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As we already mentioned in our IAA Mobility stories, two major NGOs, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) and Greenpeace, have started lawsuits against BMW, Daimler, and Volkswagen. They want to force manufacturers to accelerate their transition into a less polluting production model. […]
Several American companies – American Airlines, Microsoft, Bank of America, and General Motors, among others – have donated a total of one billion dollars to support the Breakthrough Energy project. The project is Microsoft’s founders Bill Gates’ initiative and intended […]
The British-Dutch oil and gas company, Shell, plans to construct a large production unit for biofuels at the Shell Energy and Park Rotterdam (the Netherlands), formerly known as the Pernis refinery. The Rotterdam plant will produce 820 000 tons of […]
Next Sunday, the car is taboo, and pedestrians and cyclists rule the Belgian roads. Car-Free Sunday, which traditionally is part of Mobility Week, is the opportunity to let people get to know sustainable solutions, says organizer Mobiel 21. Remarkable: in […]
A British study by French energy provider EDF shows that SUV drivers in the UK could save up to almost 9 million tons of CO2 a year by switching from a combustion engine SUV to an electric SUV. EDF found […]
After discussions with leading investors and major oil and gas companies, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has developed a standard for the sector’s climate transition. The aim is to create a level playing field between companies with […]
Energy supplier Brusol, an initiative of solar panel company EnergyVision, aims to install a thousand semi-public charging stations in the Brussels region in the coming months. The charging stations will be rolled out according to the same formula that Brusol […]
From 16 to 22 September, Belgium will host Mobility Week, organized for the 25th time this year. In Brussels, Flanders, and Wallonia, various initiatives and numerous actions will be organized to put sustainable mobility in the spotlight. In Brussels, for […]
The federal government has decided to ban palm and soybean oil for transport as of 2023. Basically, both products are biofuels, but they’re usually cultivated on deforested land, making them even more polluting. Biodiesel, based on palm and soybean oil, […]
Only 4% of Belgian employees currently receive a mobility budget from their employer. These are the results of a survey held by HR service provider Securex among more than 1 500 employees in May. A quarter of the employees who […]
There is a serious lack of electric charging points all along the road networks in most EU member states. New data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) have been confirming this. The findings show that 10 countries do not […]
More and more Belgian companies are offering green mobility options in their pay packages. The newspaper De Tijd reports, based on a survey conducted by HR services company Acerta among more than 500 Belgian companies. The turnaround is coming through […]
From 1 July 2022, a particular counter test (PN measurement) will be used during the annual vehicle inspection for diesel cars. This should detect defective or removed soot filters, says Flemish Minister for Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld). “Since a […]
The world is out of leaded gasoline at long last as Algeria emptied the last barrels a month ago. This is what reports the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), which has been campaigning for the end of the deadly additive […]
Brussels Minister for Mobility, Elke Van den Brandt (Groen), does not dare to set a date on introducing the kilometer tax in Brussels. She said this is an interview with La Dernière Heure, published on Tuesday. Nevertheless, the Minister remains […]
This year, 6 750 Dutch citizens received a 2 000 euros subsidy to buy or lease a second-hand electric car. Unfortunately, this means that the budget (13,5 million euros) the Dutch government reserved for this purpose has run out. Any […]
Toyota Motor chief scientist Gill Pratt denies that Toyota has been slow to develop full battery solutions. However, a significant portion of the $10 billion per year the company spends on R&D goes to scientists working on battery development. In […]
The EU has approved Belgium’s capacity rebate mechanism (CRM). This should attract investors to build new power capacity, such as gas power plants, with the help of subsidies. In this way, the government wants to avoid compromising the security of […]
Danish shipping giant Maersk announced this week it has ordered eight new ocean-going container ships that will run on carbon-neutral methanol instead of heavy fuel. The vessels will be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) by 2024 and have a […]
In the Netherlands, Dutch oil giant Shell will provide consumers at home with ‘green’ electricity coming from solar and wind parks, starting at the end of this year. Clients with an electric car will benefit from discounts for charging at […]
The Brussels-based start-up Decarbone specializes in converting combustion engine vans to electric vehicles but faces administrative problems in Belgium to register these EVs, as the legal framework still lacks. In June, Decarbone received the Sustainable Impact Award presented by Triodosbank […]
The Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB has its first hydrogen bus. The bus, presented on Monday, will be tested for two years to familiarise with the new technology and evaluate its performance. The vehicle will be leased from the manufacturer […]
On Wednesday, Indonesia launched a pilot project to convert motorbikes with combustion engines into electric-powered vehicles. Ten motorbikes have been converted so far, and 90 more are to follow by November. The project is part of a national initiative to […]
There will be no geographical expansion of the low-emission zone (LEZ) in Ghent after all. The bench of Alderman will take that decision on Thursday. Groen, the largest party in Ghent, has long been asking for the current LEZ in […]
Today is the deadline for EU members to comply with the EU pollution limits for large combustion plants, but most lignite plants in the EU have waited until the very last minute to implement pollution-control technologies. The result is four […]
On Wednesday, IKEA will start a free shuttle bus service between Wilrijk and the Antwerp city center. ‘Pändelbuss’ is a test project collaborating with Autocars De Polder that will last at least three months. The Swedish conglomerate hopes this will […]
Consternation in France: the decree published on Wednesday making the biennial technical inspection of two-wheelers compulsory was “suspended until further notice” at the request of Emmanuel Macron, the President of the Republic, the transport ministry told AFP on Thursday. The […]
Flemish Minister for the Environment, Zuhal Demir (N-VA), questions the sustainability of the 1,5 million tons of imported wood pellets from Siberia (Russia), Chili, and Canada to be burnt in the biomass central Rodenhuize in Ghent. According to the minister, […]
“The newest climate report that IPCC published on Monday is a clear alert for humanity,” UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres reacted. Guterres calls all countries worldwide to increase efforts to keep global warming under 1,5°C. However, strong and sustained reductions in […]
US President Biden has joined the growing number of countries that want to accelerate electrification. Biden wants 50% of all vehicle sales in the US in 2030 ’emission free’. A lot of interested parties have welcomed the presidential initiative. According […]
The California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) envisions in a new report the possibility to roll out in the state a fleet of “70 000 heavy-duty class 8 fuel cell electric trucks (FCETs) supported by 200 heavy-duty truck stations by 2035”. […]
July 2021 was the second hottest month ever measured in Europe except for one, July 2010. That is the conclusion of the most recent report from the Copernicus Service for Climate Change. Globally, it was the third-warmest month ever, with […]
Twenty engineering students from the Belgian KU Leuven University have just presented the new solar car of the Agoria Solar Team, the ‘Blue Point Atlas’. It is a high-tech car with an electric drive system powered by solar energy. A […]
According to non-profit organization Oxfam, many countries’ and company’s promises to become climate-neutral by 2050 rely too much on planting trees. And although those trees remove CO2 from the air, they need far more land than available worldwide. “Today, eleven […]
The MR party remains clearly opposed to the introduction of a kilometer tax in Brussels. This is evident from a reaction by its Brussels president David Leisterh to the European Commissions’ Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG Move) statement on […]
