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Flanders is studying the possibility of adding two extra rush-hour lanes to the currently operational five and the two under construction. Nevertheless, such lanes only offer a short-term solution, Maarten Matiënko, spokesperson for mobility organization VAB believes. Even more are […]
In the Netherlands, BOVAG, the Dutch federation of companies involved in mobility, organized an inspection of car tires, which showed that 5,3% of cars were still fitted with winter tires. Tire inspection The inspection took place on Thursday 30 and […]
In Germany, a court has ruled that the use of a touch screen on the dashboard of a car is considered to be manipulation of an ‘electronic device’. This, like the use of a smartphone, is prohibited while driving. Driver […]
Renault offers all 27 inhabitants of the southern French village of Appy an electric car free of charge for three years. The aim is to gather user experiences. Each household gets a Renault Zoe of the latest generation, equipped with […]
French PSA, manufacturer of brands like Citroën, DS, Peugeot, Opel, and when the merger is final also the brands of Fiat-Chrysler (FCA), is developing a new platform to build larger electric cars with an autonomy of up to 650 km. […]
According to British researchers, electrified highways are the fastest and cheapest way to make cargo traffic carbon neutral. How it works It’s a system with electric overhead wires above the highway where trucks with a pantograph capture electricity to power […]
Electric bikes or pedelecs are gaining ground at the expense of the classic bicycle. In addition to the classic variants such as the city bike and the tough mountain bike, new e-bike niches are emerging such as these custom e-bike. […]
The Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office announced 12 coordinated searches were being carried out on June 22 by the German, Italian, and Swiss authorities at the offices of car manufacturers Fiat and Iveco as part of the dieselgate investigation. Fraudulent diesel […]
After several years of increase, the average CO2 emissions of new cars in Belgium have decreased 8,6 grams per kilometer. CO2 emissions have never been so low. This is apparent from an analysis by Febiac, the Belgian federation for cars […]
The American company Fisker, which is working on the development of the Ocean, an electric urban 4×4 (SUV), announced on Monday that it would go public via a merger with a subsidiary of the investment company Apollo, valuing it at […]
The Dutch cabinet puts 15 million euros on the table for the further development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. Provinces and municipalities provide the same amount so that the total budget is 30 million euros. Part of the climate […]
Elon Musk celebrates his victory against critical short-sellers in a typical way. Anyone visiting Tesla’s webshop will find a striking addition: bright red shorts. The shorts are provided with the car manufacturer’s logo at the front and the inscription ‘sexy’ […]
On July 1st, the Netherlands rolled out a new subsidy system for buyers of electric cars (EV). The system works retroactively since the beginning of June 2020. On the first day, premiums applied for were amounting up to five million […]
The French automotive supplier, Akwel, will industrialize an innovative system for capturing fine particles at the brakes of a car, a system developed by the French company Tallano Technologie, the two companies announced on Tuesday. The patented technology makes it […]
Belgian start-up Classified, founded by former employees of Punch Powertrain, developed a virtual derailleur that takes over the task of the double gears on the crankshaft of a bicycle with derailleur gears. It could be a game-changer, the developers believe. […]
The current manufacturer of the Segway HT, Chinese robot specialist Ninebot, has indicated that production of the self-balancing two-wheeler will cease on July 15, 2020. Poor sales results Although the Segway is very well known, the product launched in 2001 […]
The police zone Brussels North (Schaerbeek/Sint-Joost-ten-Node/Evere) now also has an operational cycling brigade, which uses electric bicycles that are finished in the police colors. During 2019 the cycling brigade was still in a test phase, but from now on, 10 […]
The Geneva Motor Show is in danger of going bankrupt if no solutions are found by September 2020. An edition 2021, which the canton asks in exchange for a loan of 16,8 million Swiss francs (15,7 million euros), is not […]
Today, Seat launches its solution for urban mobility in the form of a 100% electric scooter and an e-scooter. Both models fit in the new urban mobility brand SEAT MÓ. The company presented its new SEAT MÓ eKickScooter 65 and […]
Together with the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), and the Flemish Environment Agency (VMM), the city of Antwerp is stepping into a European pilot project on air quality sensors to monitor air quality within the low-emission zone. Impact on […]
Harley-Davidson always had a sharp image and reputation, but the brand is not doing well at the stock exchange. The older group of Harley riders is slowly dying out, while young people are passing the bikes by, despite frantic attempts […]
“A quad is a much less innocent vehicle than one might expect,” says Benoit Godart, spokesman for the Belgian Vias Institute. And the figures are proving it. “When there’s an accident, it’s usually serious. It’s powerful, it’s heavy. You’re quickly […]
The first week of June, car and freight traffic on the Belgian roads increased, and as a result, on some highways, structural traffic jams are back. According to the Flemish Traffic Center (Vlaams Verkeerscentrum), car traffic increased again with 5,1%, […]
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 […]
