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‘Car as an object of dreams is disappearing’
Tony Verhelle Posted On September 28, 2018


The number of cars is still increasing in the world, but the car as an object of dreams is slowly disappearing, thinks Jean-François Doulet, mobility expert at Ecole d’Urbanisme in Paris and author of Atlas de l’Automobile. We asked him […]


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Drivy: ‘Even you can make a business out of sharing your car’
Tony Verhelle Posted On September 24, 2018


In a meeting with Quentin Lestavel, Country Manager of Drivy, the leading European car sharing platform, he confirms that car sharing is booming and that people can even make a living out of it. “At the Midi Station in the […]


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t’Serstevens: ‘we sell a Porsche every two hours in Belgium’
Tony Verhelle Posted On August 24, 2018


The first half of the year, Porsche progressed with 6% in Belgium. Selling 3.500 sports cars a year, D’Ieteren is the biggest independent Porsche importer in volume in the world. CEO, Didier t’Serstevens, wants to improve these figures further and […]


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Elon Musk: ‘worst is over for Tesla, for me it’s yet to come’
Joris Van Roy Posted On August 20, 2018


In a remarkably open, sometimes emotional, one hour-long phone conversation with New York Times columnist, David Gelles, Elon Musk admits the last year to be “the most painful in his career”. “For Tesla the worst is over”, said the CEO, […]


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Polestar CEO: “We don’t want to destroy Tesla…”
Tony Verhelle Posted On August 13, 2018


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 […]


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Finish ‘father’ of MaaS: ‘no need for car anymore in Antwerp’
Joris Van Roy Posted On June 28, 2018


Train, bus, tram, taxi, rental and shared cars plus bikes: all available in one single smartphone app. Since the beginning of June a select group of people in Antwerp is testing the Whim app from Finish transport technology company, MaaS […]


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François Bellot: ‘Belgium’s mobility is hostage of the institutional mess’
Félix Bouland Posted On June 7, 2018


Belgium’s Mobility Minister, François Bellot (MR), is fed up by the Regions’ inaction toward a better mobility. He thinks the country’s institutional system prevents any global vision to be followed by acts. Called back to a post of Minister by […]


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Stéphane Sertang, CEO Ginion Group: ‘Distribution is Tesla’s weak point’
Tony Verhelle Posted On May 30, 2018


Stéphane Sertang is the CEO of Ginion Group, an important BMW/Mini and Ferrari car dealer in the Belgian landscape but also the importer of Rolls-Royce and McLaren among other things. He talks about the huge challenges car dealers face. Stéphane […]


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Karel Cardoen: ‘Classic car branch will not survive’
Joris Van Roy Posted On May 22, 2018


By selling his 13 Belgian car supermarkets to French PSA owned Aramisauto.com, ex CEO Karel Cardoen (66) waves the car sector goodbye. “You can feel the classic car branch will not survive”, Cardoen tells newspaper De Tijd in an interview. […]


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Remo Klinger: ‘Car is for Germans what guns are for Americans: untouchable’
Tony Verhelle Posted On May 7, 2018


You could call Remo Klinger ‘the father of the German diesel ban’. As an attorney he started pursuing German authorities for the German action group Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) in 2005. We interviewed him on his ‘mission’. “At that time this […]


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Simon Kidston: ‘In 2050 people will still collect cars’
Tony Verhelle Posted On April 27, 2018


Simon Kidston, the famous vintage car connoisseur, has one adagio: “I only buy the best because I can’t afford the second best. And if you want to sell, there will always be somebody who wants the best. Whatever it is. […]


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Pieter Nota (CMO BMW): ‘Being a traditional car maker is a big asset’
Tony Verhelle Posted On April 27, 2018


Since January the Dutchman Pieter Nota is Chief Marketing Officer and member of the board at BMW. He is confident that BMW will survive the coming decades and that being a traditional car manufacturer is also a big asset for […]


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Pascal De Buck, CEO Fluxys: ‘Gas can play a major role in energy transition’
Tony Verhelle Posted On April 24, 2018


