March 22, 2024
A new spring announces itself; a such-and-such new ‘mobility barometer’ is showing up. For just over half of all Belgians (51%), there is liThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 21, 2024
President Joe Biden is pushing the American car industry toward reducing CO2 emissions by 50% in 2032 compared to 2026, as first announced lThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 20, 2024
Tesla is hiring a ‘Senior Manager Zero Service’, Elektrec.co spotted a few days ago online. The candidate will join Tesla’s Service OperatioThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 20, 2024
The clock is ticking even faster for Belgian bus maker Van Hool, which can go bankrupt as soon as the following Monday if the descendants ofThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 18, 2024
The clock is ticking for Belgian bus maker Van Hool, which will go bankrupt if no private investor is found before the end of March. BelgianThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 15, 2024
It looks like the automotive industry is sounding the ‘all hands on deck alarm’ to win private buyers over to switching to an EV with a pricThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 15, 2024
Chinese premium EV maker NIO has chosen ‘Onvo’ as the English name for the line of affordable ‘family electric cars’ it will sell in Europe.This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 14, 2024
According to Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon and Minister for Work Jo Brouns, several possible candidates are ‘lining up’ and showing This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 13, 2024
On Tuesday, Belgium’s most significant car importer, D’Ieteren Automotive, kicked off its own B2B ‘motor show’ in the industrial settings ofThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 13, 2024
In an interview with the Financial Times on Tuesday, Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius made a remarkable statement, rubbing up his French comThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 11, 2024
Together with the official opening of its new test center in Donauwörth, Germany, Airbus Helicopters presented last week the prototype of iThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 11, 2024
In stormy weather since the Covid-19 pandemic and the following crisis, Belgian bus and coach builder Van Hool production workers face the uThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 06, 2024
According to a document published on Tuesday and cited by the Reuters news agency, the EU Commission says it has sufficient evidence ‘tendinThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 05, 2024
After announcing new price cuts every day last week for nearly every model in its lineup, BYD announced a 12% price reduction for its best-sThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 01, 2024
While in the Netherlands, at VDL Nedcar in Born, for the 2,000 employees, the curtain fell in February for the production of the MINI, BMW sThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 01, 2024
German carmaker Volkswagen has inked a Master Agreement with Chinese partner Xpeng on strategic technical collaboration to develop two ‘smarThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 29, 2024
China’s top EV maker, BYD, keeps on pushing further in the price war it started two weeks ago, now targeting the mid-to-high-end EV market, This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 28, 2024
Swedish-Chinese Zeekr, the sister company to Volvo and Lynk & Co, and positioned as one of Geely’s premium brands, has refreshed and beeThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 28, 2024
For the approximately 2,000 employees working for nearly a decade on the ‘Apple Car,’ the news came as a bombshell on Tuesday: the billion-dThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 27, 2024
What else must modern carmakers do to get a hardcore V8-sound-and-feel-loving petrolhead in a too-smooth-driving silent electric car? Dodge This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 26, 2024
At the Geneva Motor Show, Swiss-Italian electric micro-carmaker Microlino unveiled the ‘Lite’ or L6e version of the Microlina L7e, which is This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 22, 2024
Dutch Fastned has opened a new fast-charging station in Belgium along the E40 highway in Walshoutem (Landen), and this one is the first to fThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 20, 2024
Swedish car manufacturer Volvo is determined to become a fully electric carmaker by 2030, and that’s why it’s now ironing out the naming of This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 19, 2024
In a remarkable video posted on Weibo, Chinese premium EV maker NIO has demonstrated a feature of its flagship sedan ET9’s SkyRide chassis sThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 16, 2024
Automotive Cells Company (ACC), the joint venture by Stellantis, TotalEnergies’ Saft, and Mercedes-Benz, has announced that its shareholdersThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 16, 2024
Officially, VDL Nedcar’s contract with BMW ends on March 1st, 2024. Still, the curtain drops definitively this Friday with the last MINI, a This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 15, 2024
According to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) latest ‘Vehicles on European Roads’ report, there were 252 millThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 15, 2024
German automotive supplier has finally announced it will slash 7,150 jobs in its car division, of which around 5,400 jobs are in the adminisThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 13, 2024
It isn’t a car, and it isn’t a moped on four wheels. Still, it can reach a top speed of 90 km/hour, and you need a driver’s license B for itThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 12, 2024
Autobahn GmbH, the German federal agency that plans, finances, builds, maintains, and manages the network of highways in the country, has fiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 09, 2024
