June 23, 2021
After 2026, German carmaker Audi is to launch no cars with internal combustion engines (ICE) anymore, even no plug-in hybrids, but only battThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 22, 2021
Last week, French racing driver Oliver Lombard presented at the Viva Technology event in Paris the official ‘Alpha 0’ prototype of his dreamThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 22, 2021
On Monday, Flemish Minister for Mobility Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) got a taste of what it’s like to sit in an electric-powered racing car on This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 18, 2021
While news broke that Dutch VDL will build the American Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle in the Netherlands, Magna and Fisker announced they finalizeThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 18, 2021
Dutch contract car manufacturer VDL Nedcar, currently BMW’s purveyor in the Netherlands for building MINIs and the X1, will assemble the LifThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 17, 2021
America’s number one carmaker, GM, is pumping another 8 billion dollars into EV development and autonomous driving. In November, CEO Mary BaThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 16, 2021
After Swedish-French truck maker Volvo Group and Mercedes-Benz cars announcing they will use ‘fossil-free’ produced steel for their vehiclesThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 16, 2021
After two years of intensive testing, Mercedes-Benz Trucks says it’s ready to launch its first serial produced battery-electric truck, the eThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 15, 2021
Chinese electric carmaker NIO announced it has obtained the European Whole Vehicle Type Approval (EWVTA) for its flagship electric SUV, the This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 15, 2021
The Belgian used-car leasing startup Lizy, the brainchild of young entrepreneurs Sam Heymans and Vincent Castus and part of D’Ieteren’s LabBThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 14, 2021
The Bloomberg news agency was the first to report a few days ago that Apple has hired Ulrich Kranz, co-founder and former CEO of electric utThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 11, 2021
If Flanders considered investing in a hyperloop system, a link between Antwerp and Brussels in barely six minutes would be a serious candidaThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 10, 2021
German carmaker Volkswagen has injected another 509 million euros ($620 million) in its Swedish battery partner Northvolt, it announced on WThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 09, 2021
European car and truck manufacturers federation ACEA has commissioned a study with the German Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and InnovatioThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 09, 2021
French second-hand car platform Aramisauto, which owns the Belgian ‘car supermarkets’ of Cardoen, among others, is counting on a value of 1,This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 08, 2021
Multiobus in Tienen, a group of private bus companies who joined forces some years ago scaling up to prepare for the future, shows the FlemiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 08, 2021
While the automotive sector worldwide suffers under the shortage of semiconductors to get its cars built, German tech giant Bosch opened on This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 07, 2021
French Renault Group has finalized its intended 50/50 joint venture with American fuel cell developer Plug Power to capture a 30% share of tThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 01, 2021
Six Belgian pioneers in hydrogen production as a clean alternative energy source are joining forces in a consortium baptized ‘Hyve’. The This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 31, 2021
Chinese Geely-daughter Lynk & Co struggles to keep its promises for delivering the 01 PHEV on a monthly rental formula in time. In BelgiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 21, 2021
Israeli fast-charging battery developer StoreDot announced a framework agreement with Chinese battery manufacturer EVE Energy to commercialiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 21, 2021
Since April, Daimler Truck’s heavy-duty hydrogen truck, the Mercedes-Benz GenH2 presented as a prototype in September last year, is doing ‘rThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 20, 2021
Italian global automotive supplier Marelli will develop and produce e-axles for electric vehicles in Strasbourg (France) in a joint venture This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 19, 2021
On Tuesday, an Airbus A350 from Air France-KLM made its first long-distance flight from Paris to Montreal (Canada) on SAF biofuel, made fromThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 18, 2021
After Stellantis Group announcing the beginning of April it will have three hydrogen-powered vans in its dealerships by the end of the year,This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 17, 2021
On Sunday, the starting shot was given in Bonheiden for the new citizen EV-sharing cooperation CEDAN, putting a fleet of 101 electric cars aThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 14, 2021
As EV-battery swapping in record times of one or two minutes like Nio and Geely are featuring becomes more popular in China, Western carmakeThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 12, 2021
American EV-charging solutions provider, Blink Charging, wants to get a piece of the pie of Europe’s booming electric car business and acquiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 12, 2021
SkyTechnics, one of D’Ieteren’s major subcontractors for installing EDI charging stations based in Nazareth near Ghent, is launching a mobilThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 11, 2021
Falling battery prices and the development of optimized EV platforms will make full-electric sedans and SUVs from the C and D segments as chThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 10, 2021
