The Walloon government has freed a 400.000 euro budget to develop the charging infrastructure for electrical vehicles. Goal is to have almost 10.000 electrical vehicles on the road by 2020, able to charge their batteries on the public roads in […]
L’Echo – 20 Apr. 2018 Pagina 6 Le gouvernement wallon vient de débloquer un budget de 400.000 euros pour développer le réseau de bornes de rechargement des véhicules électriques. Afin d’inciter les acteurs publics et privés à déployer des bornes […]
In the wake of the dieselgate scandal the European Parliament has come to an agreement on the new type of approval for passenger cars in the EU and also on a better control of already approved cars. An independent European […]
Belga – 19 Apr. 2018 (BELGA) = Het Europees Parlement heeft donderdag de hervorming goedgekeurd van de typegoedkeuring van nieuwe personenwagens en van het markttoezicht op auto’s die reeds in omloop gebracht werden. Het onafhankelijk Europees controleagentschap waar verschillende fracties […]
Compared to last year, the European car market has regressed by 5,3% in March, primarily due to lower sales in big markets like Germany (-3,4%), Italy (-5,8%) and the United Kingdom (-15,7%). The fall in sales has been tempered by […]
AFP – 18 Apr. 2018 Le marché automobile européen a baissé de 5,3% en mars sur un an, après deux mois de hausse, pénalisé par des reculs au Royaume-Uni, en Italie et en Allemagne, selon des statistiques publiées mercredi. Les […]
More than 190 police officers have been doing searches at 10 different locations in German counties Baden-Württemberg and Bayern. Porsche has confirmed that also in Zuffenhausen (Stuttgart) searches have taken place and documents have been confiscated. Three persons Three persons […]
Tageblatt – 19 Apr. 2018 Pagina 17 Großrazzia beim Sportwagenbauer Porsche: Wegen des Verdachtes des Betrugs und strafbarer Werbung mit manipulierten Dieselabgaswerten durchsuchten gestern insgesamt mehr als 190 Einsatzkräfte zehn Objekte in Baden-Württemberg und Bayern, wie die Staatsanwaltschaft Stuttgart bekannt […]
Within 5 years China wants to abolish the restrictions forbidding foreign car manufacturers to control their local companies in the country, a move that is welcomed by almost all foreign trade partners. For manufacturing electric cars, restrictions will be already […]
AFP – 17 Apr. 2018 =(Photo Archives)= ATTENTION – ajoute la réaction de BMW /// Pékin, 17 avr 2018 (AFP) – La Chine a annoncé mardi la levée d’ici à cinq ans des restrictions empêchant les constructeurs automobiles étrangers de […]
German car manufacturer Opel is ending all existing contracts with its European dealers. By doing so, Opel is following the policy of its new owner, the PSA Group, which is adopting the same policy. All 54 Opel dealers in Belgium […]
De Tijd – 18 Apr. 2018 Pagina 17 De Duitse autoproducent Opel zegt de contracten met al zijn Europese dealers op en wil slechts met een beperkt aantal verder. Dat is een gevolg van de overname van Opel door PSA. […]
Recently newmobility.news was able to speak with Carlos Tavares, CEO of the PSA Group (Peugeot, Citroën, DS) that acquired also Opel last year. The most important message for him in the automotive world is: “You have to adapt yourself every […]
The Flemish green party Groen wants to free big parts of the Antwerp inner city from cars and give priority to bikes, as was announced by Wouter Van Besien, candidate-mayor for Antwerp at the next local elections (October 2018). In […]
Gazet van Antwerpen* – 13 Apr. 2018 Pagina 10 Groen wil in Antwerpen verder gaan dan het Gentse model: fietsers krijgen bijna overal voorrang en grote delen van de stad worden autoluw. “Antwerpen hinkt geweldig achterop”, vindt lijsttrekker Wouter Van […]
Thursday night the supervisory board of the VW Group confirmed what was already rumoured a few days ago: Herbert Diess (at the moment CEO of VW) has been chosen to lead the whole Group away from the dieselgate scandal and […]
L’Echo – 13 Apr. 2018 Pagina 13 À l’aube d’une révolution dans l’automobile, il s’agissait de convaincre les travailleurs et autres parties du bien-fondé d’une telle réorganisation. C’est fait. Le conseil de surveillance du groupe Volkswagen a nommé le patron […]
The Japanese airbag supplier Takata has announced that the transfer of its principal activities to the American supplier Key Safety Systems has been realized and that the brand Takata is going to disappear. Meanwhile the CEO, Shigehisa Takada, the heir […]
