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Coolblue, the well-known Dutch online supplier of electronics and household appliances, expands its services and now offers green electricity and gas in the Netherlands. The plan fits in with its ambitious goal to become the first energy supplier to help […]
If Brussels Airlines cannot operate at a reasonable level by the summer months, it will need additional support. Koen Van Loo, managing director of the Federal Participation and Investment Company (FPIM), said so on Wednesday in the Parliamentary Commission for […]
Arval, the automotive leasing company, has seen the number of EV company cars in Belgium more than double over the last year. According to the company’s data, registrations of battery-electric vehicles have increased by 93% between 2019 and 2020, while […]
During Tuesday’s local council meeting in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre/Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, residents have unanimously opposed the Flemish Region’s project to close exit 5, directly connecting the Ring to the municipality’s major artery. The council asks the Flemish Region to revise its plan and offer […]
Through its FCA Italy subsidiary, Stellantis has signed a full set of agreements to create a joint venture with Engie EPS, the industrial player within the Engie Group. The new entity aims at becoming champion in e-mobility, offering services ranging […]
Flemish Minister for Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), is happy to announce that the problem of the non-functioning average speed checks, a matter that keeps dragging since 2018, is finally ‘solved’. The 212 ‘idling ones’ will be operational, at least […]
The Belgian Professional Association of Insurance Companies, Assuralia, will launch a newly developed database in February to combat automotive insurance fraud. It will gather data on reported damage claims and accidents and sound the alarm if a name, a number […]
Beliris, the public construction expert for Brussels, is conducting a feasibility study to extend the Brussels cycling network by three bicycle routes. The studies are for the Dilbeek-Brussels, Leuven-Brussels, and Anderlecht-Brussels-North routes. The potential routes are part of the Bicycle […]
There will be an airport tram to connect Brussels North and Zaventem airport in thirty minutes. The 12 km tram line will run along Avenue Leopold III and connect to the ring road’s existing tramway network. In fact, it is […]
The operators of high-speed and night trains will be exempted from taxation for the reservation and use of the railway network until the end of June. That is what the federal cabinet of Minister of Mobility, Georges Gilkinet (Ecolo) decided […]
Starting this weekend, the Belgian police will give a special bob key ring to drivers who have drunk too much alcohol, one with the name of a child who died in traffic. The action is an initiative of the organization […]
Automotive supplier Robert Bosch will cut 400 of 863 jobs at its windshield wiper production facility in Tienen (Belgium). According to the management, the production of windshield wipers is not profitable anymore. The company earlier needed some restructuring, and now […]
According to Deloitte’s 2021 Global Automotive Consumer Study, one out of three Belgians is planning to opt for an electric car for his next car purchase. Almost all of them (91%) say the pandemic didn’t change their initial idea of […]
Transport poverty occurs in every section of the Belgian population, and there are five profiles of less mobile Belgians. This is the conclusion of a study by Mobiel 21 and the Network Sustainable Mobility (Netwerk Duurzame Mobiliteit), in cooperation with […]
The Flemish Minister for Energy, Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen), wants to install an underwater electricity connection between Belgium and Denmark, the Belga press agency announced on Wednesday. Energy provider Elia and environmental organization Greenpeace are in favor of the […]
The call-up bus service, the ‘bell bus’ as we know it today, will disappear in 2022. In the future, people in the countryside who need public transport will have to order a taxi, a private shuttle or a shared means […]
Wallonia plans its economic recovery and it will go through road works and investments in waterways. After announcing an investment of €1,5 billion back in 2019, the Region increases the budget to two billion euro over six years. For its […]
Ten Belgian Renault dealer groups have joined forces to promote car-sharing. Under the name Share4Mobility, they want to ensure national coverage, anticipating the trend for less car ownership and more alternative car use. Share4Mobility is the initiative of 10 Belgian […]
Thanks to investments in radars and average speed checks, the Brussels police zones are going to carry out targeted checks and impose fines for compliance with the 30 km/hour rule that has been in place in the Capital Region since […]
On Monday, energy provider Luminus and Zefier, a communal holding participating in environmentally friendly energy production, have created Zo-Fier, a common subsidiary that will focus on developing, constructing, and exploiting projects for renewable energy in the 168 municipalities Zefier is […]
Amsterdam is taking legal action against one of the apps that warn people about ‘scan cars’. The latter can register parked or driving cars that are breaching regulations. Since the introduction of scan cars, there is a proliferation of apps […]
With the new Brupass XL tickets and season tickets, as from 1 February, there will be a single ticket and a common fare for public transport in Brussels and an extended zone of 11,5 km around the capital region and […]
Eurostar, the company that organizes the fast train connection between France and Great Britain, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Now that there is only one train a day, the company urgently needs support. The French railway company SNCF sounded […]
BMW is canceling its monthly subscription program ‘BMW Access’ by the end of January in the USA. Officially because the Nashville, Tennessee, project was always meant as a pilot with BMW now looking into future possibilities, ‘developing the next iteration’. […]
Last year, 25 807 new motorbikes were sold in Belgium. That is 3,5% more than a year earlier. This is shown by figures provided by Febiac, the Belgian federation of car and two-wheelers importers. It is a remarkable increase because, […]
Belgian historical automotive importer D’Ieteren Auto changes its name to become ‘D’Ieteren’. Although maybe not clear to non-insiders at first sight, the new identity should position it along with the group’s other activities (Belron, Moleskine, and D’Ieteren Immo) and mark […]
When you’re involved in a traffic accident, it is not always clear whether or not you were responsible. That is why the Belgian attorney’s office Intolaw developed a special tool to help you. Surf to mijnverkeersongeval.be (my traffic accident) and […]
Online sales are rising worldwide due to the corona pandemic, but those who want to buy a new car still prefer to do so physically rather than online. This is shown by a market survey among consumers by Belgian sector […]
According to a survey by HR service provider Acerta, three out of ten Belgian employees (28%) want to lease a bicycle via their employer. Acerta questioned more than 2 000 working Belgians. About one-fifth of the employees already receive cycling […]
General Motors launches a new Bright Drop brand to offer electric delivery vehicles combined with roll containers and an intelligent cloud-based logistics platform. Delivery company FedEx will start using this system from the end of 2021. New brand A few […]
On Tuesday, French Groupe Renault (Renault, Dacia, Lada, Renault Samsung Motors & Alpine) announced having sold 800 000 fewer cars in 2020 than the previous year, which equals a 21,3% sales drop. On the other hand, sales of EVs and […]
Alain Visser, CEO of Lynk & Co, preaches the revolution. He doesn’t want to sell cars anymore, he wants to lend them monthly, and he wants his clients to share them. In this second part of the interview, he explains […]
Last year, the general traffic intensity decreased by 18% compared to one year before. According to figures from the TomTom Traffic Index, a report about the traffic situation in 57 countries (416 cities), traffic increase was most spectacular in large […]
Belgian traffic safety institute Vias, mobility organization VAB, and Dutch motorcyclists of MotorNL ask car drivers not to hang their face masks on their driving mirror. “It obstructs their view and may cause distraction,” they say. “It makes motorcyclists, cyclists, […]
Many cars sold worldwide over the past decade were white, and even today, the number of white cars in traffic is impressive. But why? Is it a question of fashion? Or is it a technology-related trend? Let’s try to find […]
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