Corona Direct (CD), offering an insurance premium based on the actual number of kilometers driven, foresees to pay back its clients up to 20% this year, a total of €4,1 million. Questions are raised whether other insurance customers […]
Paul Hegge, the representative of the Belgian Rail Freight Forum, sounds the alarm bell as today he sees a 20% drop in demand for rail freight transport. Railway transports are the EU’s backbone for delivering essential goods. The logistics of […]
On April 15th, major road works will start on the E314 at the Wilsele viaduct near the city of Leuven. According to Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, this will last until the autumn of […]
Since the introduction of the restrictive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, there are far fewer traffic jams on the Flemish highways. The number of kilometers driven fell back with 44,7%. This is shown by figures from the […]
The e-bike market has been growing steadily for years. The market represented 9 million units last year. That is why the Belgian company E2 Drives also focuses on this growth market by developing innovative technology with an automatic gearbox. Interesting […]
The corona crisis is hitting Dutch fast-charger company Fastned hard. Demand for charging electric cars along the highways in the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK where Fastned is active, has dropped with 70% since mid-March. Last year, Fastned’s turnover rose […]
Since Wednesday, March 25, the Flemish car inspection centers will again provide a limited service for commercial vehicles (+3,5 tons) and priority vehicles. The reinspections of all vehicles will also be carried out again. However, the inspections are only possible […]
The city of Antwerp is temporarily suspending the LEZ (low-emission zone) so that everyone will also be able to reach the hospitals now that public transport is gradually failing. Parking fees will also be temporarily abolished. In Antwerp, this is […]
Because the price of electricity is currently very low, it is more interesting to buy electricity abroad than to invest in your wind turbines or solar power. Unfavorable situation “It is not attractive to invest in a new wind energy […]
On the Belgian highways, it was remarkably quiet on Wednesday and Thursday. Between 05.30 and 9 a.m., one of the busiest moments of the day, there were barely ten kilometers of traffic jams. Without the corona measures, there are on […]
On Tuesday, the Swiss scooter brand Qooder shows its electrically powered versions based on the existing range of two or three-wheeled scooters. The manufacturer responds to the needs of the commuter. The latter is looking for a zero-emission scooter that […]
Tesla is going to build the Cybertruck, and the American EV manufacturer is looking for a new location in Central USA. The latter was ‘tweeted’ by its CEO Elon Musk. Specialists are tipping Nashville, Tenessee as a possible winner. The […]
Flanders will allow local authorities is to have light speeding offenses fined via the ‘GAS’ (Gemeentelijke Administratieve Sanctie) fine administrative system. These local authorities have long been criticizing speeding offenses in a zone 30 or the town center is not […]
More and more companies are offering their employees electric company cars, pushing them away from the combustion engine. “We are coming to a turnaround,” leasing companies say. “It is happening.” Lower TCO Although in terms of price tag, electric cars […]
Dutch buyers of new electric cars will receive a 4 000 euros subsidy as of this summer. Those who buy a used car are eligible for 2 000 euros. That is what Stientje van Veldhoven, Dutch Minister for Environment and […]
With Toyota-Lexus importer Louwman, the Chinese electric carmaker, Byton, has found a major Dutch importer for its SUV M-Byte. After MG’s electric SUV, this is the second Chinese car brand to come to Europe with affordable electric models. 45 000 […]
