Lithium Werks, the company of former Booking.com founder, Kees Koolen, will invest together with Chinese partners and banks 1,6 million euro in a new lithium-ion battery factory in the Yangtze region in China. Lithium Werks will provide approximately one fourth […]
BMW has chosen to team up with Belgian material supplier and recycling group, Umicore, and Swedish battery manufactuere start-up, Northvolt, to create the fist fully European battery supply chain. The three actors will collaborate on the assembly, from the procurement […]
Last week the Netherlands have been experimenting with 250 special trucks, driving the same route close after each other in a technique called ‘platooning’. Goal of the coupled trucks is to save space on the road, to save (5 to […]
Antwerp start-up, Lifepowr, has developed a concept to provide for their own power without using the grid by using solar panels, batteries and dedicated software. By producing and storing electricity locally and use it on the spot, the price per […]
Europe’s biggest electricity producer, Electricité de France (EDF), aims at becoming the leader in providing ‘electric mobility’, powering 600.000 electric vehicles by 2022 in its four major EU markets: France, Belgium, Italy and the UK. That ambition was unveiled on […]
On Tuesday, the first of 200 planned public charging stations was officially inaugurated by Brussels Alderwoman for Mobility, Els Ampe (Open Vld). The charging station is situated at the Eeuwfeestlaan, next to the Atomium. Goal of 200 charging points EV-Point […]
In Halle near Brussels, Belgium’s second public hydrogen (H2) fueling station was opened on Monday, an initiative under the DATS24 fuel station brand of the Colruyt supermarket group. The first dedicated H2 station was opened in April 2016 close to […]
In the race to the electric car Asia has taken the lead. Will the European or American car industry be able to catch up? Much depends on who will win the battery struggle… Due to dieselgate and its still growing […]
When the ambitions of the countries that signed the Paris climate agreement will be carried out, they will not be sufficient to limit global warming to 1,5 degrees. Not even when additional measures are taken after 2030. This is the […]
Flemish Minister of Energy, Bart Tommelein (Open Vld), has installed the first of 15.000 solar panels on the roof of Volvo Car’s factory in Ghent. The 6.000 employees of the factory are given the opportunity to invest in the project. […]
From the 12th of October, fuels for vehicles will have other names: diesel becomes B7, petrol E5 (98 octane) or E10 (95 octane) all over the European Union. The reason is clear: travellers all over the union can immediately detect […]
Denmark is planning to forbid the sale of cars driving on diesel or petrol only as from 2030, as was announced by Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, in the Danish Parliament on Tuesday. Denmark wants to ban all cars with […]
On Monday, the city of Antwerp introduced its first courier service with delivery bicycles. ©, already operational in Ghent for six years now, expands its activities to the city of Antwerp. Smart mobility solutions The company is one of the […]
After having conducted a survey with 4.500 people in nine EU countries, NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) noticed that four out of ten are considering an electric car for their next purchase. Nearly two out of three EU citizens believe […]
The European Commission announced on Thursday that it agreed to the subvention for the new Belgian offshore wind farm project to be completed in 2020. A total of 3,5 billion euro will be allocated to the Mermaid, Seastar and Northwester […]
The city of Ostend (Belgium) has inaugurated a new kind of ‘intelligent’ charging station on Thursday at the incubation and innovation centre GreenBridge. Cars can charge on moments when there is a surplus of electricity. Flemish Energy Minister, Bart Tommelein […]
Modern diesel engines of the Euro 6d Temp standard emit up to 85% less nitrogen dioxides (NOx) than Euro 5 and Euro 6b engines, says German mobility organization ADAC after measuring 25 new diesel cars. “Unfortunately, nobody wants to hear […]
French car maker, Renault, announced on Tuesday it’s going to launch its ‘Advanced Battery Storage’ program, bundling up to 2.000 used and new electric vehicle (EV) batteries into a 70 MW (60 MWh energy) backup battery to be used for […]
After Umicore and Melexis, Solvay is the third major Belgian company to focus on or to profit from the breakthrough of electric cars. Solvay will increase production of PVDF, a polymer that makes rechargeable batteries lighter and more energy-efficient. Departing […]
With its purely electrical MEB platform, Volkswagen has the intention to make the electric car a success story. The first electric VW comes in the second part of 2019 on the market, after that there will be a small avalanche […]
One out of seven Belgians needs more than two hours a day for commuting. Time as well as distance have increased. The working Belgian employee’s daily travels take one hour and twenty minutes on average. This is shown by a […]
ICO, subsidary company of the Japanese Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), running the world’s largest car terminal in Zeebrugge, has inaugurated a new office building on Wednesday. The company plans to invest 60 million euro in the expansion of its terminal, […]
On Tuesday energy company, Nuon, and fast food restaurant, McDonald’s, signed an agreement to install a new network of quick-charging stations for electric vehicles at every establishment of McDrive. Goal is to have 175 quick-charging stations in total, of which […]
Interest in electric cars remains very weak on the Belgian car market. Buyers are reluctant to buy an electric car for fear of not finding a charging station. However, only 5% of the charges in Europe is made at a […]
The Brussels interurban transport company, Stib, is preparing its first test of a self-driving vehicle for public transport in the streets of Brussels. The test vehicle should be ready to hit the roads by the summer of 2019. Stib has […]
Kees Koolen, one of the founders of Booking.com, wants to build a big technology campus focusing on battery technology on the former airfield in Twente (the Netherlands). Kees Koolen is one of the co-founders of Booking.com (1996) and for a […]
According to researcher specialized in touristic transport at the Breda University, Paul Peeters, tourism counts for a major part of the world’s CO2 emissions and planes are responsible for more than half of it. Inventions and new technologies won’t be […]
German caravan constructor, Dethleffs, is working on an e-caravan, a caravan with an electric drive to reduce the weight to be towed by the car. It is still a concept but the idea is already presented at the Caravan Fair […]
The number of Antwerp inhabitants driving their own car for trips in the city is constantly decreasing. Even for commuting, less than 50% is using its own car, as is the conclusion of some mobility inquiries from the city. Meanwhile, […]
The nineteen Brussels municipalities could save 5 million euro a year just by opting for led street lighting, says Agoria, the Belgian federation of the technological industry. Agoria calls on the Brussels municipalities and Sibelga, net manager of the Brussels […]
Federal Minister of Economy, Employment and Consumer Affairs, Kris Peeters (CD&V), wants to create a legislative frame for charging stations for electric vehicles and has ordered a specific study for it. Today there are several charging systems on the market, […]
In contradiction with what the Norwegian central bank told Norway last November, a government appointed commission now states that it should keep investing in oil and gas companies. Last November, the energy industry was jolted by the advice from the […]
Six months after the introduction of free-floating shared cars in Antwerp, start-up Poppy, a branch of the D’Ieteren holding, now also offers 25 free-floating electric scooters in the city. “Clients often asked for other transport means than the car for […]
A student team of the Dutch Technical University of Delft has set a new record with its hydrogen racing car, Forze VIII, on the Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands. Last weekend, it was also the first hydrogen racing car competing […]
Today already 4.000 Flemish car drivers – about one tenth of all 38.000 Flemish car sharers – living in the countryside, have deliberately chosen for car sharing, and their number is increasing year after year, with 30 to 40 %. […]
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