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Biden’s plans to boost e-mobility
Tony Verhelle Posted On April 9, 2021


Recently US President Joe Biden unveiled his two-trillion-dollar investment plan. Now details are emerging about the e-mobility investments it includes. An impressive $100 billion incentive plan is to purchase subsidies for electric cars, and $15 billion is foreseen to build […]


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Flanders: ‘Grote Versnelling’ wants to gear up bicycle policy
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On April 9, 2021


On Thursday, April 8th, Flanders has officially kicked off ‘De Grote Versnelling‘ (High Gear). The Flemish Minister of Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), has joined forces with the Flemish provinces, cities, and municipalities. Together they will gear up the bicycle […]


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TME to supply fuel cells for bi-modal hydrogen train
Joris Van Roy Posted On April 9, 2021


A consortium with partners from Belgium, Germany, Spain, and Portugal is testing a bi-modal train prototype, which uses its pantograph on regular electrified lines and a fuel cell and hydrogen to make its own electricity when not available. Brussels-based Toyota […]


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Belgium first country to monitor nitrogen emissions above sea
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On April 8, 2021


Belgium is the first country to be able to monitor and maintain nitrogen emissions above the North Sea. According to a press release from the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, KBIN), Belgium is a […]


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BNEV: ‘green hydrogen cheaper than natural gas by 2050’
Joris Van Roy Posted On April 8, 2021


Clean, ‘green hydrogen’ made with renewable energy will become cheaper sooner than expected, with costs dropping by 85% to become even cheaper than natural gas by 2050. That is, below $1/kg ($7,4/MMBtu) by 2050, says BloombergNEV (BNEV), the Bloomberg media […]


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Polestar: ‘We want a truly climate-neutral car by 2030’
Tony Verhelle Posted On April 8, 2021


One of the striking items in car manufacturer Polestar’s first annual review is the aim to create the first truly climate-neutral car by 2030. The Polestar 0 project wants to eliminate all emissions in a car’s production process without so-called […]


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GMC’s Hummer EV pickup and SUV ‘to move like a crab’
Gert Verhoeven Posted On April 7, 2021


General Motors opens the order book for the all-new electric Hummer, which will be offered as a pickup and an SUV. The new Hummer promises great off-road capabilities, thanks to the considerable height adjustment and the Crab Walk, enabling the […]


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Dutch employers pledge to ‘fossil-free’ fleet of 23 000 cars by 2025
Joris Van Roy Posted On April 7, 2021


A group of 37 Dutch employers, united under the umbrella ‘Anders Reizen‘, or ‘Traveling Differently’, pledge to run a complete fossil-free car fleet for their employees by 2025, representing some 23 000 cars. Among these big names like Shell, Vattenfall, […]


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Belgian entrepreneurs plan night train from Brussels to Berlin
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On April 7, 2021


Two Flemish entrepreneurs – Louis De Jaeger and Louis Lammertyn – are planning a new night train connection between Brussels and Berlin. The luxurious Moonlight Express will ride three times a week from Brussels to Berlin via Liège, starting in […]


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Colruyt: 100% green electricity for private individuals
Joris Van Roy Posted On April 7, 2021


Belgian retail group Colruyt starts to offer 100% renewable surplus electricity from its own wind parks to private individuals via its DATS 24 energy daughter. It started to finetune the new offer with 1 500 households of its own personnel […]


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Cologne orders another 51 articulated e-buses from VDL
Joris Van Roy Posted On April 6, 2021


Cologne’s public transport company KVB has ordered another 51 VDL Citeas SLFA-181 Electric articulated buses to be delivered in 2022. This will bring the electric VDL fleet of the German city to 113 vehicles. That’s more than the largest VDL […]


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Wind farms at sea only produce one-third of their capacity
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On April 6, 2021


Wind farms at sea are only producing one-third of their energy production capacity despite the wind. According to the Belgian Offshore Platform representing investors in renewable energy at the North Sea, many wind turbines are switched off because the surplus […]


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Cable cars, Wallonia’s new public transport?
Félix Bouland Posted On April 6, 2021


Cable cars, a common sight on the ski slopes, were also regular tourist transport solutions and attractions in many Walloon cities during the 20th century. Today, the technology is making a comeback in Huy and Namur, mostly for tourism, but […]


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Inspection of classic cars to become more uniform
Gert Verhoeven Posted On April 2, 2021


From 1 April 2021, there will be new instructions for the periodic inspection of old-timers. The main intention is to standardize the three regions’ inspections (Flanders, Brussels, and Wallonia). There will be guidelines for the most common problems during the […]


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Efteling opens largest EV charging hub in Benelux
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On April 2, 2021


Efteling, the fantasy-themed amusement park in Kaatsheuvel, near Tilburg in the Netherlands, just opened the largest charging hub in the Benelux. This week, energy provider Eneco eMobility added 60 charging stations, each with two charging points, bringing the total to […]


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ACEA ‘open to higher CO2 targets if infrastructure ramps up’
Joris Van Roy Posted On April 2, 2021


European carmakers say that they are open to stricter CO2 standards the EU is preparing for June 2021. That is, if this is linked to binding commitments of the member states to ramp up infrastructures for EV charging stations and […]


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Oeco: ‘Belgium not on track to meet sustainable development targets’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On April 1, 2021


According to the newest Oeco report about the environmental and climate policy, Belgium is not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Harmful emissions and energy consumption decreased during the past ten years. Still, Belgium’s performance remains […]


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Biden wants to invest $2 trillion in US infrastructure
Luc Joris Posted On April 1, 2021


