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Herbert Diess, CEO of the VW Group, is worried about the possibility of 25% import taxes on foreign cars in the US, the so-called Trump tax. It could cost VW at least 13% of its expected benefits every year. “It’s […]
De Tijd – 22 Feb. 2019 Pagina 2 In het nieuws omdat hij waarschuwt dat een Amerikaanse importtaks Volkswagen tot 2,5 miljard euro kan kosten. VW en de VS: het blijft een moeilijk huwelijk. Amerikaanse onderzoekers brachten in 2015 aan […]
The Dutch national Planning Bureau (PlanBureau voor de Leefomgeving, PBL) was considered an impartial, all-knowing referee. Severe miscalculations of the boom of electric cars in the Netherlands among others, costing double the estimates, put it now under fire. On the […]
Trouw – 21 Feb. 2019 Pagina 6 berekeningen – Na de fout rond de energiekosten ligt het Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, tot nog toe onomstreden, onder vuur. In de rumoerige klimaatdiscussie gold het Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving tot dusver als […]
After dieselgate, the VW Group completely changed course. With its special electric car platform (MEB) it not only serves a lot of new electric cars inside the group, it also wants to conquer the world by offering it to other […]
de Volkskrant – 21 Feb. 2019 Pagina 28 Kort na de uitbraak van ‘Dieselgate’ besloot de top van Volkswagen het roer om te gooien: het concern moet ‘s werelds grootste producent worden van betaalbare, schone elektrische auto’s. Dat blijkt een […]
Ford has invented a smart bed, using automotive technology to keep an ‘invading sleeper’ at his own side of the bed. A ‘lane keeping bed’, as it were. Normally bed partners are happy to sleep close to each other after […]
La Dernière Heure* – 20 Feb. 2019 Pagina 12 * 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, […]
Negotiators of the EU Parliament and the European Council have come to a final agreement to reduce CO2 emissions of trucks by 30% (compared to 2019) in 2030 and by 15% in 2025. These are the first emission rules for […]
Het Financieele Dagblad – 20 Feb. 2019 Pagina 20 • Uitstoot vrachtwagens moet over ruim tien jaar 30% lager zijn • Afspraken gelden voor 70% van alle zware vrachtwagens • Brancheorganisatie Acea noemt doelen ‘zeer ambitieus’ Brussel Europese onderhandelaars zijn […]
Belgian national mobility club Touring pleads for a re-federalisation of decision making about mobility and wants a Marshall plan for Belgian transport and its infrastructure. In view of the coming general elections (May 26th 2019), the mobility organisation has send […]
Belga – 19 Feb. 2019 (BELGA) = Touring plaide en faveur de la fédéralisation de la compétence de la mobilité et pour la mise en place d’un plan Marshall pour les transports et les infrastructures de transport. L’organisation de mobilité […]
French scientists and technicians created the Antbot, a little robot that finds its way like the desert ant, without GPS or a heavy load of expensive instrumentation. The global positioning system has an accuracy of a few meters at the […]
de Volkskrant – 14 Feb. 2019 Pagina 27 Franse wetenschappers maakten de AntBot, een robotje dat als een woestijnmier zijn weg vindt, dus zónder gps. Want nauwkeurig navigeren zonder kilo’s aan dure apparatuur was tot nu toe problematisch voor robots. […]
The French state has announced it will invest 700 billion euro the next five years in the development of a next generation battery industry in Europe, the so-called ‘the Airbus of batteries’. In December, France and Germany have signed a […]
AFP – 13 Feb. 2019 La perspective d’un “Airbus des batteries” pour l’automobile s’est un peu plus concrétisée mercredi, l’Etat promettant de débloquer 700 millions d’euros sur les cinq prochaines années pour soutenir le développement de la filière de batteries […]
Former Alliance President, Carlos Ghosn, under custody in a Japanese jail since mid-November, chooses other defense lawyers. Meanwhile, the board of Renault scraps the compensation payments linked to his non competition clause and the validation of stock actions he received […]
AFP – 13 Feb. 2019 =(Photo+Video)= ATTENTION – ajoute commentaires de l’avocat français de Carlos Ghosn, Me Jean-Yves Le Borgne /// Paris, 13 fév 2019 (AFP) – Carlos Ghosn, détenu dans une prison de Tokyo pour des malversations financières présumées, […]
