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With electric cars putting up record performances in acceleration and overtaking and becoming ‘muscle cars’ by nature, insurers are placed in a dilemma. Should they raise the premium to cover the increased risk or are EVs just safer, on the […]
Game over for Uber in London. Watchdog Transport for London (TfL) has safety concerns and refuses to grant a new conditional license for the alternative taxi service provider. Authorities found that more than 14.000 trips were taken with drivers who […]
Belgian sand transport company De Cloedt Group is starting a regular service with unmanned canal barges, remotely controlled to transport 240.000 cube meters of dredgings on the canals connecting Ypres with Newport. A world’s first in inland shipping, says the […]
Belgian rail network managing company, Infrabel, is going to provide a test track for rail operators to try out autonomous trains in the future. It is putting 8 million euros aside for this, according to a business plan that was […]
The software in Uber’s self-driving SUV that killed a 49-year-old woman in Tempe, Arizona, last year simply couldn’t ‘imagine’ that a pedestrian would walk outside the marked crosswalk to cross a dark street. It did spot the woman walking next […]
The French public metro and bus group, RATP, is going to roll out in partnership with Intel-owned Mobileye, a test fleet of autonomous taxis by 2020 in the 13th District of Paris. The latter is to be connected and integrated […]
The family of a man that died in a Tesla Autopilot accident in March of this year is suing the company for wrongful death. Jeremy Banner’s Tesla Model 3 didn’t notice a semi crossing the road and crashed into it […]
By creating ‘Volkswagen Autonomy” (VWAT), the German carmaker has taken the next step in its collaboration with American carmaker Ford in the development of the autonomous car. The goal is to ‘regroup’ all development efforts and put a self-driving vehicle […]
On Tuesday, the city of Amsterdam inaugurates Move Mobility Experience, a free exhibition dedicated to the history and future of the city. The exhibition – an initiative of Pon, VW’s dealer Group – is accommodated in the old Citroën garage […]
Belgian car importer and mobility service provider, D’Ieteren, has increased its profit forecast for the second time this year. The company now expects to achieve a 35% higher profit than in 2018. D’Ieteren’s share price promptly went up to its […]
Alphabet daughter and autonomous car division Waymo has announced it will offer driverless taxi rides in Phoenix. In the last decade, the company has been experimenting with self-driving passenger cars in some outskirts of the city. Until now, there always […]
The Dutch railway company, NS, is planning to investigate whether trains can ride autonomously. They will organize test rides with the newest Sprinter SNG train model on the connection between Lelystad and Zwolle (The Netherlands). The tests will be executed […]
After the successful real-life 6-months test at the Caves of Han, self-driving shuttles now transport visitors of the Smart City Wallonia expo in Marche. By 2021, a self-driving shuttle service should be in place at Brussels Airport. Plus, EU legislation […]
The Antwerp police are the initiator of Skyfall, a European project to eliminate dangerous drones. The police will buy special devices that can take control of the drones and even capture them in a net. Skyfall is a cooperation between […]
It pretty much looks like an ‘ordinary’ Volvo XC90, but it’s nearly unnoticeable packed with eight lidars, six radars, several intelligent cameras, sophisticated GPS, and mobile antennas. Meet Trillian, Dutch mapmaker TomTom’s most advanced autonomous test car at the Frankfurt […]
Mercedes’ first car of its new fully electric range is on the road now. We drove the EQC and found typical qualities, but also reasonably odd inconsistencies. And of course, it’s a Mercedes, so it’s not really affordable for the […]
On Friday, researchers of the Brussels free universities, VUB and ULB, are launching an elaborate testing program with an autonomous shuttle on their Health Campus in Jette (Brussels). During six months, the man/machine relation will be the focus of the […]
According to the city’s public transport company BVG, residents of Berlin will now be able to board a small self-propelled bus. On a trial basis, it travels a route in the north-west of the German capital. Public road test The […]
Uber has made a loss of 5,24 billion dollars in the second quarter of 2019. Moreover, the company’s 2,9 billion dollars turnover has risen less than expected. Following the announcement of its disappointing results, Uber shares lost 11% of its […]
Politicians in France’s less central areas are angry about the growing lack of public transport outside metropolitan areas. Local train services are being discontinued in favor of the TGV and bus services canceled, deemed uneconomic. Rural France feels disconnected from […]
How will your mobility look like in twenty years from now? French newspaper, Le Figaro, probed several experts for their future visions. “Mobility solutions will be abundant, tailor-made, and invoiced per kilometer.” When people try to envision mobility in the […]
German carmaker Daimler and automotive supplier Bosch have got the official approval of the Baden-Württemberg authorities to roll out fully autonomous valet parking at the Mercedes-Benz Museum’s multi-story parking building in Stuttgart. The green light from the German authorities, following […]
The city of Knokke-Heist (Belgium) has introduced the so-called ‘scan car’. The full-electric vehicle scans the parked cars, and by doing this, it replaces the parking lot attendants. Until recently, a parking lot attendant registered cars’ license plates with a […]
Volvo Cars has beaten its sales record in the second quarter of 2019. But meanwhile, the Chinese-owned Swedish car manufacturer saw its profitability decline, caused by prices under pressure and trade tariffs. Meanwhile, the last V40 rolls off the production […]
Ford and Volkswagen are going to collaborate in two crucial domains: autonomous driving and electrification. A merger or financial fusion (even partly) is not on the agenda. Both companies stay entirely independent. Given the significant investments the transition to electrification […]
For the next thirteen months, Toyota Motors Europe will run a Lexus LS equipped with a series of sensors around the streets of Brussels. The aim is to gather data on European driving behavior as part of the L3Pilot program. […]
The principality of Monaco in southern France is the first worldwide to have its superfast 5G network – made by Chinese Huawei – up and running ‘nationwide’ since last Tuesday. With its just more than 30.000 inhabitants – of whom […]
The Umicore Eclipse, an electric racecar built by KU Leuven and Thomas More College students, debuts in the Formula Student championship today. Formula Electric Belgium, as the team is called, will compete against other student teams. The first race takes […]
The German carmakers, BMW and Daimler, have put down in writing the intention they announced in February of working together to develop the next scalable platform for autonomous driving up to SAE Level 4. The strategic cooperation is open to […]
Since Monday, July 1st, self-driving cars are allowed to hit the Dutch roads without a driver aboard. The only thing they need is permission of the Minister of Infrastructure. Until now, autonomous cars could only drive around with a driver […]
American computer giant, Apple, has confirmed its purchase of the Californian start-up Drive.ai. This acquisition anchors the idea that Apple is working on vehicle driving systems and self-driving technology development rather than a stand-alone car. Without giving any information on […]
At its #NextGen press event, BMW has announced it is going to accelerate its plans for electric and electrified cars. This is necessary to meet the more strict emission norms the EU is imposing from 2020. It is also seen […]
Kurt Sievers, president of chip producer NXP, expects the autonomous car not to be technically ready before 2030. NXP is one of the most important automotive chip producers and has the 10 biggest car manufacturers among its clients. Last week, […]
Renault-Nissan Alliance and Google’s autonomous car division, Waymo, have signed an agreement to study the possibilities of autonomous car exploitation. Together, they will explore commercial, legal, and regulatory questions linked to autonomous car services. At the moment, this exclusive partnership […]
Bridgestone is primarily known as a tire manufacturer and firmly believes in the ‘mobility as a service’ principle. This is why the research department is increasingly interested in collecting data. R&D Bridgestone has a major European development center in Rome […]
