Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said in an interview to the Süddeutsche Zeitung that he was talking to the Norwegian low-cost carrier Norwegian regarding a possible take-over. IAG, the parent company of British Airways is also interested. Norwegian is the third […]
L’Echo – 19 Jun. 2018 Pagina 17 Lufthansa est en contact avec Norwegian Air Shuttle, la compagnie aérienne norvégienne en difficulté également convoitée par IAG, la maison mère de British Airways, a déclaré le président du directoire du groupe allemand, […]
The Austrian-Canadian car industry supplier Magna Steyr is going to produce electric cars for the Chinese market, as was announced by the specialized magazine Automobilwoche. Magna is going to conclude two joint ventures in order to realize this, both with […]
Het Financieele Dagblad – 19 Jun. 2018 Pagina 15 Amsterdam De Oostenrijks-Canadese auto-onderdelenfabrikant Magna Steyr gaat elektrische auto’s voor de Chinese markt produceren. Dat meldde vakblad Automobilwoche gisteren. Magna sluit hiervoor twee joint ventures met Beijing Electric Vehicle (BEV), dat […]
Last Friday the general assembly of shareholders at Renault renamed Carlos Ghosn as CEO for another 4 years and the reconfirmed CEO did an announcement about the ‘prudent’ stay of Renault in Iran. It has been different in the past […]
Bijlage “Eco et Entreprise”, – 17 Jun. 2018 Pagina 3 Le PDG de Renault, Carlos Ghosn, a affirmé vendredi 15 juin que, contrairement à son rival PSA, le groupe au losange allait rester en Iran malgré le rétablissement, début mai, […]
Financial analyst Berenberg sees an important role for Belgian Umicore in the battery industry, not only producing materials for their production but also recycling them afterwards. In a new report Berenberg is very positive about Umicore’s future. Analyst Sebastian Bray […]
De Tijd – 16 Jun. 2018 Pagina 39 Het beurshuis Berenberg ziet Umicore niet alleen als een wereldspeler in batterijmaterialen voor e-auto’s, maar verwacht ook een belangrijke positie in de recyclage van versleten batterijen. In een nieuw rapport is Berenberg […]
Philippe Joubert says that you can’t deny climate change anymore. His mission is to convince companies that sustainability will bring in (more) money in the long run. That’s why he founded Earth on Board. Philippe Joubert has worked a long […]
De Standaard* – 15 Jun. 2018 Pagina 22 * De Standaard/West-Vlaanderen, De Standaard/Oost-Vlaanderen, De Standaard/Antwerpen, De Standaard/Vlaams-Brabant/Brussel, De Standaard/Limburg Klimaatproblemen negeren kan niet meer, vindt Philippe Joubert. Dus wijst hij bedrijven erop dat duurzaamheid op lange termijn winstgevend is. Van […]
French car manufacturer Renault has announced that it will invest 1 billion euro in France the next 5 years to further develop and produce electric vehicles. Among other things, the car maker foresees the production of electric vehicles in its […]
AFP – 14 Jun. 2018 Le constructeur automobile Renault a annoncé jeudi qu’il allait investir “plus d’un milliard d’euros” en France d’ici à 2022 pour le développement et la production de véhicules électriques. Le groupe français prévoit notamment la fabrication […]
Dieselgate has struck again. The German prosecution has ordered car manufacturer Volkswagen to pay a record 1 billion euro fine for the dieselgate fraud. VW has accepted to pay the fine. The German car industry is thoroughly shaken this week. […]
Het Financieele Dagblad – 14 Jun. 2018 Pagina 15 Gerben van der Marel Berlijn Het Duitse Openbaar Ministerie heeft Volkswagen gisteren een recordboete van € 1 mrd opgelegd in verband met het dieselschandaal. Volgens justitie verkocht VW tussen 2007 en […]
The first real Tesla competitor comes from a somewhat unexpected car manufacturer: Jaguar launches its I-Pace, a big and strikingly good-looking fully electric cross-over to compete with the Tesla Model S and X, which have been monopolizing this market segment […]
From 2019 onward the Dutch buyer of an electric car costing more than 50.000 euro will have to pay 22% additional taxes instead of 4% now. Many potential electric buyers hesitate. From the 1st of January 2019 the additional taxes, […]
Het Financieele Dagblad – 13 Jun. 2018 Pagina 5 Hella Hueck Amsterdam De verhoging van de fiscale bijtelling voor dure elektrische auto’s werpt zijn schaduw vooruit. Per 1 januari 2019 moeten bezitters van elektrische auto’s duurder dan € 50.000 (lees: […]
