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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 […]
Audi CEO and Dutchman Bram Schot, who will be leaving Audi in April, sees two evolutions shortly. First, a lot of brands will disappear because they can’t afford the energy transition. Secondly, a new car will be 3.000 to 5.000 […]
Mobility club VAB has realized its first e-Barometer, surveying 4.000 car users in Flanders. On the question of what they expect from electric mobility, only 5% of individual buyers see themselves in an EV. “The first breakthrough will have to […]
The Belgian branch of the global environmental movement, Extinction Rebellion (XR), calls for a boycott of the Brussels Motor Show. They baptized it the ‘Salon of Lies’ in a press release. XR is planning actions on Saturday 18 January to […]
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 […]
For years now, the EV is knocking at the door, but a real breakthrough has not been realized yet. 2020 could be the start of that new era, at least in Europe, for different reasons. First of all, the offer […]
Europeans spend more, but less on cars. That’s bad news for the car industry in general and the German one in particular. Figures may still seem good at the moment, but prognoses for 2020 are not so promising, on the […]
In comparison to other industries, the car industry is still very much dispersed. Nevertheless, the huge investments that await all car manufacturers are obliging them to work together. In view of what is going on between PSA and FCA, we […]
The jury of the European Car of the Year (COTY) award has selected the seven finalists that will compete for the title of Car of the Year 2020. The final winner will be announced on the 2nd of March in […]
PSA CEO Carlos Tavares can rejoice. He finally has his long-awaited merger with Fiat Chrysler Automobile, creating the fourth largest car manufacturing group in the world. Both companies had already courted each other last year, but FCA president, John Elkann, […]
Toyota is making a statement at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show: it wants to reshape itself into a global mobility company. The philosophy behind it is providing ‘Mobility for All’. Toyota announced its plan to transition into a global mobility […]
The 2019 Tokyo Motor Show just opened its doors. Under the motto ‘Open Future’, the Japanese car industry is trying to look forward, both cautious and hopeful. Due to the venue of the 2020 Olympics, the motor show had to […]
The small and independent Japanese car manufacturer, Mazda, is presenting its first battery-electric vehicle (BEV) at the Tokyo Motor Show next week. Mazda stands for an original multi-solution approach to the energy transition problem. Apart from the transition to (kinds […]
Together with the ICE versions of the new 208, Peugeot launches immediately a pure electric version. In regular use, the e-208 tries not to differ too much from its ‘normal’ brothers, even not in cost. Peugeot wants its clients to […]
At the 2019 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, Jacques Aschenbroich, CEO of French OEM Valeo, gives his views on the evolution of cars’ powertrains. While most carmakers believe that the electric car will replace ICE, the French CEO puts forward the […]
Today, the Frankfurter International Motor Show (IAA) edition 2019 opens its doors for the public. The visitors will be slightly flabbergasted. The glamorous and exuberant days of earlier shows are clearly over. More than 20 different brands have chosen to […]
Mercedes’ first car of its new fully electric range is on the road now. We drove the EQC and found typical qualities, but also reasonably odd inconsistencies. And of course, it’s a Mercedes, so it’s not really affordable for the […]
Recently, a study of HR service provider Acerta concluded that banning company cars would be bad for the environment. Chief Economist Etienne de Callataÿ (Orcadia Asset Management) contradicts this and gives four significant arguments. The Acerta study has found that […]
More than 50 Flemish entrepreneurs have written an open letter to Belgian politicians outlining 36 proposals for a better policy. Besides a radical reform of the Belgian fiscal system and a new view on migration, the entrepreneurs also have recommendations […]
How will your mobility look like in twenty years from now? French newspaper, Le Figaro, probed several experts for their future visions. “Mobility solutions will be abundant, tailor-made, and invoiced per kilometer.” When people try to envision mobility in the […]
Federal Mobility Minister, François Bellot (MR), emits doubts about the new Brussels government’s mobility plan. He points out to a theoretical approach that will be hard to put in place. Plus, he says, it will harm the Region, as it […]
In 1920, Maarten Steinbuch’s great-grandfather, George F. Steinbuch, wrote in his textbook that “the days of the electric car were over”. The reason for its popularity in those days were female drivers because a combustion engine was too hard for […]
On Tuesday, Lee A. Iacocca, an American car legend known as ‘the father of the iconic Ford Mustang’ and ‘savior of Chrysler,’ has died at the age of 94 at his home in Bel Air, California. According to the family, […]
The possible merger between Renault and FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) is not greeted everywhere with the same enthusiasm. Some days ago, FCA launched a 50/50 merger proposal to Renault. The Japanese partners of Renault within the alliance were a bit […]
While various political parties are calling for public transport to become free, the Walloon Transport Operator (OTW), the head office of the TEC, sets the record straight with solid arguments. No modal shift from cars to buses will happen because […]
Big automotive concerns are looking to forge partnerships. Is the industry on the threshold of a worldwide consolidation spree? A much-debated subject. Four reasons why ‘frenemies’ should cooperate and two why these constructions might be doomed to fail. Over the […]
Marc Descheemaecker, former CEO of Belgian rail NMBS/SNCB, pleads in a column in De Standard on Wednesday for a new modern international train station in Schaerbeek. Pick up the old idea of connecting it by aerial cableway to Brussels Airport […]
With important elections coming soon, the sister car magazines AutoGids (Flemish) and Le Moniteur Automobile (French) have asked the major political parties in Belgium what their views are on mobility of the future. Mobility problems are always scoring higher on […]
In a public letter in the press more than 20 Belgian cultural and business opinion leaders call for a joined vision about the future. A vision that transcends the actual disagreements between political parties. The authors of the letter note […]
The group purchase for electric cars launched by the Flemish government has resulted in the buying of 80 electric cars until now. Flemish Energy Minister, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) talks about a big success. Since the beginning of the year, […]
Former Belgian Mobility Card (BMC) boss, Pierre-Paul Bertieaux, thinks the RER/GEM train will never see the light of day if the pricing system doesn’t change. He suggests getting ticketing and pricing out of the operators’ hands and creating a dedicated […]
After the recent Geneva Motor Show the reactions are mitigated. For one, the EV is now ready to really conquer the market. But there are also big worries: Brexit, Trump taxes, European CO2 fines, customer hesitation and last but not […]
For short-haul flights, electric planes could use small regional airports. This would help reduce global CO2 emissions. A growth stop for regional airports, as proposed by the majority in the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer), is a shortsighted point […]
After how much time does an electric vehicle (EV) gets ‘greener’ than a petrol car (ICE or Internal Combustion Engine)? The TV magazine, Auto Mobile, of the French)speaking Belgian national television channel RTBF has calculated that it takes… 697.612 kilometres. […]
