April 01, 2024
At North Sea Port Gent, railway operator Lineas presented its new FAME locomotive, which runs on used cooking oil. The FAME locomotive resemThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 26, 2024
Germany is starting to build the country’s largest battery factory for electric vehicles. The project will cost 4.5 billion euros and is ledThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 26, 2024
Mobility organization Touring is calling for a moratorium on the Euro 5 ban in Brussels from January 2025. Tightening the allowable emissionThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 21, 2024
The court in Amsterdam has condemned KLM for various misleading green claims in advertisements. According to the judges, the Dutch airline pThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 21, 2024
Since its peak in 2007, the transport sector has decarbonized three times slower than the rest of the economy, and emissions continue to groThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 21, 2024
President Joe Biden is pushing the American car industry toward reducing CO2 emissions by 50% in 2032 compared to 2026, as first announced lThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 20, 2024
The period 2014-2023 was the warmest decade on record, exceeding the 1850-1900 average by 1.20°C. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 19, 2024
Brussels Airport accounts for 5.41 billion in added value and more than 64,000 jobs. According to a study on the economic impact commissioneThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 14, 2024
Belgian organic farmer Hugues Falys is taking TotalEnergies to court over the French oil company’s role in climate change. This is the firstThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 14, 2024
Walloon Environment Minister, Céline Tellier (Ecolo), has declared that the plan for Wallonia to become a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) was “diThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 12, 2024
After the sabotage attack, which led to a power outage and discontinuation of assembly, Tesla’s Grünheide factory is back online. EngineersThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 07, 2024
According to Copernicus, the Earth Observation component of the European Union’s space program, the last three months have been the hottest This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 06, 2024
Colruyt Group has started using a 44-ton electric truck to supply city stores as sustainably as possible. The truck is quieter and generatesThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 05, 2024
The Makro site in Machelen will be used as a storage facility for Tesla cars until the end of this year. Tesla is allowed to store a maximumThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 04, 2024
Last year, the rich countries had the lowest energy CO2 emissions in fifty years. Developed economies benefited from further wind and solar This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
March 01, 2024
This year, the hydrogen car builders at the technical university TU Delft want to set a new world record on public roads. They earlier set rThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 28, 2024
The Dutch grid operator Stedin calls charging station operators to switch off charging stations for electric cars between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.,This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 27, 2024
The Roads and Traffic Agency (Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer, AWV) is building a bicycle bridge and an ecoduct over the Boslaan (N75) in LanklaThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 26, 2024
Share organization Dégage!, with more than 6,000 members, calls in a memorandum for a favorable parking regime in Ghent that encourages peoThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 26, 2024
The number of bicycle paths along regional roads in Flanders that are in excellent or decent condition has increased slightly, by 3,3%, to 6This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 22, 2024
The German Traffic Authority KBA (Kraftfahrt Bundesamt) has discovered that the emissions of toxic gases by some BMW diesel cars have been mThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 22, 2024
On Wednesday, Flemish Minister for Mobility Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) officially inaugurated Flanders’ largest plaza with fast-charging statiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 21, 2024
Flanders’ Christian Democratic party CD&V wants to phase out the low-emission zones. That is what party chairman Sammy Mahdi said duringThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 20, 2024
Researchers from the University of Oxford have discovered that Britain sends more polluting used cars to poorer countries than it does to scThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 20, 2024
Brussels Airport has started installing additional solar panels on the roofs of the newest Brucargo buildings, the cargo zone of Zaventem’s This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 19, 2024
Just 17% of electric cars sold in Europe are compact vehicles in the cheaper B segment, compared to 37% of new combustion engines, a new anaThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 15, 2024
Official figures in the UK from the Environment Department (Defra) show that the increase in wood burners in homes and the use of biomass inThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 13, 2024
In France, the social leasing plan, a state measure to give less fortunate people access to an EV for 100 euros a month, has already run outThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 12, 2024
On Friday, the Flemish government finally agreed to adjust the premium for electric cars: the bonus can only be applied for 2024 and not forThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 09, 2024
Volvo Cars is building a new center for mobility innovations in Torslanda near Gothenburg. With this facility, Volvo wants to take new technThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 09, 2024
