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On Thursday, municipalities, police zones, mobility operators, and citizens’ associations gathered for the Brussels Mobility’s Road Safety summit. The authority wishes to put road safety as a number one priority and reduce the death toll to zero by 2030. The […]
Relatives of the dramatic Stint accident in Oss, in September 2018, have asked whether the vehicle can be rebaptized when it will hit the road again. Edwin Renzen, the builder of the Stint, has complied with this request, and the […]
It’s motor show time in Belgium, a lot of people are considering buying a new car. It’s already tricky and time-consuming to search for the best buy, but then there is taxation. In a country that is just twice the […]
According to the Global Automotive Consumer Study 2020, done by Deloitte, 29% of the Belgian consumers are ready to buy a hybrid electric car, and 9% want a fully electric vehicle. These findings corroborate the study of the Belgian car […]
The cameras of the newly introduced low-emission zone in Ghent registered 5.072 offenders during the first week of January. They will not be fined yet; they’ll just get a warning. Fines of 150 euros will be imposed as of February. […]
Jean-Dominique Senard was on a visit at the Brussels Motor Show. There he confirmed that the rumors about a possible divorce between Nissan and Renault were completely false. “On the contrary, we will see to it that the Alliance will […]
The MR’s president, Georges-Louis Bouchez, surprised more than one citizen when he declared that Belgium should become the leader in autonomous vehicle technologies and the first country to fully allow self-driving cars on the road. The young new head of […]
A massive switch to electric cars in Belgium will inevitably lead to electric car taxation. That’s the opinion of a number of experts. Most think road-pricing will be used to do so. Others fear the electricity used to charge cars […]
A test from the Flemish public television has shown that CNG is not the most eco-friendly fuel to run a car on. Considering toxic exhaust gases, it’s still good, but climate-wise it seems that there is a bigger problem than […]
Speed controls with mobile speed cameras have become useless in The Netherlands due to the popular app, Flitsmeister, that allows drivers to warn each other for speed controls. Last year, there were more controls but 10% fewer fines, according to […]
While fuel cards are taxed as a benefit in kind by the Belgian government, electricity charged at home and even the EV charging station installed at the bosses’ expense aren’t. At least for the time being, financial newspaper De Tijd […]
According to HR organization Acerta, 0,6% of the Belgian company car fleet currently has electric propulsion. There is still a lack of infrastructure, although in the near future car taxation will discourage internal combustion engines and promote electric propulsion. Switch […]
Belgian tax-efficient alternatives to the company car, like the mobility budget, and ‘cash for car’, are not catching on yet. Only 0,011 percent of the employees eligible for the mobility budget opted for it. ‘Cash for car’ could only convince […]
Since January 1st, 2020, the parking management of the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek has been in the hands of the regional parking agency parking.brussels. The new and modern parking policy and the resulting measures were presented on Thursday by Schaerbeek’s […]
Jean-Philippe Imparato, CEO of Peugeot and visiting the Brussels Motor Show on Thursday, is clear. “We will be ready for the stringent EU emission regulations from Day One. And that doesn’t mean Peugeot cars won’t be attractive anymore, on the […]
Never before have so many new company cars been registered in Belgium as in 2019. Salary cars – company cars that can also be used outside working hours – make up 8% of the fleet, but account for 16% of […]
Car sharing is a good idea, but how much does it cost? Until a few years ago, the situation was clear. If you needed a shared car, there was Cambio. Period. Meanwhile, however, the Flemish driver can choose between several […]
According to Transport and Logistic in Flanders (Transport en Logistiek Vlaanderen, TLV), the idea of the Belgian fashion chain, JBC, to have parcels returned by commuters is illegal. The professional association that represents 1.500 Flemish transport companies considers juridic actions […]
Last year, companies in Belgium registered a record number of 315.557 new cars. That is almost 22.000, or 7 % more than in 2018. The Belgian company car market exceeded the 300.000-mark for the first time. The share of company […]
From 2021, the entire Brussels region will become a 30 kph zone where the maximum speed of 30 km/hour will become the norm. However, there will also be exceptions to this rule, for example, on dedicated lanes on which buses […]
Infrabel CEO, Luc Lallemand (53), is leaving the company to do the same job at the French railway infrastructure management company, SNCF Réseau. Lallemand has been in his current function since the railroad was split up in 2005. At SNCB […]
On January 1st, 2021, in one year, Brussels will have completed its speed limit reduction to 30 kph on most of the Region’s streets. Today, the government begins discussions with the 19 municipalities, police zones, and public transport operators, to […]
Belgium fails to reduce the number of road deaths on its roads. In 2018, 604 people were killed at a national level, in Flanders there were 310. This resulted in 52 road deaths for every million inhabitants in Belgium. As […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can break through if it consumes fewer data and can make connections like humans. That’s what Mieke De Ketelaere says in the weekly magazine Trends. De Ketelaere has been working with artificial intelligence for more than twenty […]
The escape of former Alliance CEO, Carlos Ghosn, has surprised many people. He was under confinement in Japan attending his trial and wasn’t allowed to leave the country. Last Monday, he made a ‘James Bond’ escape to Libanon, apparently aided […]
Jato, a British research company, specialized in automotive data, claims that EVs are still too expensive to be bought in high numbers. Other analysts have high doubts about their research. Is 2020 the long-awaited turning point for the EV? Jato […]
Carlos Ghosn, former number one of the Alliance Renault/Nissan/Mitsubishi, has arrived in Libanon on Monday, despite the fact that he was confined to stay in Japan. There he was waiting to be judged in a fraud affair that broke out […]
The Netherlands, the bicycle country by excellence, is warming up for a spectacular ‘run on the e-bike’, starting the second of January. More than 150.000 new e-bikes are expected to be sold in 2020. New fiscal measures make the electric […]
A survey of 1.000 Flemish potential car buyers about their preferences has resulted in a hybrid SUV of approximately 24.600 euros being the preferred choice. The survey was ordered at research panel iVox by Roel Druyts, CEO of Hillewaere Verzekeringen, […]
With stricter standards becoming effective from January 1st in Brussels and Antwerp and Ghent installing a Low-Emission Zone (LEZ) too, the discussion is fueled again on the effectiveness of these environmental zones. Experts say the impact is somewhat local and […]
The Flemish Minister for Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), wants to enter into conversation with larger cities with low-emission zones. She hopes to limit the fines for the buses of public transport company De Lijn. Buses are ordered According to […]
Make driving with an automatic gearbox the new normal, and provide extra lessons to those who still want to learn how to change gears. That’s what Chris Vanhee proposes, who gives driving skills training with ProMove, and will soon be […]
With the new Mobility law, French department heads will be able to reinstate the 90 km/hour speed limit after a year of battle against PM Edouard Philippe’s supposedly safer 80 km/hour limit. However, deputies are now getting cold feet, as […]
The Flemish Government has committed itself to reduce the number of road deaths to 200 by 2020. A miracle will have to be done to achieve this target. Critics say it is next to impossible. In the first nine months […]
The US stock market watchdog, SEC, is going to investigate BMW’s reported sales figures. It is possible that the car manufacturer was too creative with its figures, showing investors an overly positive image. The carmaker has promised its cooperation in […]
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