Pascal De Buck is CEO of Fluxys. Last week the company bought a large participation in Desfa, the Greek gas distributor, and wants to enlarge the participation in the LNG terminal in Dunkerque and start a hydrogen converting project with […]


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Pascal Smet: ‘new citizen’s (mobility) movement beyond party boundaries’
Joris Van Roy Posted On April 20, 2018


Pascal Smet (sp.a), highly debated Brussels Minister for Mobility and Public Works, diabolized by the taxi sector and even by his own Minister President, wants to prime a new Brussels movement beyond party boundaries, for mobility but also broader ‘citizen’ […]


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Carlos Tavares, CEO PSA: ‘Agility is the name of the game’
Tony Verhelle Posted On April 17, 2018


Recently newmobility.news was able to speak with Carlos Tavares, CEO of the PSA Group (Peugeot, Citroën, DS) that acquired also Opel last year. The most important message for him in the automotive world is: “You have to adapt yourself every […]


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Alain Visser (Lynk & Co): ‘Autonomous car is not a game changer’
Tony Verhelle Posted On April 3, 2018


Alain Visser is a Belgian who tries to reshape the automotive world. We heard him already about his Lynk & Co project with Volvo Cars Gent building them for Europe, the fact of using a car and not owning it. […]


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Miel Horsten (Renta): ‘Stop bashing the company car’
Tony Verhelle Posted On March 22, 2018


Miel Horsten, chairman of Renta, the Belgian federation of car rental companies, didn’t like the government’s ‘cash for car’ proposal at all, but is more positive about a mobility budget for employees. He pleads for clear rules as soon as […]


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Schwarzenbauer (BMW): ‘Every single E-Mini will make money’
Tony Verhelle Posted On March 14, 2018


Peter Schwarzenbauer, member of the board at BMW and responsible for Mini, among other things, sees great opportunities for the E-Mini: “Mini is a car for the city, with the evolution we see now, I’m very optimistic about the electric […]


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Denis Gorteman (CEO D’Ieteren): ‘We can guarantee residual value for new diesels’
Tony Verhelle Posted On March 12, 2018


Denis Gorteman, CEO of Belgian car importer D’Ieteren, is confident that he can guarantee the residual value for customers buying a new diesel car today. “The diesel isn’t dead yet”, he declares. “Today a diesel car is still consuming some […]


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Gerald Killmann (Toyota R&D): ‘Hydrogen will happen’
Tony Verhelle Posted On March 9, 2018


At the Geneva International Motor Show we talked to Gerald Killmann, Vice President R&D at Toyota Europe. His statement is clear: hydrogen will happen, it is a necessity for the future. “The more renewable energy we get, the more hydrogen […]


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Frank Van Gool (Renta): ‘You can’t change course abruptly in leasing’
Tony Verhelle Posted On February 28, 2018


Frank Van Gool, CEO at Renta, the Belgian Vehicle Rental Association, warns for an abrupt change in policy. “The number of diesel cars is also due to political choices in the past, you can’t change course too hastily…” Frank Van […]


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Citroën CEO Linda Jackson: “Women make better cars”
Tony Verhelle Posted On February 26, 2018


Linda Jackson, CEO of Citroën is very clear on this: “If you have more women at the top of a manufacturer, you will get better cars.” An interview. There are not many women at the head of car manufacturers: in […]


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D’Ieteren spreads out fleet of shared gas and e-cars in Antwerp
Joris Van Roy Posted On January 15, 2018


On Monday 15th of January, Belgium’s major car importer D’Ieteren Auto spreads out its Poppy fleet of 350 free floating shared cars in Antwerp. 200 full electric VW e-Golf and 150 Audi A3 CNG. CEO Denis Gorteman remains rather ambitious […]


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Renault CEO Benelux: ‘In the future we will sell mobility’
Tony Verhelle Posted On January 11, 2018


