June 21, 2018

- Advertisement -

- Advertisement -

Environment

Environment / Public transport / Top Stories Today

Iveco to deliver 140 articulated hybrid buses for Brussels

Joris Van Roy Posted On June 21, 2018

French-Italian truck and bus builder Iveco has been chosen by the Brussels bus and tram company STIB/MIVB to deliver 141 articulated hybrid buses, starting by May 2019. A contract worth some 90 million euro and the last part of five […]

Continue Reading

0

Energy / Environment / Mobility / Top Stories Today

Dutchman arrives in Australia with electric car after 827 days

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On June 20, 2018

Wiebe Wakker, the 31-year-old man from Haarlem (Netherlands) who is travelling around the world in an electric Volkswagen Golf, has finally arrived in Darwin (Australia). His journey started in March 2016 and he’s already on the road for 827 days […]

Continue Reading

0

2 Views

Environment / Industry / Legislation / Top Stories Today

Dieselgate: what about French PSA and Renault investigation?

Félix Bouland Posted On June 20, 2018

Just like Volkswagen, PSA and Renault are at the centre of the French Public Health Court’s investigation on diesel fraud. They are suspected to have altered their diesel car’s NOx emissions during the homologation tests. French journal Le Monde had […]

Continue Reading

0

Environment / Industry / Product / Technology / Top Stories Today

Porsche: new electric Taycan to be built in Stuttgart

Félix Bouland Posted On June 18, 2018

Porsche’s Zuffenhausen plant in Stuttgart has been chosen to build the company’s new fully electric model. This ‘crazy bet’ involves the construction of a new assembly line in an already packed plant. All employees invest themselves and their salary into […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Energy / Environment / Europe / Top Stories Today

Belgium worst in class for climate policy

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On June 18, 2018

Emissions in Belgium are still going up and the Belgian climate policy is a disaster. The country is lagging behind in the new climate ranking of the European Union member states (Belgium 16th place of 28), and will probably not […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Environment / Industry / Product / Top Stories Today

Can Umicore play a leading role in the recycling of batteries?

Tony Verhelle Posted On June 18, 2018

Financial analyst Berenberg sees an important role for Belgian Umicore in the battery industry, not only producing materials for their production but also recycling them afterwards. In a new report Berenberg is very positive about Umicore’s future. Analyst Sebastian Bray […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Energy / Environment / Europe / Top Stories Today / Transport

EU wants more renewable energy but bans biofuels in cars

Gert Verhoeven Posted On June 15, 2018

On Thursday the EU decided that from 2023 onward, the share of palm oil in biofuels should go down. From 2030 palm oil should no longer be found in European car tanks at all. This decision does not go as […]

Continue Reading

0

2 Views

Environment / Legislation / Top Stories Today

Fluxys offers Brussels to help substituting diesel by gas

Joris Van Roy Posted On June 15, 2018

Belgian gas network managing company Fluxys offers Brussels to help with banning diesel from the Region by 2030 and substitute it partly by compressed natural gas (CNG). Contrary to Flanders and Wallonia the Brussels Region doesn’t have a subsidy to […]

Continue Reading

0

Energy / Environment / Product / Top Stories Today

Fairwind: will the small wind turbine provider finally run at full speed?

Luc Joris Posted On June 15, 2018

Fairwind, a Walloon company active in the manufacturing and marketing of vertical-axis wind turbines, has just installed its 26th wind turbine. Ten years after a difficult start it is seeing its order book filling up now. 85 MWh every year […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Energy / Environment / Industry / Legislation / Portrait / Top Stories Today

Philippe Joubert: ‘In the long run sustainability makes money’

Tony Verhelle Posted On June 15, 2018

Philippe Joubert says that you can’t deny climate change anymore. His mission is to convince companies that sustainability will bring in (more) money in the long run. That’s why he founded Earth on Board. Philippe Joubert has worked a long […]

Continue Reading

0

2 Views

Environment / Industry / Top Stories Today

Renault invests 1 billion euro in France for electric future

Tony Verhelle Posted On June 15, 2018

French car manufacturer Renault has announced that it will invest 1 billion euro in France the next 5 years to further develop and produce electric vehicles. Among other things, the car maker foresees the production of electric vehicles in its […]

Continue Reading

0

Energy / Environment / Mobility / Public transport / Technology / Top Stories Today / Transport

SNCB/NMBS installs 6.100 solar panels

Félix Bouland Posted On June 13, 2018

The Belgian railway company is continuing its plan for a more sustainable environment by installing 6.100 solar panels on the roof of its Forest/Vorst workshop. When production is high, they will also provide electricity to the company’s offices. Go greener […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Environment / Mobility / Public transport

Netherlands: sleeper back on the rails

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On June 13, 2018

The overnight train will soon be back on the rails in the Netherlands. The sleeper disappeared a few years ago because the Dutch and German railway companies, NS International and Deutsche Bahn, considered it not profitable anymore. Sustainable alternative As […]

Continue Reading

0

Environment / Europe / Industry / Legislation / Top Stories Today

Audi CEO Rupert Stadler now personally under fire

Tony Verhelle Posted On June 12, 2018

The jurisdictional authorities in Munich have announced that the CEO of car manufacturer Audi, Rupert Stadler, is personally under investigation in the wake of the so-called dieselgate scandal. To many analysts it came as a surprise that Audi CEO Rupert […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Energy / Environment / Industry / Product / Technology / Top Stories Today

ArcelorMittal to produce bioethanol out of blast furnace’s gases

Félix Bouland Posted On June 12, 2018

Giant of the steel industry ArcelorMittal announced on Monday that it will produce bioethanol from the gases coming out of its Ghent blast furnace. The production of 80 million litres per year is estimated to start by 2020. The world’s […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Environment / Industry / Product / Top Stories Today

Tesla: a never ending story or a vanishing dream?