AFP – 12 Apr. 2018 L’équipementier automobile japonais Takata, qui a succombé à un scandale d’airbags défectueux, a annoncé jeudi avoir achevé le transfert de ses principales activités à l’équipementier américain Key Safety Systems (KSS), signant la disparition de la […]
The last three years the cost of driving a diesel car has gone up with 30% because of taxation, says Flemish mobility club VAB. They analyzed the impact of the new Flemish traffic taxation (2016) and the gradual alignment of […]
De Standaard* – 12 Apr. 2018 Pagina 20 * De Standaard/West-Vlaanderen, De Standaard/Oost-Vlaanderen, De Standaard/Antwerpen, De Standaard/Vlaams-Brabant/Brussel, De Standaard/Limburg Dieselrijden wordt steeds duurder. Dat komt omdat de overheid 30 procent meer belastingen aanrekent. Van onze redacteur Johan Rasking BRUSSELDe mobiliteitsfederatie […]
Anders Hedin Invest Group, a Swedish car group, buys once again 5 Mercedes dealerships in the Antwerp area. The Belgian car dealers are vulnerable because of low profit and many foreign car groups show interest. The five Mercedes dealerships were […]
De Tijd – 12 Apr. 2018 Pagina 13 De Zweedse autogroep Anders Hedin rolt het Belgische dealernetwerk van Mercedes-Benz verder op. Anders Hedin Invest Group neemt vijf vestigingen van de Antwerpse Mercedes-verkoper Andries (Vriesdonk) over. Dat meldt de Zweedse autogroep […]
As a second step in the financial restructuring of the Russian car manufacturer Avtovaz (part of the Alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi) there is a recapitalization for an amount of 107 billion roubles (1,3 billion euro). Lada being the number one car brand […]
Le Figaro – 12 Apr. 2018 Pagina 22 Le constructeur russe profite du rebond du marché. AUTOMOBILE C’est presque une nouvelle histoire qui commence pour Renault en Russie. La restructuration financière d’Avtovaz, le premier constructeur russe dont Renault est l’actionnaire […]
Volkswagen Group has unexpectedly decided to revise its managing structure at the top. The present CEO, Mathias Müller is leaving earlier than foreseen, probably to free the way for Herbert Diess, now leading the Volkswagen brand. Mathias Müller had a […]
Het Financieele Dagblad – 11 Apr. 2018 Pagina 13 Gerben van der Marel Berlijn In een onverwachte en drastische ingreep heeft het Duitse Volkswagen-concern besloten het bestuur op te schudden. De huidige ceo, Matthias Müller, maakt voortijdig plaats voor een […]
Flemish research centre IMEC from Louvain has developed a prototype of a solid state battery, where the conductor starts as liquid but becomes a solid material. The researchers claim a break-through, a “first step towards the super battery” with twice […]
De Tijd – 11 Apr. 2018 Pagina 3 De Leuvense onderzoeksinstelling Imec pakt uit met een doorbraak in de batterijtechnologie die de capaciteit van smartphones en elektrische auto’s aanzienlijk kan opdrijven. De innovatie van Imec zit in het gebruik van […]
With the technical face-lift of the popular Outlander PHEV (plug-in hybrid vehicle) Mitsubishi has announced to aim for an entire energy network, including home, office, loading station and the grid. The substantial technical update of the Outlander PHEV announced at […]
Belga RT – 10 Apr. 2018 (BELGA) = De Japanse autobouwer Mitsubishi is in Japan gestart met het inzetten van zijn plug-inhybrideauto’s voor een slim elektriciteitsnet. Wanneer er op het net energie in overvloed is, worden de batterijen van de […]
Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank Group, is aiming at Europe now. He wants to become the Warren Buffet of the tech world and does everything to achieve this ambitious goal. New forms of mobility has its special interest, as he […]
Het Financieele Dagblad – 09 Apr. 2018 Pagina 2 Hella Hueck Amsterdam Topman Masayoshi Son van de Japanse Softbank Group heeft een overvolle agenda. Hij wil de Warren Buffett van de techwereld worden en aan afgelopen week te zien is […]
In Belgium the sales of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) are still growing. Where 30% of all sold cars in 2017 were SUVs, this could easily grow to 35% this year. The sales results of the first quarter of this year […]
L’Echo – 07 Apr. 2018 Pagina 3 Avec 34,3% des immatriculations sur trois mois, il semble que l’appétit des clients belges pour les SUV ne connaît pas de limite. 2018 devrait marquer un nouveau record. Homme d’affaires confirmé, jeunes parents […]
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