Many transport experts recommend taking the train instead of flying because of the environment but rising costs are causing big problems installing a serious railway network. Do we have to look for other solutions ? Just recently we got news […]
Het Financieele Dagblad – 13 Feb. 2019 Pagina 14 Amsterdam De kosten van het prestigieuze Frans-Italiaanse railproject TAV (Turijn-Lyon) wegen niet op tegen de baten. Dat staat in een analyse die het Italiaanse ministerie van infrastructuur en transport gisteren heeft […]
Benelux and France will fall far behind the targets the European Union has defined for the community in 2020. In 2007, the European Union promised to reduce CO2 emissions with 20% by 2020, to use 20% of renewable energy by […]
De Tijd – 13 Feb. 2019 Pagina 7 De Benelux dreigt ver onder de Europese doelen voor hernieuwbare energie te schieten. België haalde in 2017 9,1 procent van zijn verbruik uit groene bronnen. In 2020 moet ons land 13 procent […]
Given the stringent CO2 emission rules in Europe, manufacturers have no choice than to roll out electrification. It requires huge investments in a difficult market and it’s not sure if the customer can be convinced so quickly. In the next […]
Bijlage “Eco et Entreprise”, – 12 Feb. 2019 Pagina 1 Impact écologique, effets sur l’emploi et sur les -recettes fiscales des Etats, nécessité pour les industriels de s’adapter… L’essor attendu des automobiles ” zéro émission ” représente de nombreux défis […]
The Belgian planning agency (Planbureau) sees only 12% full electric cars in 2040. The Dutch counterpart for the environment, Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, underestimated the growth of the electric car in the Netherlands already two times. Politics are running behind. […]
De Tijd – 12 Feb. 2019 Pagina 15 De elektrische auto zal de Belgische wegen niet in sneltempo veroveren. Volgens het Planbureau rijdt amper 36 procent van de auto’s die in 2030 verkocht worden, (deels) elektrisch. Traditionele hybrides (die een […]
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has serious problems. In the third quarter of its 2018/2019 fiscal year it lost 3,8 billion euro because it executed also a depreciation of 3,1 billion euro. Even without this depreciation there is still a loss […]
L’Echo – 09 Feb. 2019 Pagina 26 Jaguar Land Rover, une marque synonyme de grosses voitures anglaises, souffre de la diminution drastique du diesel et de la Chine. Son propriétaire, Tata Motors, tremble alors que le Brexit sans accord pourrait […]
A growing number of owners of vintage/veteran cars is worried where and when they will still be able to drive their beauties. An (expensive) solution could be to make it electric. A small number of (exclusive) manufacturers is already offering […]
Algemeen Dagblad/Algemeen Dagblad – 08 Feb. 2019 Pagina 22 Eigenaren van klassieke auto’s vragen zich steeds vaker af hoe lang ze nog met hun geliefde speeltje op de openbare weg mogen rijden. Deze bedrijven hebben de oplossing in huis. Toen […]
The recent fusion between the mobility activities of BMW and Daimler has a big influence on the Chauffeur Privé platform too. As from now the Daimler co-owned platform (bought a year ago) is named Kapten and it wants to conquer […]
La Tribune – 07 Feb. 2019 Pagina 26 Alors que son actionnariat est en plein réorganisation depuis la fusion entre les activités mobilités de Daimler et BMW, Chauffeurs Privés a annoncé une grande offensive stratégique dont l’ambition est le leadership […]
At the end of January the Luxembourg government has reinstalled a premium for all kinds of electric driving, from cars over scooters to electric bikes or mopeds. Also in Luxembourg the sales of electric vehicles is not very high yet. […]
Luxemburger Wort – 07 Feb. 2019 Pagina 18 Oft ist es der Preis, an dem der Kauf eines Elektrofahrzeuges trotz aller guten Absichten scheitert. Mit finanzieller Unterstützung will die Regierung diese Entscheidung nun versüßen. Auch Radfahrer sollen davon profitieren. VON […]
In the car industry the fear for a recession is rising, the good years are over. Some even talk about the worst recession coming in decades. That’s the common thread in all financial reports of the manufacturers, benefits are reduced. […]
