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Panasonic ends joint production of solar panels with Tesla
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On February 27, 2020


The Japanese electronics concern, Panasonic, wants to bring its cooperation with electric car manufacturer Tesla to an end, some anonymous sources reported to the press agency, Bloomberg. Both companies already have a joint solar panel factory for two years now, […]


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Dutch start testing first hydrogen train
Joris Van Roy Posted On February 27, 2020


Dutch railway manager ProRail is starting tests with the first hydrogen train in the Netherlands, on tracks between Leeuwarden and Groningen. During two weeks test runs will be done at night at speeds up to 140 km/h. The train, a […]


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‘Diesel-waterpump on building site pollutes more then ten trucks’
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 26, 2020


Combustion engines in machines such as diggers, generators, and water pumps on construction sites pollute the air far more than expected. Stricter European standards have recently been introduced for these types of engines, often diesel engines. But in practice, the […]


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Price of public charging often unclear
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 26, 2020


Unlike gasoline or diesel at the pump, the price of charging at a public charge point is rarely clear to consumers. As a result, they could be surprised by the amount of the invoice at the end of the month. […]


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VAB: ban cars based on measurements only
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 26, 2020


Tests of VAB show that one in eight particulate filters in Euro 5 cars are defective or removed. On the other hand, one in five Euro 4 diesel cars emit much less particulate matter than expected and are wrongly banned […]


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Lidl expands ‘free charging’ network to 200 plugs in Belgium
Joris Van Roy Posted On February 26, 2020


Retail discounter Lidl is expanding its network of free charging points at its supermarkets from 61 to 100 in the next months. With two connections per charging station, a total of 200 plugs are offered. Clients can use fast-chargers for […]


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Pickups: questioned in Flanders, still thriving in Wallonia
Joris Van Roy Posted On February 25, 2020


Total pickup sales in Belgium seems over the top, with 6 543 new registrations in 2019, compared to some 7 000 the year before. While Flanders is questioning the favorable tax benefits for this heavy and bulky vehicle, it still […]


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March 1st: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg offers free public transport
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On February 25, 2020


On Sunday, March 1st, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg will be the first country in the world to offer free public transport on its entire network. Users no longer have to pay for public transportation; they only have to be […]


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European companies fail to meet Paris climate targets
Luc Joris Posted On February 25, 2020


European companies are expected to double the share of their low-carbon investments if Europe wants to reach its 2050 carbon-neutral target. This is evident from figures collected by the specialist association Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a British NGO that collects […]


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Zity electric car-sharing comes to Paris
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 25, 2020


Zity will replace Moov’in as the Renault-backed free-floating car-sharing service in Paris. The French car manufacturer is changing its partner in the French capital and chooses the Spanish company Ferrovial to deploy its car-sharing service. Moov’in Paris, the electric car […]


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German court grands Tesla permission to cut trees for giga-factory
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On February 24, 2020


Tesla has restarted the cutting of trees on a 92-hectare site where the first European plant of the electric car manufacturer will be built. Several environmental organizations had opposed the felling of trees, but the German judge swept away the […]


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LEZ: the lessons learned from Rotterdam
Tony Verhelle Posted On February 24, 2020


At the beginning of this year, the Dutch city of Rotterdam abolished its Low-Emission Zone (LEZ) that started in 2016. A measure in stark contrast with the city of Ghent, for example, where a LEZ has been introduced recently, and […]


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Volvo LIGHTS to deliver in LA area by first electric semi-trucks
Joris Van Roy Posted On February 21, 2020


Volvo Trucks North America is starting an extended project called ‘LIGHTS’ to deliver freight to and within the Los Angeles area by its fully ‘Class 8’ VNR Electric trucks, the heaviest class in its line-up. Starting with five of these, […]


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Hyundai and Kia announce predictive shift system
Tony Verhelle Posted On February 21, 2020


Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation announced the development of a Connected Shift System based on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Both are the most important members of the South Korean-based Hyundai Motors group. The Connected Shift System can […]


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Walloon waterways transported equivalent of 2 million trucks
Félix Bouland Posted On February 21, 2020


In 2019, the Walloon waterways transported 39 million tons of freight. If that amount had been transported on the road, it would’ve required two million trucks. Despite the slight 5,8% drop in activity compared to the last two years due […]


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Jaguar Land Rover goes urban with Project Vector
Tony Verhelle Posted On February 20, 2020


As a part of its ‘Destination Zero’ mission, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) showed Project Vector, a concept car that wants to integrate into smart city infrastructures of the future. Project Vector wants to be an advanced, flexible, multifunctional electric vehicle […]


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‘Diesel may die slowly, but it will die.’
Tony Verhelle Posted On February 20, 2020


Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a renowned car expert in Germany, director of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) of Duisburg University. He is a close follower of the car market (especially in Germany) and sees the diesel engine slowly fading away. […]


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Brussels-City joins forces with the Solar Impulse Foundation
Luc Joris Posted On February 20, 2020


The City of Brussels signed on Wednesday with Bertrand Piccard, the Solar Impulse pilot with two world tours under his belt, a collaboration agreement for its ecological transition. The agreement aims at providing concrete and immediate responses to the climate […]