Tony Verhelle Posted On June 11, 2018

Is the dream of Tesla founder Elon Musk vanishing? According to the American website Second Measure already a quarter of potential clients for the Model 3 have reclaimed their deposit for a purchase. Tesla is practically every week in the […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Environment / Mobility / Product / Top Stories Today / Transport

Traffic jams drive Antwerp citizens to super fast e-bikes

Luc Joris Posted On June 11, 2018

Statistics are rarely so revealing: the number of speed pedelecs in Belgium has risen in the past six months from 6.760 to 9.521. Almost half of all new super fast e-bikes, up to 45 km per hour, were purchased in […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Environment / Industry / Product / Public transport / Technology / Top Stories Today

Revolutionary (Belgian) gearbox struggles to break through

Tony Verhelle Posted On June 11, 2018

For 20 years now Filip De Mazière has been developing a revolutionary, environmentally friendly gearbox. But the most difficult part is still awaiting. “To put something disruptive on the market is far from easy”, he says. De Mazière and his […]

Continue Reading

0

4 Views

Environment / Industry / Product / Technology / Top Stories Today / Transport

Daimler presents full electric Freightliner semi-trucks

Joris Van Roy Posted On June 8, 2018

Daimler’s Trucks and Buses division presents two full electric Freightliner semi-trucks, its most popular brand in the US, to be tested from this year on by some 30 clients before going into mass production by 2021. 400 km range The […]

Continue Reading

0

Environment / Mobility / Top Stories Today

Orchids transplanted for Oosterweel

Luc Joris Posted On June 8, 2018

Protected orchids that stood in the way of the Oosterweel connection, one of Europe’s biggest road construction sites, have been moved by biologists and replanted. They are doing even better than before. Protected plant In February biologists from Antwerp University dug […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Environment / Mobility / Technology / Top Stories Today

Province of Vlaams-Brabant starts promoting electric car-sharing

Luc Joris Posted On June 7, 2018

Flemish-Brabant is the first province in Belgium that starts promoting electric car-sharing. Therefore, the province has invited ten test drivers. They will be provided with a test car, a Nissan Leaf, for a period of one year. Test case Hilde […]

Continue Reading

0

2 Views

Environment / Industry / Mobility / Product / Technology / Top Stories Today

France: electric company cars share growing by 84%

Félix Bouland Posted On June 7, 2018

With advancements in technology, the electric car is becoming more interesting for company’s fleet each and every day. In April, France has recorded a major growth of the electric car share in company cars. Leasing companies are also offering better […]

Continue Reading

0

Environment / Top Stories Today

Limburg municipalities gather to fight climate change

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On June 6, 2018

The 44 municipalities of the Belgian Limburg province have decided to join forces in the battle against climate change by using the smart app ‘FutureproofedCities’, made by climate ambassador Serge de Gheldere. It’s a European first. Ambitious plans Limburg, just […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Energy / Environment / Mobility / Public transport / Top Stories Today

Ghent University cuts back on CO2 producing air travel

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On June 6, 2018

The University of Ghent has decided to cut back on flights to about 60 European destinations. University personnel travelling on duty to London, Cambridge, Paris or Amsterdam from now on only can book a train or bus ticket. The Flemish […]

Continue Reading

0

1 Views

Environment / Road safety / Top Stories Today

New ‘Ecoduct’ for safe animal crossing

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On June 4, 2018

Flemish Mobility Minister, Ben Weyts (N-VA), and Brussels Environment Minister, Céline Fremault (CDH), together with Marleen Evenepoel, administrator-general of the Agency for Nature and Woods (Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos) have fenced off the new Ecoduct Groenendaal for humans on […]

Continue Reading

0

Environment / Mobility / Public transport / Top Stories Today

Netherlands: Utrecht to ban all polluting vehicles as from 2030

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On June 4, 2018

Big parts of the city of Utrecht will not allow polluting cars, scooters and motorcycles anymore as from 2030, as was announced yesterday by the coalition agreement of three political parties, GroenLinks, D66 and ChristenUnie. Only ‘clean’ vehicles allowed In […]

Continue Reading

0

2 Views

1

Stay Updated

Newmobility.news is a trade mark of B2BNews Agency®, a fully independent spin-off of Belga News Agency, which focuses on bespoke business-to-business news.
A service for professionals in the rapidly changing mobility domain, providing a daily overview and synthesis of the top new mobility stories of the Belgian, Dutch and international press.
Enriched with useful links to the original sources and additional information, archived stories and exclusive new content and critical analysis by our expert journalists.
Featuring also a full searchable archive of more than 1.750+ (and growing) articles on the broad domain of mobility.
Recent Comments
Subscribe to the daily newsletter for free

First Name

Last Name

Email address:

® Newmobility.news 2018