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Using his famous tweets weapon, US President Trump has attacked the car manufacturers that concluded a deal about future emission rulings with the state of California. He calls their CEO’s weak and crazy, considers the companies to be disloyal. Four […]
AFP – 22 Aug. 2019 Donald Trump s’en est pris mercredi aux constructeurs automobiles qui ont ignoré ses avances et préféré conclure un accord avec la Californie sur des futures normes d’émission plus sévères. L’agence de protection de l’environnement de […]
Transport economists Bruno De Borger (University of Antwerp) and Stef Proost (University of Louvain) plead for ‘supersmart’ road-pricing. With a road tax varying every 5 minutes you can spread traffic so efficiently that congestion disappears. “The departing times of the […]
De Morgen – 22 Aug. 2019 Pagina 1 Vlaams minister van Mobiliteit Ben Weyts (N-VA) had er jarenlang de mond van vol: de slimme kilometerheffing. Automobilisten betalen daarmee een hogere prijs per kilometer tijdens de spits dan daarbuiten. Ideaal om […]
Recently, a study of HR service provider Acerta concluded that banning company cars would be bad for the environment. Chief Economist Etienne de Callataÿ (Orcadia Asset Management) contradicts this and gives four significant arguments. The Acerta study has found that […]
Oui, les voitures de société nuisent à l’environnement L’Echo – 21 Aug. 2019 Pagina 9 À propos des voitures des sociétés, on a pu lire récemment que “les supprimer les voitures de société serait risqué en termes d’environnement” *. La […]
The new Flemish government in the making will have to decide if the new, more stringent, WLTP emission rules will have an impact on car taxes. If so, this will only count for individual car owners; company cars are taxed […]
Duurdere autobelasting op onderhandelingstafel Het Belang van Limburg* – 21 Aug. 2019 Pagina 1 Het is niet ondenkbaar dat de belasting op nieuwe auto’s volgend jaar fors duurder wordt. Een en ander is het gevolg van de nieuwe emissiemeting die […]
Everywhere in the world car manufacturers are preparing themselves for a bumpy ride. The German car industry is suffering; the neighboring countries are dragged with it; the big US manufacturers are building strategic reserves. The industrial activity in Germany shrinks, […]
De Tijd – 17 Aug. 2019 Pagina 24 De Duitse economie heeft de voorbije jaren een sterk parcours gereden dankzij onder meer het grote gewicht van de autoindustrie. Die troef dreigt nu een handicap te worden. De Duitse economie is […]
Luc Vandenbulcke is the new CEO of dredging company DEME. He sees growth in the future, but also obstacles to overcome. In any way, this growth has to be sustainable. As one of the fathers of the windmill parks in […]
Trends – 15 Aug. 2019 Pagina 18 Luc Vandenbulcke, die sinds begin dit jaar aan het hoofd staat van DEME, ziet nog veel groeimogelijkheden voor de maritieme bouwgroep. “Wij kijken naar de lange termijn. De grote problemen van deze tijd […]
Jay Inslee, a Democratic candidate for the presidency and governor of the state of Washington (US), pushes the climate issue way forward on the democratic agenda. He is solely talking about this, to make his point perfectly clear and convincing. […]
AFP – 13 Aug. 2019 =(Photo+Video)= Clear Lake (Etats-Unis), 13 août 2019 (AFP) – Rares sont les candidats à la Maison Blanche qui parviennent à aller loin en ne s’attaquant qu’à un sujet. Mais le gouverneur démocrate Jay Inslee est […]
For the first time since long, the Indian car industry is in recession. Things started going wrong in the third quarter of last year and are getting worse. Last Wednesday, the sector pleaded for different urgent aid measures before the […]
Le Figaro – 09 Aug. 2019 Pagina 23 Le ralentissement de la croissance a fait chuter les ventes. Plus de 350 000 emplois auraient été supprimés. ASIE Quand s’arrêtera la chute ? Jusqu’en 2011, le secteur automobile en Inde cumulait […]
Huge protests have made the British Rail Delivery Group (RDG) reconsider its position. The special train passes Interrail and Eurail continue to be valid in the UK. Only yesterday the Utrecht (the Netherlands) based company Eurail announced that the British […]
AFP – 08 Aug. 2019 Les voyageurs européens pourront finalement continuer d’utiliser le pass InterRail pour voyager au Royaume-Uni, l’organisme britannique chargé du dossier ayant annoncé jeudi qu’il restait dans le dispositif. Né en 1972, le pass InterRail permet de […]
