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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, the Belgian car fleet counted exactly 5 927 912 registered passenger cars on August 1st, 2021. That’s 0,7 percent more than in 2020, the corona year where the total fleet shrunk by 0,01% […]
General Motors advises its Chevrolet Bolt customers to park their car at least 50 feet (15 m) away from other vehicles and on the top floor of parking garages to avoid collateral damage in the ‘rare case of fire’. GM […]
Ford Motor Company is setting up with Walmart, America’s biggest grocer, a pilot for self-driving delivery service in Austin (Texas), Miami (Florida), and Washington DC. A small fleet of Ford Escape Hybrids with Argo AI self-driving technology will bring groceries […]
The Punch Group, owned by the Belgian Dumarey family, has placed an official bid to take over Nissan’s three Catalan factories in Spain to build a clone version of the Navara with hydrogen propulsion by 2024. Guido Dumarey has a […]
Mobia, the cooperation between Belgian car federation Febiac, garage sector federation Traxio, and the leasing federation Renta, has presented its ‘Mobility White Paper 2021 – 2022‘. It pleads again for an affordable, individual choice for everyone’s mobility needs. They estimate […]
While the EU still has to agree on a proposed ban on new sales of internal combustion engines (ICE) by 2035, Italy apparently is lobbying behind the scenes at the Commission to get an exception for its supercar manufacturers like […]
Under the flag of its Components department, German carmaker Volkswagen opened in Salzgitter on Monday one of Europe’s most sophisticated battery cell labs, as it claims in the press release. In addition, VW invests another 70 million euros in expanding […]
According to a press release, Chinese luxury electric carmaker NIO announced in the aftermath of the Munich IAA motor show that it will debut its flagship sedan ET7 as its first model to be delivered in Germany in Q4 of […]
German carmaker BMW is venturing into virtual and augmented reality worlds by launching its own ‘Joytopia’ virtual universe or ‘metaverse’. In this, someone can have himself ‘teleported’ into a virtual person – an avatar – to stroll around the Munich […]
Dutch startup LeydenJar, a spin-off from technology institute TNO, managed to raise €22 million with investors to bring its silicon battery technology to the market shortly. The latter should give lithium-ion batteries a 70% higher capacity, which means equal longer […]
French oil company and energy provider TotalEnergies has won the tender from the city of Antwerp for extending the public charging network by installing 3 000 charging points by the end of 2023. They will be fed by ‘green’ energy […]
Swiss e-truck conversion brand Futuricum and Deutsche Post’s DPD have set an official Guinness World Record, winning the title of the longest distance covered by an electric truck without a charging stop with 1 099 kilometers driven. The truck was […]
After a pilot of six weeks in the Antwerp harbor at two container terminals, the Hydrolog project shows the feasibility to operate forklifts and terminal tractors on hydrogen, WaterstofNet, and the Flanders Innovation cluster for Logistics (VIL) conclude. Getting the […]
“Approximately 1,3 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. Between 20 and 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring a disability as a result of their injury.” That’s what the World Health […]
CMB Tech, the clean technology division of Belgian shipping company Company Maritime Belge (CMB), has converted a 37-ton Hitachi excavator to run on a mixture of hydrogen and diesel, avoiding up to 8 tons of CO2 emissions or 50% less […]
Joost Kaesemans, former Pubic Relations Director at automobile federation FEBIAC, is joining mobility organization Touring in the same role, starting on September 1st. According to the Touring press release, Kaesemans will take responsibility as Public Relations and Public Policy Director. […]
According to Japanese mapmaker and navigation software provider Zenrin Co. Ltd, the country of the rising sun is facing a dilemma: the number of EV charging stations declined from 30 320 to 29 233 in one year time. At the […]
Danish shipping giant Maersk announced this week it has ordered eight new ocean-going container ships that will run on carbon-neutral methanol instead of heavy fuel. The vessels will be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) by 2024 and have a […]
In the Netherlands, Dutch oil giant Shell will provide consumers at home with ‘green’ electricity coming from solar and wind parks, starting at the end of this year. Clients with an electric car will benefit from discounts for charging at […]
German ‘historic’ combustion engine manufacturer Deutz AG has its first hydrogen combustion engine ready for the market, the company announced. The zero-emission six-cylinder TCG 7.8 H2 engine produces 200 kW (268 hp), runs very quietly, and “is likely to be […]
The Stellantis Group is joining forces with Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn Technology Group (FTG) to build the digital car cockpit of the future. They invest $80 million (€68 million) as a start in their new 50/50 joint venture Mobile Drive, […]
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the world’s three largest management consulting firms, took a look at the emerging car subscription market globally, predicting this could reach $30 billion to $40 billion by 2030, taking up to 15% of […]
Chinese electric carmaker GAC Motors is planning to launch its newest Aion V crossover in September, an EV with a 1 000 km (NEDC) range that GAC demonstrated in its special ‘6C’ version to be able to charge in just […]
American e-scooter and e-bike sharing company Bird is bringing its own e-bike brand, the ‘Bird Bike’, to market in the US, later to be followed by Europe. The stylish e-bike featuring a 250W of continuous rated power (UK and EU […]
After pioneering in 2018 to show where to find Lime’s e-scooters and integrating them directly into the route planner in Google Maps, today’s world’s most used navigational tool is becoming more and more a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) app for major cities. […]
Latvia will introduce a new EV subsidy program in 2022, offering buyers of a new battery-electric car (BEV) a premium of up to €4 500. For a second-hand BEV or a new plug-in hybrid, the premium can be as high […]
Fastned and The Fast Charging Network have to bite the dust after the Dutch Council of State ruled on Wednesday that oil companies like Shell and Tamoil can add fast chargers to their existing gas stations as long as the […]
Japanese car and motorcycle manufacturer Honda has launched under its Chinese arm Wuyang-Honda a new electric scooter called U-GO, with a range of 65 to 130 km, starting at 7 499 yuan. That’s a mere 984 euros and surprisingly low […]
BMW announced it will be demoing the iX5 Hydrogen two years after introducing the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT concept car, ‘live’ at the IAA Mobility motor show in Munich, from September 7th to 12. Visitors will have the opportunity to […]
The American highway safety watchdog NHTSA is opening a new investigation into the alleged role of Tesla’s Autopilot system in eleven accidents between 2018 and 2021, where one person was killed and 17 injured. The NHTSA says the involved vehicles […]
French automotive supplier Faurecia reached a deal with the owning family of its German peer Hella to acquire 60% of the companies capital at 60 euros per share for a total of €3,4 billion in money and new shares. At […]
Worldwide chips shortages are bringing Volvo Car Gent this week again to a three-days forced stop. The somewhat 5 000 employees will be put on ‘economic unemployment‘ on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. So far, the Belgian car factory had to […]
