The Belgian road safety institute, Vias, has realized an inquiry indicating that users of radar-detectors get more fines for speeding than nonusers. Coyote, one of the producers of such devices, contests the results. According to the inquiry, 22% of the […]
With strong residual values, low running costs and growing charging facilities, the electric car is starting to make more sense to fleet managers. According to leasing companies, the only real hindrance for employees and employers is a psychological one. With […]
On airline tickets from airports in the Netherlands, travellers will have to pay approximately 7 euro tax from 2021 onward. The Rutte III government has announced this Friday afternoon. The measure does not apply to transfer passengers, passengers only changing […]
Due to the growing popularity of larger SUV models and people switching to petrol in the smaller car segment, the average CO2 emissions of new Belgian diesel cars increased in 2017 with 1% compared to 2016. according to figures from […]
Since the beginning of the new high-speed train line project (TAV) that should connect Turin to the French city of Lyon through a tunnel dug under the Alps, the Piemont Region has been divided between supporters and opponents. Saturday, around […]
Uber as well as rival Lyft are preparing to go public. The first is planning to do this fairly soon and be first on the stock market in the first quarter of next year, while Lyft is aiming for the […]
Flanders is going to provide a 4,1 million euro subsidy for a floating solar park, as has announced Flemish Energy Minister, Bart Tommelein (Open Vld). Floating solar parks already exist in other countries, mainly in Asia. Floating production of renewable […]
Emissions of the Dutch vehicle fleet continue to rise. The cause is to be found in the newly sold SUVs. Their emissions are 10% higher than three years ago. “People buy bigger, heavier cars again”, says Floris Liebrand of the […]
With already 20.000 pre-orders and a 2.000 euro deposit, of which 700 in Belgium alone for its new e-tron SUV, Audi is betting on its completely renovated carbon-neutral Belgian plant to turn out around 300 units a day. “We’ve developed […]
Coca-Cola European Partners Belux is putting its best foot forward in becoming greener by getting the first 10 Hyundai Kona Electrics delivered, before official delivery to private clients in Belgium starts in January 2019. Reducing CO2 emissions by 50% “We, […]
In January, the 97th edition of the Brussels Motor Show will take place (18 – 27 January) in Brussels Expo. Unlike other Motor Shows in Europe, Brussels keeps on seducing all brands as this is a ‘sales show’ in the […]
On Thursday Volkswagen announced it is to cut production costs further to 3 billion euro to finance the mega-investments in electric vehicles. The German car maker, still the world’s largest, wants to become the number one in electric. Margins have […]
Greenhouse gases are not decreasing, on the contrary. CO2 is to increase 2,7% compared to 2017. Still, some climatologists are hopeful. Corinne Le Quéré, director of the Ryndall Centre for Climate Research, and her colleagues, and former United Nations climate […]
Yesterday, Walloon Minister, Willy Borsus (MR), inaugurated the first CNG filling station of the Luxembourg Province, located on the Molinfaing industrial estate in Neufchâteau. Next year, two other stations should be opened in Arlon and Marche. By 2020, Belgium plans […]
Last Tuesday, several Japanese media say that the Tokyo court is going file new charges against Carlos Ghosn for under-reporting earnings and misuse of company assets for the 2015-2017 period. The Brazilian-born Renault CEO will, most likely, be spending Christmas […]
Volkswagen plans to sell its last cars with combustion engines – petrol or diesel – by 2040, VW’s strategic director, Michael Jost, has told the newspaper Handelsblatt. “The last car to be launched on a traditional platform will be in […]
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump has welcomed the top executives of German car makers Daimler, VW and BMW at the White House for a brief meeting in which he invited them to produce more in the US itself to avoid […]
Chinese Tianqi Lithium Corp, one of the top three lithium miners in the world, is closing its deal to acquire 24% of its Chilean competitor, SQM, for more than 4,1 billion dollar. The Chinese got the green light from the […]
Thirty new routes for super-trucks or ecocombis that connect to Flemish motorways have just been approved. That reports the Agency for Roads and Traffic (AWV). “Only the safest routes haven been selected”, the Flemish authorities say. Short history In mid-2014, […]
Shell is one of the first large oil companies that is making a connection between top salaries and CO2 emissions. It’s a promise the company made to action group Climate Action 100+, a group of several institutional investors, like BNP […]
If they get the green light from competition authorities, Dutch car retailer group, Van Mossel Automotive Group, is taking over 22 dealerships from GMAN (Antwerp region) and Bruyninx (Limburg) from the Alcopa Group (Moorkens). Alcopa itself will further focus on […]
The new double-decker trains of the NMBS/SNCB are not available yet. In 2015, the Belgian public railway company placed an order of 1,3 billion euro with the Bombardier-Alstom consortium for 445 new wagons and locomotives that normally had to be […]
Every year mobility club VAB organizes a family car of the year election and in the category electric and hybrid vehicles the Nissan Leaf was the winner in 2018, followed by the Hyundai Kona EV and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. […]
The American car market will shrink in the next years and the car manufacturers over there are taking measures to cope with it. In Europe car producers like PSA and Fiat are still investing. In the beginning of the week […]
Belgium is very important for Toyota and it employs 4.400 people here. We had a talk with the European boss, Johan van Zyl, about the European market at TMC’s European headquarters in Brussels. Van Zyl is a 60-year-old South-African who […]
The Belgian production site of truck builder DAF Trucks, located in Westerlo (Belgium), has secured one of the biggest orders in recent years. The Lithuanian transport company, Girteka Logistics, buys 1.500 trucks that will be delivered as from from January […]
American KAR Auction Services swallows its Belgian branch companion, CarsOnTheWeb, that had become one of Europe’s largest online selling platforms of second-hand cars in the last 14 years. A bite that costs KAR initially 91 million euro and that can […]
In its latest memorandum, the Belgian Petrol Federation and its Secretary General, Jean-Pierre Van Dijk, plead for technology neutrality to stop diesel bashing. According to him, new diesel cars’ NOx emissions will be comparable to the ones from electric cars […]
According to the Dutch financial newspaper, Financieel Dagblad, three sources confirm that French tyre manufacturer, Michelin, has its eye on TomTom’s Telematic branch that was put up for sale since September. Also Japanese tyre manufacturer, Bridgestone, and two investment funds […]
Several sources in Europe have announced that US President Trump will install much higher income taxes after the G20 summit. Share prices of practically every company in the automotive sector were immediately under pressure. The German business magazine, Wirtschaftswoche, announced […]
Increasing fuel shortages are caused by the low water level of the river Rhine in the Netherlands. Several days now, an increasing number of gas stations, mostly those without personnel, are not supplied anymore. According to Shell spokesman Tim Kezer, […]
The number of lease bicycles is growing exponentially. Especially the electric bicycle is more and more popular as a means of transport and a kind of reward. Alternative for car and train Companies and commuters are keen on the alternative […]
Car manufacturer, PSA Group, is restructuring its dealer network. In Belgium that can lead to the disappearance of two thirds of all dealerships of Peugeot and Citroën. The consequences for Opel dealerships are not known yet. The PSA Group’s policy […]
The biggest American car manufacturer has announced it wants to save 6 billion dollar to be more competitive. In order to do that it has to close 7 factories and fire approximately 15% of its workforce. Yesterday already there were […]
The German industry is proud to stand united in their defense of the European Union which prevails over possible exports to the UK, how important they may be. That’s the message the federation of the German Industry (BDI) has given: […]
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