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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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Geert Bruyneel (Volvo): ‘Chinese always go for unreachable goals’
Tony Verhelle Posted On April 1, 2019


Geert Bruyneel, top manager at Volvo cars, knows the Chinese way of thinking. “They may have unreachable goals, but even when they realize 80%, they achieve more than we do, with our carefully chosen, modest goals. Belgian Geert Bruyneel (59) […]


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CEO Punch Powerglide: ‘now diesel-hybrid, later hydrogen’
Tony Verhelle Posted On March 20, 2019


Guido Dumarey, Belgian entrepreneur and CEO of Punch Powerglide, is a man with outspoken ideas. He doesn’t belief in the electric car, pleads to reconsider diesel before hydrogen comes in. In his view diesel has been ousted too fast, electric […]


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Interview with Audi CEO Bram Schot
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On March 18, 2019


At the start of the interview, Audi’s newly appointed CEO, Bram Schot (57), shows a picture of some artwork he just bought. A life-size portrait of former F1 driver and legend Ayrton Senna made of pieces of jeans fabric. He […]


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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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Climate action will affect low income class most
Tony Verhelle Posted On January 24, 2019


The European think tank Bruegel has made a study on the impact of climate decisions and their redistributing effects in society. The results are clear: poor people will suffer more than wealthier ones and the impact won’t be negligible. There […]


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Peugeot CEO Imparato: ‘The world is changing now’
Tony Verhelle Posted On January 23, 2019


Visiting the Brussels Motor Show, Jean-Philippe Imparato, CEO of the French car manufacturer Peugeot, sees the car world changing rapidly. His answer is threefold: “be serene, stay simple, continue to enjoy”. “The world is changing now”, he starts his 40 […]


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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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Guillaume Pitron: ‘Green capitalism is an oxymoron’
Tony Verhelle Posted On December 31, 2018


Rare metals are in the centre of the energetic and digital transition. Investigative journalist, Guillaume Pitron, has researched the industry behind it for six years and concludes that the so-called green capitalism is an oxymoron, a round quadrangle. Guillaume Pitron […]


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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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HERE CEO: ‘It will be Google versus us in car navigation market’
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 26, 2018


Edzard Overbeek, CEO of Amsterdam headquartered HERE Technologies, is quite confident about his business: “ultimately it will be Google versus us in the navigation market.” Naming the other Dutch high-definition map maker, TomTom, Overbeek avoids carefully in talking with newspapers, […]


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Goddijn (TomTom): ‘Renault choosing Google is wake-up call for industry’
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 24, 2018


Looking back on a tumultuous 2018, Harold Goddijn, founder and CEO of Dutch navigational tech company TomTom, called the Renault-Nissan alliance choosing for Google software for two of its models, “a wake-up call for automotive industry”. Software that is updated […]


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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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Climate expert Jos Delbeke: ‘We’re running out of time’
Tony Verhelle Posted On November 5, 2018


Climate expert, Jos Delbeke, warns that we’re running out of time climate wise and that transport is one of the big problems in these. From February 2010 until the beginning of this year civil servant Delbeke was Director General (DG) […]


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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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