“It’s ambitious! It’s bold! And we can do it!” US President Joe Biden wants to invest 2 250 billion dollars in its infrastructure, aiming to create millions of jobs, stand up to China, and fight climate change. The plan includes […]


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Technical inspection finally ready to test soot filters
Gert Verhoeven Posted On March 31, 2021


From July 2021, diesel cars will undergo a more thorough inspection at the annual technical inspection in Belgium. The intention is to check the functioning of the soot filter in a much more precise manner. The various regional ministers (Flanders, […]


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New cycling map for the province of Flemish Brabant
Luc Joris Posted On March 31, 2021


The new cycling map for the province of Flemish Brabant has been officially presented. That happened on Tuesday in Halle, where one of the two new cycle routes accessible to people with reduced mobility is situated. The result on this […]


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New bicycle highway to Brussels Airport inaugurated
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On March 30, 2021


The new, long-expected bicycle connection to Brussels Airport was officially inaugurated on Monday. The almost two-kilometer-long bicycle highway connects the existing F3 bicycle path between Louvain and Brussels with the airport in Zaventem. Brussels Airport already announced in December 2017 […]


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Netherlands leads the dance in electric buses in EU
Joris Van Roy Posted On March 30, 2021


While the vast majority of newly registered medium and heavy buses in Europe in 2020 were still diesel propelled (72,9%), electrically charged vehicles (ECV) increased by 18,4% from 1 448 units in 2019 to 1 714, representing a market share […]


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PwC: ‘Dutch to drive 28 billion electric kilometers by 2030’
Joris Van Roy Posted On March 26, 2021


According to a Dutch PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) study, there are no ‘insuperable difficulties‘ for the Netherlands’ goal to ban sales of ICE cars by 2030 totally. In that year, some 1,9 million EVs will drive around, with the Dutch driving 28 […]


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Ghent tests electric building material delivery raft
Joris Van Roy Posted On March 26, 2021


Urban Waterway Logistics, a consortium of building material suppliers, is testing its purpose-built electric delivery raft to be used on the Ghent inner-city waterways. With a capacity of 20 tons, the raft has a limited draft and height to be […]


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BMW ChargeForward: charging with excess renewable energy
Joris Van Roy Posted On March 25, 2021


BMW North America and Californian energy provider Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) extend their ChargeForward pilot from 400 to 3 000 electric BMW drivers. Urged by a central BMW server to move their EV charging times, drivers can support […]


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T&E: ‘Clean air permanently possible with more zero-emission transport’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On March 25, 2021


“Cities could permanently achieve pandemic-low air pollution levels by accelerating the ongoing switch to zero-emission vehicles.” That is what a new study for NGO Transport & Environment reveals. The study appears one year after the first corona lockdowns were imposed […]


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US President Biden under pressure to phase out ICE
Tony Verhelle Posted On March 25, 2021


Two Californian senators, Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein, both Democrats, are putting pressure on President Joe Biden (also Democrat) to enforce a fixed phase-out date for cars with combustion engines nationwide. By doing this, he would be following California’s example. […]


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Dutch yeet! targets Flanders with 50 fast-charging stations
Joris Van Roy Posted On March 24, 2021


Dutch EV fast-charging scale-up yeet! Power is looking over the borders to France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Belgium to invest some €60 million in 250 new fast-charging locations. Forty to fifty of them yeet! wants to realize in Flanders that will […]


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‘Wind farms to shut down once in four weekends in summer’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On March 24, 2021


The combined energy production of nuclear power plants, solar panels, and wind farms leads to an electricity surplus and lower or even negative energy prices. Wind farms risk being shut down this summer on one out of four weekends. According […]


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Alstom tours Flemish cities with Aptis e-bus
Joris Van Roy Posted On March 22, 2021


French rolling stock giant Alstom is touring Flemish cities in a charming offensive for its Aptis city e-bus. This 12-meter bus, with a capacity of 100 passengers, is fully electric, featuring large glass surfaces for better viewing, an electric entry […]


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Motorbike manufacturers to build universal, swappable batteries
Gert Verhoeven Posted On March 22, 2021


Four major motorbike manufacturers have teamed up to develop swappable universal batteries for use in light motorbikes and scooters. These four pioneers are Honda, Yamaha, KTM, and Piaggio. This cooperation goes a lot further than what we have seen in […]


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Renault to recycle batteries with Veolia and Solvay
Félix Bouland Posted On March 19, 2021


Belgian chemical company Solvay and French specialist in optimized resource management Veolia welcome French carmaker Renault to recycle end-of-life batteries and use the extracted metals for the manufacture of new cells. Part of this circular economy reducing the environmental impact […]


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UK cuts down EV subsidies with immediate effect
Joris Van Roy Posted On March 19, 2021


On Wednesday, the British government announced a cut down of the subsidies for electric cars, vans, trucks, and PHEVs with immediate effect. It says it’s “targeted at more affordable models to allow more people to make the switch.” Subsidies for […]


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One-third fewer accidents with game detection system
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On March 19, 2021


The Flemish Minister for the Environment, Zuhal Demir (N-VA), wants to expand the game detection system along the Limburg roads. The system warns drivers when wild animals are crossing the road. According to the Institute for Research of Nature and […]


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Swapfiets broadens scope to Barcelona, Vienna, and French cities
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On March 18, 2021


Swapfiets, the bicycle subscription formula with the blue front wheel, recently announced further expansion in several European cities. The company just opened Swapfiets stores in Barcelona (Spain), and later this year, also Vienna (Austria), and the French cities of Lyon, […]


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