French car manufacturers often boost the ‘Frenchness’ of their cars. But more and more they aren’t built in France anymore. Next year the planned car production within the Hexagon will reach 1,71 million units, 22% less than the 2,21 million […]
Algemeen Dagblad* – 08 Aug. 2019 Pagina 17 Frankrijk trommelt zich nogal eens op de borst als één van ‘s werelds grootste autoproducenten. Maar die productie krijgt volgend jaar een enorme knauw. De Franse autoproductie daalt in 2020 met maar […]
According to the Bloomberg press agency, the Chinese car manufacturer Dongfeng is talking to several interested parties to sell part of or all its interests in the French manufacturing group PSA. Yesterday, the PSA share was climbing 7% higher on […]
Le Figaro – 08 Aug. 2019 Pagina 26 L’action Peugeot s’est brièvement envolée mercredi en séance après un article de l’agence de presse Bloomberg évoquant un possible désengagement du chinois Dongfeng Motor. Le titre a grimpé de près de 7 […]
The giant automotive supplier Continental is changing course. The company saw an important regress in its financial results and will now focus on electrification. The whole automotive industry is getting under pressure, and the suppliers of those car manufacturers are […]
ANP – 07 Aug. 2019 HANNOVER (ANP/BLOOMBERG) – Toeleverancier aan de auto-industrie Continental gooit het roer om. Reden voor de koerswijziging is de winstval de voorbije maanden en de dalende vraag naar conventionele verbrandingsmotoren. Om het tij te keren gaat […]
Bosch is one of the biggest automotive suppliers in the world. Because of the severely diminished demand for diesel cars, the company fears that several thousands of jobs will disappear. Worldwide, the German industrial giant employs around 410.000 people. The […]
Het Financieele Dagblad – 07 Aug. 2019 Pagina 12 Van onze redacteur Bosch, de grootste toeleverancier van de auto-industrie, verwacht vele duizenden banen te moeten schrappen vanwege de sterk verminderde verkopen van dieselauto’s. Dat zegt topman Volkmar Denner in Süddeutsche […]
Mining giant Glencore has announced that it will close the largest cobalt mine in the world. The price of cobalt has decreased, and the offer is starting to exceed the demand. In a letter to the personnel, British-Swiss mining giant […]
ANP – 06 Aug. 2019 LONDEN (ANP/BLOOMBERG) – Mijnbouwbedrijf Glencore legt aan het einde van het jaar de productie stil bij de grootste kobaltmijn ter wereld in de Democratische Republiek Congo. Dat meldt de Financial Times op basis van een […]
The Italian car brand, Lancia, has only one model left to sell, the Ypsilon. It only sells in Italy, and nevertheless, it sold more cars in the first half of the year than its sister brand, Alfa Romeo. In June […]
De Tijd – 06 Aug. 2019 Pagina 14 Ten dode opgeschreven door FiatChrysler in 2014, en toch blijft Lancia met zijn enige model, de Ypsilon, verbazen. Het gerenommeerde merk slaagde erin om in de eerste jaarhelft bijna 35.000 wagens te […]
At Renault, one hasn’t forgotten being courted by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). But to eventually agree, Renault has to solve its problems within the Alliance with Nissan first. This has been confirmed by the American newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, […]
Pour s’unir avec Fiat, Renault renégocie son alliance avec Nissan (presse) AFP – 03 Aug. 2019 Nissan et Renault négocient actuellement une remise à plat de leur alliance historique afin d’éventuellement rouvrir la porte à des négociations avec le constructeur […]
End of this year, Audi will add a cheaper, less powerful version of its e-Tron to its model portfolio. The Audi e-Tron 50 Quattro will still have two motors and all-wheel drive. Its purchase price will be 70.950 euros, 12.550 […]
The group purchase of an EV organized by the Flemish authorities is finished. Between half of January and half of May, 112 new electric vehicles were ordered through the initiative. In 2020, the Flemish government wants 60.000 electric cars on […]
112 elektrische auto’s verkocht, en da’s een succes Het Laatste Nieuws* – 01 Aug. 2019 Pagina 9 Welgeteld 112 Vlamingen hebben gebruikgemaakt van de eerste groepsaankoop voor elektrische voertuigen van de Vlaamse overheid. Weinig, zou u denken? Een succes, zegt […]