Dutch beer giant Heineken has engaged Swedish Einride, a specialized transport company in electric and remote-controlled trucks, to start deThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 08, 2024
CAKE, the nifty Swedish maker of premium lightweight, electric motorcycles and mopeds, has unexpectedly filed for bankruptcy on February 1stThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 07, 2024
Porsche has given its electric flagship, the Taycan, an ‘extensive update’ with more power, more range, faster acceleration, and faster chThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 07, 2024
On Wednesday, Nissan introduced its next generation of the Interstar, its largest van for the first time available with a 100% electric poweThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 06, 2024
At the Netherlands’ only car production plant in Born, VDL Nedcar, unions see the last gleam of hope vanish of starting up again in 2026, asThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 06, 2024
They only caught a glimpse of minor details of JLR’s first all-electric Range Rover in December 2023, but already 16,000 people have joined This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 06, 2024
Swedish Volvo Group, the parent company behind Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks, and Renault Trucks, has acquired Proterra’s battery plants in the This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 05, 2024
In China, the world’s currently biggest EV maker, BYD (Build Your Dreams), has started to deliver the first batches of its new Yuan Up, an aThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 02, 2024
German carmaker BMW has completed construction of the new production halls at its Steyr site in central Austria and is now adding half a bilThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 01, 2024
It’s not a car, and it isn’t a motorbike, nor a trike; it is what Yamaha calls an electric three-wheel ‘autocycle,’ a development concepThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 31, 2024
The delivery of Europe’s cheapest China-built Volvo, the EX30, is getting behind schedule due to a necessary update of the car’s software baThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 30, 2024
BYD (Build Your Dreams), the Chinese car manufacturing giant that dethroned Tesla as the world’s biggest EV maker, expects to be on a bed ofThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 30, 2024
New EU van, truck, and bus sales rose again in 2023, with double-digit growth figures in all segments. New van sales surged by +14.6% to neaThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 29, 2024
At the shipyard of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) in Ulsan, South Korea, the world’s first vessel on ‘green methanol’ carrying up to 1This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 25, 2024
Cadillac has started to build the exclusive Celestiq EV at the General Motors Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. But they’re doingThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 25, 2024
It has been over two years since we heard anything about Apple’s decade-long ‘Titan Project’ to launch its own fully autonomous electric carThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 24, 2024
Alexander Vlaskamp, CEO of German heavy truck maker MAN Truck & Bus, is no believer when it comes to hydrogen to decarbonize heavy transThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 24, 2024
While the Manta is sent to the history books, German carmaker Opel has announced the comeback in 2024 of the Frontera nameplate – Opel’s 4This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 23, 2024
Japanese Yamaha Motors, a big name in marine engines – outboard and inboard – has fully acquired German electric outboard motor pioneer This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 23, 2024
Those nostalgics waiting for the ‘electric comeback’ 2025 of Opels’s 1970s icon, the Manta, might be disappointed, as Stellantis is said to This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 22, 2024
Ford Motor has announced it will slow down production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck to one shift at its Michigan Rouge ElectrThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 18, 2024
With the immediate appointment of Mark Zwaaneveld (62) as co-CEO, Belgian bus and touring car builder Van Hool is getting a shrewd crisis maThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 17, 2024
BYD (Build Your Dreams) has commissioned the first of what will probably become a fleet of four giant ro-ro ferries with up to 7 000 cars toThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 17, 2024
Wednesday is the moment of truth for 2 000 employees of Dutch contract builder VDL Nedcar in Born, as the company has summoned everybody to This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 17, 2024
After opening its first station in Denmark in Q4 2023, Dutch fast-charger provider Fastned is now expanding to Spain, where it won a first tThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 15, 2024
Since Monday, production at the Ghent factory of Volvo Car has come to a standstill, as supplies got exhausted due to container ships havingThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 15, 2024
After signing last year a contract with Qbuzz, a public transport operator in the Netherlands, to deliver 54 battery-electric buses of its lThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 12, 2024
Belgium has always been a ‘car-loving country’, and although the pandemic and the energy crisis made Belgians lose the appetite to buy a newThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 11, 2024
Chinese BYD (Build Your Dreams) just unveiled on Weibo ‘out of the blue’ the new super sedan under its premium YangWang brand name, the U7, This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 10, 2024
South Korean carmaker Hyundai unveiled in Vegas, at the start of the Consumer Electronics Show 2024, the second S-A2 concept of its four-pasThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