Kia Belux has opened actual ordering for its EV6 electric flagship that is to symbolize the new brand strategy as it is the first electric KThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 07, 2021
Chinese electric carmaker NIO is preparing its European launch in Norway by starting up the NIO app in July, the moment the first shipment oThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 06, 2021
French Air Liquide, Colruyt’s DATS 24, and Port of Antwerp announced their intention to deploy up to 300 hydrogen-driven fuel cell trucks byThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 06, 2021
Three major Japanese marine engine manufacturers, Yanmar, Kawasaki, and J-ENG, have joined forces to develop hydrogen technology for ocean-gThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 05, 2021
Announced for ‘late’ 2022, BMW is currently preparing for small-series production of its i Hydrogen NEXT FCEV at its Landshut factory in GerThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 04, 2021
Ford Motor and BMW AG invest together another $130 million (€108 million) in the Denver-based solid-state battery startup Solid Power, levThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 04, 2021
The Flanders Innovation cluster for Logistics (VIL) demoed in the Antwerp harbor the use of hydrogen for empowering a terminal tractor to moThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 03, 2021
In a new study, NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) says, “e-fuels in cars make no economic or environmental sense.” Calculating the tThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 30, 2021
Within a year after making the decision, German carmaker BMW launches battery component production at two factories in Germany, in Leipzig aThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 30, 2021
Daimler Truck AG and Volvo Group have outlined their plans for their Cellcentric joint venture, envisioning to start mass production of fuelThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 29, 2021
According to ACEA’s Tax Guide 2021, a 350+ pages report just published, motor vehicles account for €398,4 billion in tax revenues in EuropThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 29, 2021
In the US, New York State has passed a bill to ban sales of new cars with a combustion engine (ICE) from 2035. Only ‘100% zero-emission vehiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 28, 2021
Hino Motors, Toyota’s truck division, announced on Monday it would build a truck using the all-in-one REECorner technology of Israeli start-This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 27, 2021
In an open call to the lawmakers of the European Union, 27 companies ask to phase out sales of new cars with an internal combustion engine (This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 26, 2021
Belgium has a new motorcycle brand with Antwerp start-up Trevor Motorcycles. It is launching a fully electric ‘clean’ dirt bike, capable of This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 26, 2021
Honda is present in Shanghai with a prototype of its first full-electric car for the Chinese market, the SUV e:Prototype. Simultaneously, thThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 23, 2021
The ACEA figures of new passenger car registrations in the European Union show that the battery-electric car (BEV) is pushing ahead in Q1 ofThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 22, 2021
On Tuesday night, the European Parliament and the 27 member states reached at last an agreement on a binding CO2 reduction of 55% by 2030, cThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 21, 2021
The Belgian government is preparing a fiscal incentive reform to make company cars greener, with only zero-emission cars eligible for 100% fThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 20, 2021
In a tweet on Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the Autopilot function wasn’t active when a Model S missed a turn, went off the road, and craThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 19, 2021
In Shanghai, Toyota has presented its bZ4X Concept, an unpronounceable name for the next generation of battery-electric cars, it wants to roThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 19, 2021
Dutch fast-charging company Fastned has won after many years a legal battle in the Netherlands to be allowed to install shops and toilets atThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 16, 2021
Swedish-Chinese electric carmaker Polestar has raised another $550 million (€460 million) from investors to finance future growth and “accThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 15, 2021
The rumors which surfaced in February that China’s telecom and ICT giant Huawei would venture into the development and production of self-drThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 14, 2021
In a joint letter to the EU Commission, ACEA and T&E warn for three to six times more zero-emission trucks to hit the road by 2030 than This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 13, 2021
Israeli ADAS tech developer Mobileye, owned by chip giant Intel, is partnering with Udelv, a US startup specializing in driverless deliverieThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 12, 2021
The first Belgian client of Lynk & Co’s ‘mobility concept’, the 01 PHEV on a €500 monthly subscription base, is to get his car before This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 09, 2021
A consortium with partners from Belgium, Germany, Spain, and Portugal is testing a bi-modal train prototype, which uses its pantograph on reThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 08, 2021
The Dutch Van Mossel Automotive Group, one of the Benelux largest car dealer groups, is going to venture into Mercedes Benz Trucks also, witThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 08, 2021
Clean, ‘green hydrogen’ made with renewable energy will become cheaper sooner than expected, with costs dropping by 85% to become even cheapThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
