Thirty-five Belgium-based companies with big names like Ikea, Unilever, Nestlé and Colruyt, but also smaller transport companies and transport federation Febetra, have written a letter to Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, asking him to force truck manufacturers to […]
EU Commissioner for Consumer Rights Vera Jourova wants to weapon consumers in every member state with the possibility of class actions against companies misleading them, like in the Volkswagen dieselgate scandal. The latter won’t be targeted though, as the new […]
As a second step in the financial restructuring of the Russian car manufacturer Avtovaz (part of the Alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi) there is a recapitalization for an amount of 107 billion roubles (1,3 billion euro). Lada being the number one car brand […]
With the technical face-lift of the popular Outlander PHEV (plug-in hybrid vehicle) Mitsubishi has announced to aim for an entire energy network, including home, office, loading station and the grid. The substantial technical update of the Outlander PHEV announced at […]
According to research by NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) in Brussels, East-European country Bulgaria, current president of the European Union, is welcoming happily West-Europe’s most polluting second-hand diesels. More than 30.000 in 2017. This while on Tuesday Sofia is guest […]
Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank Group, is aiming at Europe now. He wants to become the Warren Buffet of the tech world and does everything to achieve this ambitious goal. New forms of mobility has its special interest, as he […]
Car manufacturer PSA Group has announced it will invest in its Luton facility (UK) to produce 100.000 vans per year. The group wants to strengthen its position as the leader in this segment in Europe and also cut the ties […]
The way Low Emission Zones (LEZ) are organized at this moment isn’t very effective to reduce toxic emissions. That’s the conclusion of Nils Hooftman (MOBI-Brussels University VUB) after studying the research material on different European cities. In Low Emission Zones […]
On Tuesday morning French commuters started what might become a long road of agony: 80% of all railway employees striking for two days until Thursday morning 8 o’clock. They also intend to repeat these actions every three days, until June […]
The European Parliament and negotiators of the member states have reached an agreement on Tuesday to open a European register for CO2 emissions of new heavy-duty trucks and buses. For the commission it is a first step to come with […]
German car manufacturer Opel, since last year part of the PSA Group, is determined to further cut costs in its German facilities, despite difficult negotiations with the powerful union IG Metall. It announced on Tuesday a plan to incite workers […]
The Belgian start-up Sharemypark has been sold to its Irish competitor Parkpnp. The transaction amount has not been disclosed, the target is clear: revolutionize smart parking in Europe. Sharemypark (formerly Ditopark) is a Belgian start-up that wanted to be “the […]
Environmental organization Greenpeace and Antwerp action groups stRaten-Generaal and Ademloos have pressed charges against the Flemish government on Monday for not complying with European air quality regulations. A similar court action was taken against the Walloon government. The Flemish government […]
The Czech Republic is going to build batteries with its own patents, own capital and its own reserves of lithium that it recently started to mine and that are the largest in Europe. The Prague company HE3DA is investing 180 […]
French car manufacturer group PSA has announced it will be producing 300.000 automatic gearboxes (under Aisin licence) per year in Valenciennes (north of France). You win some, you lose some. Yesterday Ford announced that it will close its gearbox factory […]
European car manufacturers are worried about the attainability of the CO2 emission quota for 2021 if the Brexit means that the figures for the UK market are no longer taken into account. The Association of European Car Manufacturers (ACEA) expresses […]
The Volvo XC40, which is built on the production lines of the Volvo factory in Ghent since November 2017, on Monday was acclaimed ‘European Car Of The Year’. The announcement was made by the COTY panel of international car journalists […]
The diesel saga continues. Environmental organization Greenpeace has examined test results of 94 cars. More than half of them exceed the new emission limits for NOx (nitrogen oxide). The 94 cars test results came from manufacturer’s measurement data and from […]
James Dyson, British inventor of the vacuum cleaner without bag and multi-millionaire is gearing up the development of a ‘British Tesla’. He’s building a second R&D center on a former Royal Air Force base in Hullavington, Wiltshire where 400 engineers […]
Japanese car maker is to build the new third generation of its Auris model in its Burnaston factory in Derbyshire in the UK, despite a Brexit in March 2019. The engines will be produced in Deeside in the north of […]
More than 5.000 of 25.000 people are killed each year in traffic accidents in the European Union due to the combination of driving and drinking, as is mentioned in a new report of the European organization for traffic safety, (ETSC). […]
Since January 2018 works have started to connect the Belgian and German electricity grid. By 2020 the new high tension line – costing 500 million euro – will be able to transport 1.000 MW, some 10% of the average power […]
An important meeting of the board at Renault has chosen Carlos Ghosn as CEO and appointed Thierry Bolloré to COO and future successor. He will normally take over the helm in four years. In the beginning of the week there […]
Eleven mayors of municipalities around Brussels airport are taking jurisdictional actions against the Belgian government because the new air traffic law is constantly postponed. The eleven municipalities (Steenokkerzeel, Zaventem, Grimbergen, Wemmel, Kortenberg, Herent, Tervuren, Dilbeek, Kampenhout, Halle and Landen) are […]
The outgoing German government has surprised everybody with a letter to the European Commission proposing free public transport in cities to counter pollution by traffic. The letter (dated 11th of February) emitted by several Ministers of the resigning German government, […]
By 2025 Europe wants at least ten to twenty mega-battery factories on the continent and is willing to reach deep in its pocket for that. Belgian battery material supplier Umicore, who just announced to invest 660 million euro in a […]
Japanese car makers Toyota, Nissan and Honda are threatening to leave the United Kingdom if they don’t have the same facilities to export to Europe after the Brexit. “If we don’t have that guarantee, no private company will be able […]
Assuming that air traffic will once again double before 2035, Europe will urgently have to increase the capacity of its existing airports and/or build new ones, otherwise 230 million passengers a year will be stranded each year. 2017 was the […]
The direct Eurostar connection between Amsterdam and London in only 3,5 hours is likely not to be operational before the end of 2019. Although in Amsterdam and Rotterdam special terminals are almost ready, border control will still have to be […]
The European Commission has urged the entire car industry to have a ‘more ethical’ and ‘more responsible’ attitude after the revelations about toxic emission tests on humans and monkeys. The European Commissioner for the Industry, Elzbieta Bienkowska, has stated in […]
According to European car manufacturers’ umbrella federation ACEA sales of full electric cars has more than doubled (+53,7%) in Europe, to 97.571 units. In Belgium 2.709 vehicles or 31,9% more of these EVs were sold compared to 2016, in the […]
European Commissioner for Environment, Karmenu Vella, wants to reprimand nine member states. Germany, France, the UK, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic are given one week to come with measures for better air quality. Otherwise they will […]
Railway company Thalys, owned by French (60%) and Belgian (40%) Railways and connecting Belgium with France, Germany and the Netherlands with high-speed trains, has attracted 7 million travelers in 2017. A growth of 5% and an all time record in […]
Since the road toll for trucks was installed on Belgian roads, the share of least polluting trucks rose to 50%, says Viapass, the governmental institution that coordinates the toll system. More than half of all truck kilometres on Belgian roads […]
The European parliament has announced ambitious goals to produce more renewable energy. Towards 2030 a minimum of 35 percent of all energy should be renewable and energy efficiency should be 35 percent. “This will be necessary to reach climate objectives”, […]
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