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‘Fake’ plug-in hybrids pay a lot more taxes in 2020
Tony Verhelle Posted On February 20, 2020


Plug-in hybrids that don’t fulfill the new requirements are much more expensive this year. The fiscal advantage of those lease-cars dwindles: halving of the fiscal deduction percentage, up to four times more benefit of all nature. Fraud use of these […]


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Coronavirus: ‘CO2 emissions in China down with one quarter’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On February 20, 2020


The breakout of the coronavirus that is slowing down economic activities in China made CO2 emissions in the country go down with one quarter. That is the conclusion of a study by climate organization Carbon brief. The effect, however, would […]


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VCB: ‘Contractors avoid Low-Emission Zones’
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 19, 2020


Almost a quarter of building contractors do not want to work in the Low-Emission Zones (LEZ) in Ghent, Antwerp, or Brussels. That’s what a survey by the Flemish Construction Federation (VCB) shows. Contractors often do not have vehicles authorized to […]


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‘Fine particles in the air affect our brains’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On February 19, 2020


Fine particles in the air are not only an unseen killer, but the polluted air also affects our mental capacities. Pollution can cause infections in the lungs, which in turn can lead to infections in our brains. Chess players More […]


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Nature’s extinction is costing a fortune
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On February 18, 2020


For the first time, the cost of damaging nature is calculated in money. Conclusion? The extinction of species and the erosion of natural habitat is extremely expensive. Without any urgent measures, the world economy will have to sacrifice thousands of […]


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Tesla’s German giga-factory delayed by ‘illegal logging’
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 18, 2020


The felling of a part of the German forest in which Tesla’s European giga-factory is to be located has been halted. The environmental movement ‘Grüne Liga Brandenburg’ has gone to court because Tesla already felled trees without a building permit. […]


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‘Carmakers to pay €14 billion in CO2 fines’
Félix Bouland Posted On February 17, 2020


According to a study from PA Consulting, the thirteen carmakers active in Europe will have to pay 14 billion euros in CO2 fines in 2021. PA adds that to keep emissions under the 95 g/km limit, EV sales should increase […]


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CMB: ‘Hydrogen is fuel of the future’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On February 17, 2020


The Belgian shipping company, CMB, is planning to have a first large container ship operational on hydrogen. “We have to do something about the climate,” the company says. Turning point Shipping is a polluting sector. More than 95% of the […]


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Polestar 2 kicks off, we drove it
Tony Verhelle Posted On February 17, 2020


Volvo/Geely’s electric brand, Polestar, is really coming on the market now. Apparently, the interest of the visitors at the Brussels Motor Show, its first public appearance as a car to be bought, was higher than expected. From Friday on, orders […]


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Vilvoorde stops proliferation of shared e-steps and bikes
Luc Joris Posted On February 14, 2020


The city of Vilvoorde wants to tackle the nuisance caused by abandoned shared cycles and e-steps. These often come from Brussels and are left by users at the end of the journey at the station and at parks and squares […]


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‘Low-emission zones under fire, but they are effective for soot’
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 14, 2020


Low-Emission Zones (LEZ) are dividing opinion in Belgium. Their results are not as impressive as many had hoped. The Flemish socialist party sp.a calls them asocial, causing a row with its green coalition partner in Ghent. Are LEZs effective or […]


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Belgian renewable energy production up 20%
Tony Verhelle Posted On February 14, 2020


Electricity production through solar panels and windmills grew 20% in Belgium in 2019. The jump from 9,7 TWh in 2018 to 11,5 TWh in 2019 is mostly due to wind energy. Those are the results published by the Regulating Commission […]


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‘Floating lab’ Energy Observer to restart zero-emission world tour
Joris Van Roy Posted On February 13, 2020


The ‘floating hydrogen and solar energy lab’ of French captain and sailor Victorien Erussard, the Energy Observer, is ready to start next week the second phase of its six-year round-the-world tour with zero emissions. The goal is to show the […]


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Discussion about LEZ flares up in Flemish Parliament
Luc Joris Posted On February 13, 2020


A motion by the opposition party, Vlaams Belang, to introduce a ‘standstill’ in the area of low-emission zones (LEZ) did not obtain a majority in the Flemish Parliament on Wednesday. However, the doubts about the sense/nonsense of the LEZ also […]


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World first: DEME’s sea drill for windmill foundations
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On February 13, 2020


DEME, the Belgian world leader specialized in dredging operations, has developed a special kind of sea drill, together with the German construction expert Herrenknacht. A world first. The company usually uses a giant hammer to anchor the foundations of an […]


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IEA: ‘Global CO2 output from energy production stagnates’
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 12, 2020


According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global CO2 emissions from energy production barely increased last year. Emissions amounted to 33,3 billion tons in 2019 compared to 33,1 billion in 2018. And this despite the growth of the world economy […]


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Car-sharing stalls at 180 000 users in Belgium
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 12, 2020


While in Flanders the number of people car sharing is still rising, in Brussels their number is decreasing. That is the conclusion the Autodelen.net federation draws from the customer data of the fifteen car-sharing systems that are active in Belgium. […]


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