American electric car company, Tesla, has started judicial procedures against the Canadian state of Ontario because the new government decided to stop incentives for the purchase of Electric Vehicles (EV). Clients can still benefit from a discount until mid-September but […]
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 […]
For the first seven months of this year, the sales of electrically driven second-hand cars rose 113% in the Netherlands, compared to the same period last year. This could be a significant boost in the transition to electric everyone is […]
Car manufacturer Volvo hopes to be introduced on the stock market in Stockholm before the end of this year. According to the Financial Times, Chinese Volvo owner, Geely, hopes to reach a fair value of 30 billion dollar (± 26,5 […]
NIO, the young Chinese start-up specialized in electric cars, has asked to be listed on Wall Street where it intends to raise 1,8 billion dollars and aims to compete with Tesla. After launching its first car last year in China, […]
The Munich-based mobility provider, Sono Motors, has announced a next test tour of its Sion ‘solar’ electric car throughout 18 cities in Germany and the Netherlands, starting the 1st of September in Germany and the 7th in the Netherlands. After […]
Audi CEO, Rupert Stadler (55), remains in jail after the Munich (Landgericht) court rejected his appeal against his arrest. Stadler was arrested eight weeks ago on suspicion of having allowed the sales of Audis with cheating software, while being aware […]
In comparison with 4 years ago the second-hand market in Belgium has risen 17% in 2017. The total value of sold second-hand cars was for the first time more than 2 billion euro in Belgium in 2017. At the same […]
Soon there will be a new car brand on the market: Polestar. CEO Thomas Ingenlath has high hopes for the brand: “We don’t want to kill Tesla, our first aim is to expand the until now poor choice of electric […]
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 […]
Daimler CEO, Dieter Zetsche, has announced that Daimler daughter, Smart, will go full electric and sell electrically driven cars from 2020 onward. A brave decision for a manufacturer who hasn’t made money since 20 years. It means that only the […]
Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Tesla, under growing pressure ‘to show the money’ that will be needed to get Tesla private, explains in a blog, published on Monday, he is convinced he has the ‘funding secured’ by the Saudi’s […]
Porsche CEO, Oliver Blume, has declared that Porsche wants to save 6 billion euro within the next 3 years because of the lower benefit margins on electric cars. In an interview with the Stuttgarter Zeitung and the Stuttgarter Nachrichten Blume […]
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 […]
After several other Japanese manufacturers Mazda, Suzuki and Yamaha have confessed to be falsifying testing procedures on emissions and consumption. Apparently a great number of Japanese car manufacturers have been manipulating test procedures. After the discovery of test procedure fraud […]
On Friday Ryanair pilots in Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany knocked off in the hardest strike in the 34 years of existence of the low-cost airline. With the strike more than 25.000 passengers see their flight cancelled. The […]
BMW is going to recall 323.700 diesel cars throughout Europe as a continuation of the findings in South-Korea, where some 30 BMWs caught fire and more than 100.000 BMWs are also recalled. The reason is the same: the EGR system […]
More and more larger Dutch companies offer a yearly subscription card (OV chip card) for public transport to all their employees instead of a lease car. VodafoneZiggo is the latest in the row. VodafoneZiggo, a merger of the Dutch Vodafone […]
The Canadian start-up, Transpod, will take up residence in the small municipality of Droux in southwest France and build the longest test track for the development of the hyperloop technology. One day after Virgin Hyperloop One announced it would set […]
The city council of New York is restricting Uber’s taxis. The municipal council decided on Wednesday that no new permits would be given for one year. In this way, the city hopes to reduce the problems of the enormous growth […]
In the whole of the Benelux numerous Mercedes buyers are waiting for their Mercedes to be finally delivered. The cars are there, the right homologation papers aren’t. On the first of September, last year the new European emission rules were […]
In the roof boxes of national railway company NMBS/SNCB’s recent Desiro trains explosions take place, causing power failure and making the trains stop. “It’s by no means the only technical problem”, says Kees Smilde, spokesman of travellers association, TreinTramBus. He […]
According to the American Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), driver assistance systems aren’t always right. It advises drivers to keep their hands permanently on the steering wheel and stay alert. Electronic guardian angels, like lane keeping assist, automatic braking, […]
American start-up Virgin Hyperloop One, one of the larger companies worldwide working on the high-speed hyperloop concept envisioned by Elon Musk originally, is going to build a research centre in Spain, together with the Spanish railway network manager, Adif. The […]
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 […]
A study from car industry watcher, Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, reveals that some car companies earn a lot of money for each vehicle sold but others are losing some. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a professor at Duisburg-Essen University and a renowned car industry […]
BMW’s free-floating car sharing company, DriveNow, has recorded a loss of 3,25 million euro in 2017 in Belgium. According to its CEO, the government’s mobility plan and company cars are to blame. Back in 2015, BMW and Sixt launched a […]
Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Tesla, shook up the stock exchange on Tuesday twittering: “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured”. By doing that, Tesla wouldn’t be bound anymore to strict regulations about transparency, like making company […]
The construction of the largest wind farm (Norther) in the North Sea finally began yesterday. The concession was applied for some ten years ago. Norther has 44 wind turbines and will supply electricity to 400.000 households. 23 km of cable […]
More than 30 diesel BMWs caught fire in South Korea because of problems with the anti-pollution system. After being called out by the country’s government, BMW apologized and will start a recall procedure. Over the January-July period, more than thirty […]
FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) is still mourning after the sudden death of Sergio Marchionne, but the plans of the deceased CEO continue unabated. The group continues to prepare to split off the subdivision Magneti Marelli. According to the Bloomberg press […]
Marc Grynberg, CEO of the Belgian technology group Umicore, world player in battery materials and recycling, launches the idea to offer 15 euro for trading in your written-off smartphone for recycling. He estimates precious metals like cobalt and lithium in […]
Chinese freight transporter and logistics company, Shenzhen 4PX, has created a Belgian subsidiary to accompany the arrival of Alibaba at Liège Airport. Specialized in transport and logistics, 4PX will reinforce the Chinese e-commerce ecosystem in Europe. Two months after Cainiao […]
The Dutch operator, PitPoint, is granted a concession for the installation and operation of a network of charging stations for electric vehicles (EV) in Brussels. Hundred terminals will be installed in the coming months. The concession runs until the end […]
The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) of Detroit will be moved from January to June starting in 2020. Increasing competition from the Las Vegas CES, also planned for January, has motivated the organizer’s choice. Every year, Detroit hosts the […]
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