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August 23, 2019

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Uber looking to expand in Belgium

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On August 19, 2019

After the launch of the electric Uber Jump bikes in Brussels, the company is looking to expand its services in Belgium further. New Uber products will be added in Brussels shortly, but no dates are set. In some cases, a […]

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DEME CEO: ‘Climate technology is ready, at a certain cost’

Tony Verhelle Posted On August 16, 2019

Luc Vandenbulcke is the new CEO of dredging company DEME. He sees growth in the future, but also obstacles to overcome. In any way, this growth has to be sustainable. As one of the fathers of the windmill parks in […]

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Umicore shows sound results, calls for ethical cobalt label

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On August 1, 2019

Umicore’s stock market value is rising again after the hit it took in April. The Belgian raw material supplier’s half-year results were better than expected. But the company remains prudent about future financial results. Especially the unstable automotive market, Umicore’s […]

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Dutch EVBox and Belgian Smappee partner for smart charging solution

Félix Bouland Posted On July 3, 2019

The world’s leading manufacturer of charging stations for electric cars is partnering with Belgian company Smappee. They will offer a ‘smart charging’ solution that will manage the charging depending on the needs and network availability. With already more than 75.000 […]

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Engie CEO Isabelle Kocher: ‘We want decisions, and fast’

Tony Verhelle Posted On April 29, 2019

Isabelle Kocher, the CEO of French energy giant, Engie, is straightforward in this: “No matter what the politicians decide, we need decisions. Now !” Engie, the mother company of Belgian Electrabel, with Isabelle Kocher, rules practically the Belgian energy market. […]

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VW CEO Diess: ‘Automotive spring will come, but it will be rock and roll’

Tony Verhelle Posted On April 12, 2019

Herbert Diess, CEO of the Volkswagen Group, thinks his company has turned the page and is ready for future challenges. But surely now, you can’t take things for granted and much will depend on the governmental politics in the matter. […]

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Denis Gorteman: ‘If ICE has to die in 2030, let’s decide it now’

Tony Verhelle Posted On January 29, 2019

Denis Gorteman, CEO of Belgian car importer D’Ieteren, is clear: “If we’re told that the internal combustion engine (ICE) has to die in 2030 or 2035, we’ll do it. It’s the only way and it will work, but we have […]

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Future of parking: ‘more cars and mobility hubs’

Joris Van Roy Posted On January 7, 2019

Philippe Op de Beeck, the (Belgian) CEO of the American Apcoa Parking Group that manages from its HQ in Stuttgart 1,4 million parking spaces on 9.000 locations internationally, is not afraid to get out of business soon. “There will be […]

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Dutch Rail invests 3,5 billion euro in trains

Joris Van Roy Posted On December 27, 2018

Dutch railways, NS, has ordered another 88 Sprinter trains, worth 400.000 euro with Spanish train builder CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles), bringing the total to 200 being built there. The overall investment in renewing the train fleet adds up […]

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Johan van Zyl, CEO Toyota Europe: ‘We are very happy in Belgium’

Tony Verhelle Posted On November 29, 2018

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 […]

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Carlos Ghosn: ‘car makers becoming mobility providers’

Tony Verhelle Posted On November 8, 2018

In an interview Carlos Ghosn, CEO of the Alliance Renault/Nissan/Mitsubishi, foresees car manufacturers becoming more and more mobility providers and an almost disappearance of the diesel engine. The boss of the largest car manufacturing group in the world is fairly […]

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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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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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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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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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