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October 17, 2019

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Mazda’s view on electric motoring

Tony Verhelle Posted On October 17, 2019

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 […]

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Driving the Peugeot e-208, an EV ready to convince

Tony Verhelle Posted On October 2, 2019

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 […]

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Mercedes EQC: first car of the new era is a semi-old one

Tony Verhelle Posted On August 26, 2019

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 […]

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Etienne de Calataÿ: ‘Company cars are bad for the environment’

Tony Verhelle Posted On August 21, 2019

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 […]

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‘Mobility will be tailor-made and invoiced per km by 2039’

Joris Van Roy Posted On August 6, 2019

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 […]

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Bellot berates Brussels Mobility plan

Félix Bouland Posted On July 19, 2019

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 […]

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Driving on electricity: ‘the new normal’

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On July 15, 2019

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 […]

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‘Free public transport: Wallonia’s fake good idea’

Félix Bouland Posted On May 21, 2019

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 […]

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Automotive sector consolidating: will it work?

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On May 17, 2019

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 […]

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Belgian opinion leaders sound alarm bell toward politicians

Tony Verhelle Posted On May 6, 2019

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 […]

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‘EV only after 697.612 km greener than petrol car’

Tony Verhelle Posted On March 7, 2019

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. […]

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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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Vandenbroucke: ‘There’s no alternative to the car’

Tony Verhelle Posted On January 22, 2019

Reacting to the survey published on Monday about the multi-modal use of transport solutions, MP Joris Vandenbroucke (sp.a) deplores there is no alternative for the car. Only one out of six Belgians sees the multi-modal use of transport facilities as […]

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Will 2019 finally be the year of the electric car?

Tony Verhelle Posted On December 28, 2018

In 2019 a whole bunch of new electric models will come on the market, but it’s still peanuts compared to the entire market. Not the great breakthrough yet…? A few years ago, 2018 was promised to be the year the […]

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Pieter Boussemaere: ‘wood fire is bad for health but good for climate’

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On December 27, 2018

The Christmas speech from Belgian king Filip didn’t go down very well with a lot of Belgian citizens. Citizens were upset to see a crackling wood fire in the background, while the king was talking about the climate. “The ultimate […]

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Flemish families choose Nissan Leaf as family car of the year

Tony Verhelle Posted On November 30, 2018

Every year mobility club VAB organizes a family car of the year election and in the category electric and hybrid vehicles the Nissan Leaf was the winner in 2018, followed by the Hyundai Kona EV and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. […]

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Joost Kaesemans (Febiac): “Electric car is not the only solution”

Tony Verhelle Posted On November 16, 2018

Joost Kaesemans, communication director at Febiac, the Belgian association of motoring manufacturers and importers, gives his views on car propulsion of the future. “The Brussels region is doing a survey lately on how a possible ban on cars with an […]

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‘Is the world’s population explosion threatening our climate efforts?’

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On November 6, 2018

Is the world’s population explosion threatening the efforts we’re about to do to save the climate for further warming up? “It doesn’t matter how many people live on earth, as long as we manage to create a society without burning […]

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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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CEO De Lijn: ‘Motorist will only use public transport if it goes as fast as a car’

Luc Joris Posted On September 14, 2018

In an opinion article in newspaper De Tijd, Roger Kesteloot, Director-General of the Flemish transport company De Lijn, argues for more investments in public transport. “The motorist will only use public transport if it goes as fast as a car”, he […]

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Public charging stations not crucial for breakthrough e-car

Gert Verhoeven Posted On September 7, 2018

Interest in electric cars remains very weak on the Belgian car market. Buyers are reluctant to buy an electric car for fear of not finding a charging station. However, only 5% of the charges in Europe is made at a […]

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