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Israeli battery developer StoreDot has made its first – in China produced – ultra fast-charging batteries samples available to showcase to possible manufacturers in the electronics or EV sector. StoreDot showed in 2019 already an electric scooter with its experimental […]
The Flemish Minister for Energy, Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen), wants to install an underwater electricity connection between Belgium and Denmark, the Belga press agency announces. “Denmark is world champion, and Belgium sits in 4th place in Europe concerning energy […]
Tesla is extending its five-year-long partnership with the Canadian Battery Research Institute of pioneer Jeff Dahn at the Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to ‘at least 2026’. Dahn’s team gets help from two other authorities in the field, German […]
Thanks to investments in radars and average speed checks, the Brussels police zones are going to carry out targeted checks and impose fines for compliance with the 30 km/hour rule that has been in place in the Capital Region since […]
Flemish Mobility Minister Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) urges public bus company De Lijn to do its homework for the tender for 200 (of 970) electric city buses again. The ‘small print’ of the preliminary tender conditions would currently exclude Belgian […]
On Monday, energy provider Luminus and Zefier, a communal holding participating in environmentally friendly energy production, have created Zo-Fier, a common subsidiary that will focus on developing, constructing, and exploiting projects for renewable energy in the 168 municipalities Zefier is […]
With the new Brupass XL tickets and season tickets, as from 1 February, there will be a single ticket and a common fare for public transport in Brussels and an extended zone of 11,5 km around the capital region and […]
Alain Visser, CEO of Lynk & Co, preaches the revolution. He doesn’t want to sell cars anymore, he wants to lend them monthly, and he wants his clients to share them. In this second part of the interview, he explains […]
Dutch fast-charging network Fastned has sold 14% more electricity in Q4 (a total of 3,3 GWh) in the five countries it’s active in, despite the pandemic limiting commuter traffic with people working from home. Underlying factors are a strong growth […]
VDL Group will build 102 electric Citea buses for the city of Oslo (Norway’s capital). It’s VDL’s largest order of e-buses ever. The buses will be manufactured in Roeselare and should be operational in Oslo as of January 2022. Norway’s […]
German carmaker Daimler is confident it will meet the European CO2 targets set for 2020 by tripling car sales of its Mercedes brand’s ‘xEVs’, plug-in hybrids (PHEV), and battery-electric cars (BEV) combined. On a total passenger car sales of 2,1 […]
“The Brussels city toll will certainly not be introduced during this legislature, not before 2024.” That is what Paul Magnette, President of the PS, says in the business newspaper L’Echo/De Tijd. In a reaction, Brussels Prime Minister Rudi Vervoort (PS) […]
General Motors wants a cleaner image with products that will increasingly be electrified and that includes a new logo. The new logo will be used mainly at corporate level and will not be visible on the cars, as they are […]
According to the annual figures from the electricity network administrator Elia, several renewable energy records were broken last year. The production of solar and wind energy increased by 31% to 15,1 TWh or 18,6% of the energy mix. Wind energy […]
Ten thousands of Dutch citizens would like to move to seek for better air quality. Some actually do but others don’t have the possibility (or financial means) and stay where they are. That is the conclusion of the Lung Fund, […]
Senior citizens are very much attached to their mobility, and more specifically to their car, as a last resort for their self-reliance. But at the same time, they are confronted with their decaying driving skills, a gradual process that is […]
Despite an overall regression in new car sales of 20%, alternative drive systems (battery-electric, fuel-cell, plug-in hybrids, and gas) took up a quarter of all new registrations in Germany in 2020. A total of 394 940 electric-powered cars were sold, […]
The corona pandemic has led to fewer journeys in Brussels. As a result, there has been a stop in the boom in the number of shared mobility operators that the city experienced two years ago. Several operators, such as Hive, […]
The Antwerp civil platform Ringland has developed an online tool for citizens to analyze and improve their mobility behavior. The so-called ‘modal selfie’ is intended to discourage the use of the car and increase the use of alternative transport. But […]
According to figures from the Dutch Royal Meteorological Institute, the Netherlands is warming up faster than other countries in the world. The temperature in the Netherlands in the last 30 years has increased by an average of 1,1 degrees Celsius. […]
Since 1 January, Brussels is a 30 km/hour zone, except for the major axes where the speed limit remains 50 or 70 km/hour. While the reduction in speed in the city has led to undeniable progress in road safety, the […]
Germany will introduce two energy transition projects. On the one hand, the country will invoice every ton of CO2 emitted by transport and households; on the other hand, it will gradually close a first total energy plant. According to the […]
More than 20% of buses in the Dutch public transport system have become ‘green’ in five years. Since December, 1 163 emission-free buses are driving around in the Netherlands, almost 400 more than last year. According to knowledge platform Crow-KpVV, […]
Car manufacturer Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has announced that it will modernize its plant in Tychy (Poland) and produce electric and electrified vehicles there, from 2022 onward. Meanwhile, the country itself wants to close all coal mines before 2049 and […]
The air quality was relatively good this year, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. That is shown by the first partial measuring figures over the whole year, by IRCEL, the Belgian Interregional Environment Agency. The corona measures and especially the first […]
Uber is evolving from a taxi service to a mobility platform, and the company wants to make things much greener. Via Uber Green, half of all journeys will be emission-free by 2025. To reduce the CO2 footprint of the various […]
The Brabantnet of the Flemish public transport company De Lijn, a network of three brand new tramlines in the northern periphery around Brussels as an important lever to reduce congestion, should be ready in 2026. That’s what Het Laatste Nieuws […]
The newest survey of mobility habits (Verkeersbarometer) in Belgium performed by traffic safety institute VIAS sees the growing popularity of bicycle use, in particular e-bikes. Nevertheless, the car’s use is still predominant, but the shift to electrification isn’t as pronounced […]
A trip of 1 000 km on one charge – from Belgium to the French Côte d’Azur – and recharging in barely 20 minutes. ‘Solid-state batteries’ are the hope of the electric car: carrying more energy density, being lighter, and […]
A new year means several new rules, laws, and measures. Press agency Belga made an overview, and we briefly list what is changing in the field of car taxation in Belgium and Flanders. For example, this means that company cars […]
An On-Board Fuel Consumption Meter (OBFCM) is mandatory in every new car sold in the EU from January 2021. It will automatically measure the car’s fuel consumption according to the person’s driving style at the wheel. Consumer organizations fear it […]
“The electric vehicle boom is threatening to drain communities and the planet resources,” warns SOMO in a report called ‘The Battery Paradox‘. SOMO is a Dutch, ‘critical, and independent non-profit knowledge center’ that focuses on multinationals. SOMO, short for Stichting […]
Gas consumption in Belgium this year has decreased by 1,3% (from 187,2 TWh to 184,7), according to figures from gas network operator Fluxys. Families and SMEs used 4,7% less gas compared to 2019 (from 89,7 TWh to 85,4). Consumption in […]
On Wednesday, the Terhills ‘Virtual Power Plant’ (VPP) in Eisden, delivering 18,2 MW with 140 big Tesla batteries, has been activated for the first time in both the Primary and Secondary Reserve of high-tension operator Elia to stabilize the grid. […]
The American e-truck start-up, Nikola, is further sliding down the slope after announcing that the mega-deal for 2 500 battery-electric garbage trucks was abandoned. Nikola would develop these refuse trucks based on the electric Tre for Republic Services, one of […]
