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The British car industry is at the edge of the abyss. Squeezed between Brexit, Covid-19, and the electric transition, it is really fighting for its survival. The lonely bright star at the firmament remains Nissan Sunderland, but for how long […]
In his speech for the (virtual) general assembly of the Belgian federation of car and bicycle importers, Febiac president Philippe Dehennin pointed at the many challenges the car sector is confronted with. He proposes a ‘green deal’ to create a […]
The Japanese car manufacturer has a quite different approach to electrification than most of its (usually far bigger) competitors. We already gave information about this in the recent past. Today, we had the opportunity, as one of the first in […]
According to a report in the Netherlands (EV rapport 2020), electric vehicles are far more dangerous in everyday traffic. The possibility for someone to get hurt is three times as high with an electric car, the report claims. Unfortunately for […]
There’s a possibility that the VW Group CEO Herbert Diess will be gently led to the exit. On Monday, Volkswagen announced that COO Ralf Brandstätter (51) will take over as CEO of the Volkswagen brand, starting the 1st of July. […]
The discussion in France is ongoing. The French car manufacturer Renault is in bad shape for the moment, and one of its biggest shareholders, the French State, is considering the options to save this national monument, including a (re)nationalization. At […]
The corona crisis has led to significant economic fall-out. Many companies are looking to governments and public authorities to save them. In principle, those authorities want to comply, but not at any price. They don’t want to be simple milch […]
A number of Belgian experts have published an opinion article in the newspaper De Standaard criticizing the lack of attention for mobility in post-corona relaunch plans. They feel that the exit lockdown measures don’t take into account the limitations and […]
Europe has launched its ‘Green Deal‘ recently, and also in the States, there is a proposition for ‘a green new deal’ on behalf of the Democrats. Both deals have a big number of points in common, but they also have […]
According to Brussels Mobility Minister, Elke Van den Brandt (Groen), the free-floating car-sharing sector is failing to work because parking is too cheap in the capital. This simplistic remark pushes Brussels deputy, Clémentine Barzin (MR), to call out the government […]
Almost ten years go, BMW was a pioneer in electromobility with two models, the i3 and i8. After years of silence, the first car of the new EV era will be launched in 2021. It’s a 3 Series-sized sedan aiming […]
The 60 members of the Car of the Year jury, coming from 23 European countries, have elected the new Peugeot 208 as The Car of the Year 2020. It won the title with a considerable lead on the Tesla Model […]
160 exhibitors are already breaking up their costly Geneve exhibition stands. The Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) has been canceled this year. The loss for the organizers is estimated at 30 million Swiss Francs; all the exhibitors have to pay […]
The president of Nissan Europe, Gianluca de Ficchy, has evoked the possibility that Nissan could leave Europe because of a no-deal Brexit. A key player in this story is Nissan’s Sunderland plant in north-western England. “If Great Britain is not […]
Volvo/Geely’s electric brand, Polestar, is really coming on the market now. Apparently, the interest of the visitors at the Brussels Motor Show, its first public appearance as a car to be bought, was higher than expected. From Friday on, orders […]
French car manufacturer Peugeot, part of the PSA Group, has no fear about the stringent EU average CO2 rules. At a driving presentation of all their electrified models, they confirmed to be ‘right on track’ to meet the European standards. […]
Klaus Kaldemorgen from the DWS investment fund thinks that there is a bright future for the automobile, but not really for the current car industry. According to him, the digital data and logistics companies will be the first to benefit […]
From the 500.000 visitors to the Brussels Motor Show, there were a lot more interested in purchasing a car than last year. One-third of them showed interest in electrified vehicles, especially hybrids and plug-in hybrids, less in pure electric cars. […]
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 […]
