The Belgian road safety institute, Vias, has realized an inquiry indicating that users of radar-detectors get more fines for speeding than nonusers. Coyote, one of the producers of such devices, contests the results. According to the inquiry, 22% of the […]
La Dernière Heure* – 10 Dec. 2018 Pagina 11 * La Dernière Heure Namur Luxembourg, La Dernière Heure Charleroi, La Dernière Heure Liège, La Dernière Heure Bruxelles, La Dernière Heure Ath Tournai, La Dernière Heure Mons – Centre – Charleroi, […]
Uber as well as rival Lyft are preparing to go public. The first is planning to do this fairly soon and be first on the stock market in the first quarter of next year, while Lyft is aiming for the […]
AFP – 08 Dec. 2018 La plateforme de réservation de voitures avec chauffeur Uber a discrètement lancé cette semaine une procédure en vue de son entrée en Bourse, affirme le Wall Street Journal (WSJ) vendredi soir au lendemain d’une annonce […]
Every year mobility club VAB organizes a family car of the year election and in the category electric and hybrid vehicles the Nissan Leaf was the winner in 2018, followed by the Hyundai Kona EV and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. […]
The American car market will shrink in the next years and the car manufacturers over there are taking measures to cope with it. In Europe car producers like PSA and Fiat are still investing. In the beginning of the week […]
AFP – 29 Nov. 2018 L’industrie automobile est en pleine révolution du tout électrique, de l’autonome et du connecté mais aux Etats-Unis les constructeurs sont confrontés à un dilemme plus terre à terre: que faire face à la baisse des […]
From 2019 onward, Belgian employees can choose for a mobility budget instead of the classic company car, but (too?) stringent emission limits are endangering the success of the formula. After the ‘cash for car’ settlement, where an employee drops his […]
De Tijd – 30 Nov. 2018 Pagina 1 Maar 4 procent automodellen voldoet aan milieunormen Werknemers die hun bedrijfswagen inruilen voor een mobiliteitsbudget in combinatie met een goedkopere auto krijgen maar weinig keuzemogelijkheden. Amper 4 procent van de automodellen komt […]
Belgium is very important for Toyota and it employs 4.400 people here. We had a talk with the European boss, Johan van Zyl, about the European market at TMC’s European headquarters in Brussels. Van Zyl is a 60-year-old South-African who […]
Trends – 29 Nov. 2018 Pagina 52 Van de autobouwers is Toyota de derde grootste werkgever in België, ook al heeft het hier niet één fabriek. Ons land is voor de Japanse autoconstructeur een logistieke spil en cruciaal in onderzoek […]
Several sources in Europe have announced that US President Trump will install much higher income taxes after the G20 summit. Share prices of practically every company in the automotive sector were immediately under pressure. The German business magazine, Wirtschaftswoche, announced […]
De Tijd – 29 Nov. 2018 Pagina 5 De vrees voor nieuwe autoheffingen in de VS of China duwde de beurskoersen van bijna alles wat met auto’s te maken heeft gisteren naar omlaag. Ook Bel- gische toeleveranciers voelen het pessimisme. […]
Increasing fuel shortages are caused by the low water level of the river Rhine in the Netherlands. Several days now, an increasing number of gas stations, mostly those without personnel, are not supplied anymore. According to Shell spokesman Tim Kezer, […]
Algemeen Dagblad* – 28 Nov. 2018 Pagina 9 De lage waterstand van de Rijn zorgt voor brandstoftekorten in Nederland. Sinds een paar dagen worden tientallen – vaak onbemande – tankstations niet meer bevoorraad. ,,Het probleem met de lage waterstanden door […]
Car manufacturer, PSA Group, is restructuring its dealer network. In Belgium that can lead to the disappearance of two thirds of all dealerships of Peugeot and Citroën. The consequences for Opel dealerships are not known yet. The PSA Group’s policy […]
Sud Presse* – 27 Nov. 2018 Pagina 15 * La Meuse – Basse Meuse, La Nouvelle Gazette – Charleroi, La Capitale, La Nouvelle Gazette – Centre, La Meuse – Huy Waremme, La Meuse – Liège, La Meuse – Luxembourg, La […]
The biggest American car manufacturer has announced it wants to save 6 billion dollar to be more competitive. In order to do that it has to close 7 factories and fire approximately 15% of its workforce. Yesterday already there were […]