American car manufacturer Tesla is having hard times. After the production problems with the Model 3 and pressure from shareholders, CEO Elon Musk announced that 9% of the employees will have to leave the company. The passing years Tesla has grown […]
Belga – 12 Jun. 2018 (AFP/BLOOMBERG/DPA/ANP) = De Amerikaanse bouwer van elektrische auto’s Tesla ontslaat ongeveer 9 procent van zijn personeel. Dit heeft topman Elon Musk dinsdag bekendgemaakt. De kosten moeten omlaag en het bedrijf moet winstgevend worden, zei hij. […]
The jurisdictional authorities in Munich have announced that the CEO of car manufacturer Audi, Rupert Stadler, is personally under investigation in the wake of the so-called dieselgate scandal. To many analysts it came as a surprise that Audi CEO Rupert […]
L’Echo – 12 Jun. 2018 Pagina 2 Le patron d’Audi est personnellement soupçonné de fraude dans le cadre de l’enquête sur le scandale des moteurs diesel truqués en Allemagne. Le vent du boulet se rapproche dangereusement de Rupert Stadler. Le […]
The German government has ordered Daimler to proceed as quickly as possible to the recall of 774.000 Mercedes cars possibly having emissions-cheating software under the bonnet. The models concerned are the Vito van and some of the models C and […]
De Standaard* – 12 Jun. 2018 Pagina 25 * De Standaard/West-Vlaanderen, De Standaard/Oost-Vlaanderen, De Standaard/Antwerpen, De Standaard/Vlaams-Brabant/Brussel, De Standaard/Limburg Dieselgate lijkt nog lang niet ten einde. Vanwege verdachte testresultaten moet nu ook Mercedes-moeder Daimler driekwart miljoen dieselauto’s terugroepen. Brussel Mercedes-moederbedrijf […]
Is the dream of Tesla founder Elon Musk vanishing? According to the American website Second Measure already a quarter of potential clients for the Model 3 have reclaimed their deposit for a purchase. Tesla is practically every week in the […]
De Morgen – 09 Jun. 2018 Pagina 9 Volgens de Amerikaanse analysewebsite Second Measure heeft bijna een kwart van de Model 3-klanten zijn aankoop bij Tesla geannuleerd. Het bedrijf ontkent, maar de nervositeit neemt toe. Na productieproblemen, enkele dodelijke crashes […]
For 20 years now Filip De Mazière has been developing a revolutionary, environmentally friendly gearbox. But the most difficult part is still awaiting. “To put something disruptive on the market is far from easy”, he says. De Mazière and his […]
De Tijd – 09 Jun. 2018 Pagina 27 Al ruim twintig jaar werkt Filip De Mazière aan de ontwikkeling van een milieuvriendelijke versnellingsbak. Een doorbraak lijkt nu in zicht. ‘Iets disruptiefs in de markt zetten is niet evident.’ ‘We zijn […]
It’s not easy to keep the American electric car manufacturer out of the spotlights, lately with not so good news. At the recent shareholders’ meeting Tesla founder Elon Musk survived a motion of (dis)trust and can stay on as CEO. […]
De Tijd – 07 Jun. 2018 Pagina 22 Op de aandeelhoudersvergadering van de elektrischeautobouwer Tesla overleefde oprichter Elon Musk een vertrouwensstemming. Hij mag de rol van voorzitter en CEO blijven combineren. Zijn broer Kimbal Musk en 21st Century Fox-topman James […]
Five months is too short to draw conclusions, but the evolution of the Belgian car market since the beginning of the year can be significant for things to come. First of all, and against all expectations, the Belgian car market […]
De Tijd – 07 Jun. 2018 Pagina 4 De verkoop van Aziatische auto’s in ons land boomt dankzij de dieselcrisis. Extra kortingen om de stocks kwijt te raken moeten nog meer kopers lokken. De Aziatische autobouwers krijgen alsmaar meer grip […]
Car manufacturer PSA Group has announced preparing itself to withdraw from Iran, becoming the second large French company (after Total) to concede to the threat of American sanctions. PSA announced that it has “started with the suspension of its joint […]
AFP – 04 Jun. 2018 Le constructeur automobile PSA a annoncé lundi qu’il préparait son retrait d’Iran, son plus grand marché étranger en volume, devenant le deuxième grand groupe français après Total à se plier aux injonctions américaines. PSA, dont […]
Volvo Cars Gent is planning to build a battery assembly factory near its car assembly plant to assemble battery cells into battery packs for its future electric models. The Swedish car manufacturer Volvo (daughter of Chinese Geely) plans to build […]
De Tijd – 05 Jun. 2018 Pagina 1 De Zweedse autobouwer Volvo, eigendom van het Chinese concern Geely, gaat op zijn havensite in Gent een nieuwe assemblagelijn installeren. Niet voor de bouw van auto’s maar voor het ineensteken van ‘batterijpakketten’ […]
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