Dutch beer giant Heineken has engaged Swedish Einride, a specialized transport company in electric and remote-controlled trucks, to start deThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 08, 2024
The European Investment Bank will grant Belgian Umicore an eight-year loan of 350 million euros for research. The money is intended for the This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 07, 2024
More than 30 organizations have signed the ‘Inclusive Car-sharing’ Green Deal in Brussels, a charter to expand car sharing as a sustainable This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 07, 2024
According to the plans presented on Tuesday, the European Commission wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union by 90% by 2This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 06, 2024
The Council of State is sharply critical of the Flemish government’s draft decision on a premium for the purchase of an electric car. The CoThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 05, 2024
Over 54% of Parisians voted in a referendum to support a proposal by Mayor Anne Hidalgo to triple the parking fee for SUVs, including hybridThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 02, 2024
The Brussels government is going to increase the Bruxell’Air premium. The increase should encourage Brussels residents to eliminate their nuThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
February 01, 2024
A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) indicates that the gap between real-world and official CO2 emission This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 31, 2024
The University of Ghent has appointed Meredith Glaser as an academic expert for more and safer bicycle traffic. Glaser is an internationallyThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 30, 2024
Car sharing is increasingly popular in Louvain. In the last four years, the number of users has increased by 80%. However, Poppy discontinueThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 29, 2024
The Flemish government has approved the Regional Spatial Implementation Plan for the northern part of the Ring Road around Brussels, bringinThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 29, 2024
At the shipyard of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) in Ulsan, South Korea, the world’s first vessel on ‘green methanol’ carrying up to 1This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 26, 2024
A new direct railway line now connects the ports of Genk and Zeebrugge. On an annual basis, this will take some 12 000 trucks carrying contaThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 25, 2024
“Despite lofty ambitions and strict requirements, most passenger cars on EU roads still emit the same quantity of CO2 as 12 years ago,” the This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 24, 2024
The French oil and gas group TotalEnergies has signed a deal with Danish sustainable energy company European Energy for a majority stake in This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 23, 2024
“The growing demand for key materials can increasingly be met by technological advances, battery recycling, and global cooperation,” said ChThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 19, 2024
Starting in January 2024, Valorauto, a joint venture between Stellantis and recycling specialist Galloo, will expand its end-of-life vehicleThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 18, 2024
The administrative court of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany has once again declared that the update for diesel engines Volkswagen proposed in This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 17, 2024
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, California-based AC Future presented the ETH, a fully electric RV concept designed by PThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 16, 2024
Gas station operator Q8 and energy company Storm will build a network of up to 200 fast charging stations in Belgium – about half with a sThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 15, 2024
Last year, the Brussels region fined a record number of motorists who entered the Brussels low-emission zone (LEZ) with a car that was too pThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 15, 2024
The Dutch energy storage company Giga Storage plans to develop Europe’s largest battery park in Dilsen-Stokkem (Belgium). The 60 MW energy sThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 12, 2024
According to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), renewable energy production capacity has increased by 50% in the past This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 12, 2024
Rental company Hertz announced that it will ditch approximately 20 000 electric cars in the US, equivalent to about one-third of its global This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 09, 2024
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), operated by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the EU CommissiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 09, 2024
In addition to the loss of time, the extra fuel consumption, and the additional CO2 emissions, traffic jams in Belgium cost more than 5 billThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 09, 2024
CO2 emissions from Germany, Europe’s leading industrial nation and the largest energy consumer in Europe, have reached their lowest level inThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 08, 2024
According to market research ordered by Mobia, the Belgian car buyer will be more impacted by a premium to buy an electric car than by the eThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 03, 2024
At least 22% of new cars sold by manufacturers in the UK this year must be zero-emission. New rules requiring car manufacturers to sell a miThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
January 03, 2024
In Belgium, 2023 was a good year for wind and solar energy production, accounting for 27,6% of the total of 30,1% of renewable energies withThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