AFP – 26 Nov. 2018 =(Photo+Video archives)= Washington, 26 nov 2018 (AFP) – Le premier constructeur automobile américain General Motors a annoncé lundi une sévère cure d’amaigrissement à coups de milliers de suppressions d’emplois, pour économiser 6 milliards de dollars […]
The German industry is proud to stand united in their defense of the European Union which prevails over possible exports to the UK, how important they may be. That’s the message the federation of the German Industry (BDI) has given: […]
Le Monde – 25 Nov. 2018 Pagina 11 À Berlin, les milieux industriels insistent sur la position commune, à propos du Brexit, qui a émergé très tôt de leurs rangs : la défense du marché commun européen passe avant les […]
According to public TV channels Radio-Canada/CBC American, car manufacturer General Motors will announce today its plan to close down the Oshawa plant near Toronto. GM is thought to be brooding on a worldwide restructuring of its manufacturing capacities. Rumour? The […]
Belga RT – 26 Nov. 2018 (AFP) = General Motors (GM) doit annoncer lundi son projet de fermer son usine d’Oshawa au Canada dans le cadre d’un plan de restructuration mondial, ont rapporté dimanche soir plusieurs médias canadiens. La restructuration […]
Today the French minister of Transport, Elisabeth Borne, launches the government’s legislation project on the future orientation of mobility (LOM). It wants to get better air quality, integrate new technologies and plan new infrastructures. It will be presented to the […]
AFP – 24 Nov. 2018 Le gouvernement dévoile lundi son projet de loi d’orientation des mobilités (LOM), un texte qui vise à améliorer et rendre moins polluants les déplacements, intégrer les nouvelles technologies et planifier les infrastructures. Initialement annoncée pour […]
The French Ecology Minister, François de Rugy, has announced that the objective is to produce 40% of the national electric energy needs in a sustainable way by 2030. At the same time, France has declared its support to the German […]
AFP – 22 Nov. 2018 Le ministre de l’Ecologie François de Rugy a annoncé jeudi à Libération, qu’un objectif de 40% de la production électrique nationale issue des énergies renouvelables à l’horizon 2030 sera inscrit dans la prochaine programmation pluriannuelle […]
Now that the detention of Carlos Ghosn in a Japanese jail has been confirmed, it seems that surely the Japanese parts of the Alliance (Nissan and Mitsubishi) want to get rid of him as soon as possible. The question from […]
Swedish headquarters of Volvo have declared that the new to launch products of Chinese sister brand, Lynk & Co, will not be produced in the Volvo Ghent factory as was earlier announced. It is not entirely clear if this decision […]
De Tijd – 22 Nov. 2018 Pagina 1 De Zweedse autobouwer Volvo Cars stelt zijn plannen uit om vanaf eind volgend jaar wagens van zijn Chinese zustermerk Lynk & Co in Gent te bouwen. Dat heeft het Zweedse hoofdkwartier gisteren […]
La Tribune – 22 Nov. 2018 Pagina 15 Thierry Bolloré reprend en main Renault tandis que l’État français ne veut pas lâcher Carlos Ghosn, dernier pilier d’une Alliance industrielle mondiale essentielle pour le groupe automobile. De son côté, Hiroto Saikawa […]
The sudden fall of Carlos Ghosn, until now undisputed leader of the Renault/Nissan/Mitsubishi Alliance has shaken the world. Who is Thierry Bolloré, his supposed successor at Renault in four years, who has to come to the forefront much sooner…? At […]
Le Figaro – 21 Nov. 2018 Pagina 22 Thierry Bolloré va gagner encore un peu de galon. L’actuel directeur général adjoint du groupe Renault a été nommé directeur général délégué et mandataire social, à titre provisoire. C’était la décision la […]
Joost Kaesemans, communication director at Febiac, the Belgian association of motoring manufacturers and importers, gives his views on car propulsion of the future. “The Brussels region is doing a survey lately on how a possible ban on cars with an […]
De Standaard* – 16 Nov. 2018 Pagina 35 * De Standaard/West-Vlaanderen, De Standaard/Oost-Vlaanderen, De Standaard/Antwerpen, De Standaard/Vlaams-Brabant/Brussel, De Standaard/Limburg Het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest houdt dezer dagen een bevraging over het verbod op auto’s met verbrandingsmotor. Die gaat niet over óf […]
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