The European Parliament and the State members have revised the 2004 guidelines on workers protection against harmful substances. They have added eight new chemicals, including diesel emissions. The exposure limit has been fixed to 0,05 mg/m3. Back in 2004, the […]
Russian cargo airline, AirBridgeCargo, has chosen Liège Airport as its European hub with thirty flights per day and 400 new jobs in 2019. That new contract will push Belgium’s first freight airport into the top five of Europe by 2020. […]
On Monday, fifteen districts in France have decided to create or reinforce Low Emission Zones, after the Council of State had summoned the government to take measures against air pollution. Those engagements were announced in July and fit in the […]
The European Commission is pushing car manufacturers and OEMs to reflect on the creation of a big European battery alliance – like Airbus in aviation – to counter Asia’s lead. But the automotive sector is divided. PSA and Renault are […]
Ireland-based airline, Ryanair, has changed its terms and conditions to make flight cancellation claims and refund more difficult after numerous strikes all around Europe. The airline now imposes to go through Irish courts. Consumer associations claim this practice to be […]
Chinese car makers aim at conquering the European market with Thunder Power taking home in Charleroi (Belgium) and GAC Motors presenting its latest offering at the Paris Motor Show. According to BMW’s CEO, Harald Krüger, the Chinese may have a […]
Last year the transport sector has massively recruited drivers from countries outside the European Union, as was revealed by a study from Investigate Europe and Knack Magazine. “Apparently, even Polish truck drivers have become too expensive”, concludes Frank Moreels, president […]
From the 12th of October, fuels for vehicles will have other names: diesel becomes B7, petrol E5 (98 octane) or E10 (95 octane) all over the European Union. The reason is clear: travellers all over the union can immediately detect […]
On Wednesday the European Parliament has voted to enforce car manufacturers to reduce CO2 emissions of new cars by 40% in 2030, 10% more than the Commission proposed. Next step is to start negotiations with the member states’ environmental ministers, […]
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron held a gala diner for the automotive industry gathering in Paris for the Motor Show. Macron offered the CEOs a deal: he will renegotiate the future emission standards of 2030 if car manufacturers can […]
In four years, French car manufacturer group PSA has managed to resurrect from the ashes. Chairman of the Managing Board, Carlos Tavares, explains this resurgence and why he thinks batteries are the unstable factor of the automotive future. While important […]
After having conducted a survey with 4.500 people in nine EU countries, NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) noticed that four out of ten are considering an electric car for their next purchase. Nearly two out of three EU citizens believe […]
The European Commission announced on Thursday that it agreed to the subvention for the new Belgian offshore wind farm project to be completed in 2020. A total of 3,5 billion euro will be allocated to the Mermaid, Seastar and Northwester […]
German diesel owners are still uncertain whether they will be compensated by the manufacturer for the (financial) problems caused by dieselgate. Over the past few days, German politicians and car manufacturers have talked about finding a way to make the […]
The Belgian government is tackling mileage fraud on second-hand vehicles imported into Belgium. Proposed late June, a bill was now introduced in early September in the Parliament to ensure that mileage information from foreign-registered vehicles is also transmitted in the […]
Forcing stricter emission standards – a 45% reduction in CO2 by 2030 compared to 2021 – would create nearly 151.000 new jobs in car industry, while losing 59.000 on the traditional production lines. That’s what the EU Commission figured out. […]
Starting next year, the French government wants to tax foreign trucks for using French roads. “We are working on a kind of vignette that will make it possible to tax foreign trucks that only cross France”, says Minister of the […]
Car manufacturers in the United Kingdom, like Jaguar-Land Rover and BMW, are feeling more and more awkward about a possible ‘no-deal’ scenario for the Brexit and are slowing down production to avoid too much stock they might not get rid […]
NGO Transport & Environment has calculated that 43 million ‘dirty diesels’ are still driving across the European Union. This is one of the conclusions of a new report French newspaper, Le Monde, could lay its hands on. These cars and […]
In case of a Brexit without an agreement with the EU, the British might see their driving license become invalid on the Continent and need to get an international one. It’s one of the consequences London is warning its people […]
Air pollution is killing more than 1.000 European citizens a day and authorities fail in protecting public health, as is the conclusion of a devastating report of the European Audit Office. Air pollution is the biggest environmental threat, causing heart […]
The European Parliament Committee on Transport opts for tougher and stricter CO2 emission targets for new cars and vans, 20% and 45% instead of 15 and 30%. The Members of the European Parliament indicated this in committee on Monday evening. […]
Any vehicle that is officially registered must have a civil liability insurance, even if it is no longer used by its owner and parked on private property. That is what the European Court of Justice decided on Tuesday. Private parking […]
According to the British newspaper, The Sunday Times, Ford of Europe could fire 12% of its workforce (± 24.000 people) and cancel some models, but the company has denied such drastic measures. In the second quarter of 2018 Ford of […]
A study by organization Transport and Environment shows that the difference between real world and official NEDC emissions costed European car drivers nearly 150 billion euro between 2000 and 2017. For Belgium, it represent a loss of 6,5 billion euro […]
Federal Minister of Economy, Employment and Consumer Affairs, Kris Peeters (CD&V), wants to create a legislative frame for charging stations for electric vehicles and has ordered a specific study for it. Today there are several charging systems on the market, […]
In contradiction with what the Norwegian central bank told Norway last November, a government appointed commission now states that it should keep investing in oil and gas companies. Last November, the energy industry was jolted by the advice from the […]
Automotive supplier, Continental, reviewed its forecast negatively and the punishment followed immediately: on the Frankfurt stock exchange (DAX) share value went down 13,65%. Is this a sign for all suppliers in the sector? Continental has changed down its prognosis for […]
Oil giant Shell is going to build four hydrogen refueling stations (HRS) in its home country, the Netherlands, to start with as part of the European H2Benelux subsidy program. Two of them are planned in the Amsterdam region, one in […]
American car manufacturer, Ford, has created a new Ford Credit subsidiary in Belgium. With its financing branch based in London, Ford is taking precautions in case of a hard Brexit. Just as any other car manufacturer in the world, Ford […]
The European Commission sees a special role for the ports of Zeebrugge and Antwerp (Belgium) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands) in the further development of a trans-European transport network after the Brexit. The French oppose fiercely, accusing Europe of forgetting their […]
Ghent has a car-free city centre, Antwerp a Low Emission Zone (LEZ), but Dutch or French motorists who entered the car-free centre or the low emission zone escape the fines because they cannot be traced down via the number plate […]
Several manufacturers meet delivery problems at the moment, not because there’s a lack of cars but because the right homologation papers are missing. Last week we already reported about delivery problems for Mercedes in the Benelux, today it becomes clear […]
The Swedish group, Bilia, has just created Bilia Holding Flanders to reinforce its presence in Belgium. More and more foreign groups seem to be very interested in the Belgian car distribution, especially of premium brands. Belgian dealers were for a […]
The important German vehicle manufacturer, Daimler, has already announced that it will “cease its limited activities” in Iran following the decision of the Trump administration to carry on with the sanctions against Iran. There was a project for expanding business […]
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