At the press day of the Brussels Motor Show (opening on Friday 12th of January until Sunday the 21st) L’Echo talked to Jean-Paul Renaux, CEO of Renault Benelux. He thinks that selling cars will slowly evolve to selling mobility. Still […]


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Pieter Morlion: ‘Legal framework for autonomous car needed now’
Tony Verhelle Posted On January 4, 2018


That the autonomous car is coming is a fact and probably (hopefully) a cure for many mobility problems. That’s why traffic expert Pieter Morlion, co-founder of the Ghent Traffic Center (Verkeerscentrum Gent) urges the authorities to create a unique legal […]


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François Bellot: ‘Belgian rail has too many pen-pushers’
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 11, 2017


In an interview with economical newspaper L’Echo, Belgian federal Minster of Mobility François Bellot (MR) says that at his age, he can speak “without mincing matters“. Like saying the “SNCB/NMBS has too many pen-pushers sitting at a desk and too […]


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“Brussels is slowly getting stuck.”
Tony Verhelle Posted On December 4, 2017


Former CEO of Brussels public transport company STIB/MIVB Alain Flausch leaves the Union of Public Transport which he has lead for 6 years. He is disappointed about Brussels and Belgium as a whole: “We should take other cities as an […]


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Alain Flausch : « Bruxelles s’englue »
Tony Verhelle Posted On December 4, 2017


Le Soir* – 04 Dec. 2017 Pagina 9 * Le Soir Bruxelles-Brabant, Le Soir Wallonie L’ancien patron de la Stib quitte l’Union des transports publics qu’il a dirigée pendant six ans. Il jette un regard désappointé sur Bruxelles et la […]


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Philippe Dehennin (FEBIAC): ‘the friendly neighbouring dealer is not dead yet’
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 30, 2017


Since June 2017 the Belgian Association of Car Manufacturers and Importers (Febiac) has a new president. Phillippe Dehennin left BMW in 2016 and is now the head of what is commonly known as the “car lobby” in Belgium. He is […]


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EU-Commissioner Bienkowska: ‘I wouldn’t buy a Volkswagen anymore’
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 21, 2017


Three years after dieselgate burst out, what has really changed? “I wouldn’t buy a Volkswagen anymore”, says EU Commissioner for Industry Elzbieta Bienkowska (53) in an interview with Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. She grew up in communist Poland, being the […]


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What is D’Ieteren going to do with one billion euro cash ?
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 21, 2017


With the sale of 40% of its Belron business, Belgium’s largest car importer, family concern D’Ieteren, is sitting on a pile of one billion euro in cash. Asked by newspapers L’Echo and De Tijd what D’Ieteren is going to do […]


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Toyota’s no 2 Didier Leroy: “Ten years ago they made fun of our hybrids”
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 23, 2017


At the age of 59, Toyota’s no.2 worldwide is French, native from Lille, close to the Belgian border: Didier Leroy. He saw Toyota predicting the switch from the combustion engine to electric 15 years ago. Financial newspaper L’Echo interviewed the […]


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Weyts about mobility in 2050: ‘traffic jams becoming attractive’
Joris Van Roy Posted On September 13, 2017


Asked by weekly Deze Week for his vision of the future of mobility upon 2050, Flemish Minister of Mobility Ben Weyts (NV-A) sees less private car ownership, equal or more car usage through sharing and still a lot of traffic […]


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The other Denis Gorteman (D’Ieteren): comics and classic car collector
Félix Bouland Posted On July 26, 2017


CEO of the Belgian Volkswagen Group brands’ importer D’Ieteren Auto, Denis Gorteman is an avid collector of comics and classic cars. He just transformed his house to welcome his collection of 6.800 comics and some classic cars. Belgian newspaper L’Echo […]


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BMW CEO Krüger: “self-driving car available in four years”
Gert Verhoeven Posted On June 26, 2017


By 2021 the iNext BMW will ride autonomously. When the car is riding by itself, the rectangular steering wheel will disappear in the dashboard. The iNext BMW will be the first electric family car that is able to drive for […]


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