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Flemish political party, CD&V, wants to raise the number of electric charging stations in Brussels to 4.000. At the moment only four were recently inaugurated. This is a great contrast with many other cities. “Everybody talks about particulate pollution”, says […]
American e-truck manufacturer, Nikola, the alter ego of Tesla in the field of electric semi-trucks, has presented an all electric jet-ski-like watercraft, called WAV, and an electric off-roader, NZT, as part of its Powersports division. Both were presented at a […]
The Flemish government has decided not to buy any vehicles with a traditional combustion engine anymore. The decision fits in the context of creating a more sustainable fleet as from 2021. Environmentally friendly transport Flemish authorities, stimulated by Minister Liesbeth […]
The city of Ostend will soon be introducing shared scooters. From the first half of May the seaside resort will launch 500 electric shared scooters, Ostend Alderman for Mobility, Björn Anseeuw (N-VA) announced. “I think it’s really important to give […]
Hyundai’s premium brand, Genesis, has just revealed the Mint Concept. It introduces the new typology of a premium city car, according to the manufacturer. The car has its première at the New York International Auto Show 2019 opening tomorrow, the […]
Taking out a loan for an (electric) bicycle is growing increasingly popular the last twelve months. KBC even saw its results increase with 176% the first three months of the year. Banks offering bicycle leasing saw at least a tripled […]
The Shanghai Motor Show has opened while the Chinese car market has known a fallback of -2,8% last year, for the first time in almost 30 years. The euphoria of last editions may be gone, electrification is coming with big […]
On Tuesday, a new blind angle alarm system was introduced to warn cyclists for dangerous situations. The system called ‘SofAlert’, referring to Sofie De Ridder, a 12-year-old school girl killed in traffic, is thought up by Sofie’s classmates. Mission accomplished […]
Russian car manufacturer, Avtovaz (part of Renault), has announced that it’s withdrawing from the European market. Its Lada models can’t meet the more stringent emission regulations anymore. It is expected that the withdrawal will be temporary, as Lada is preparing […]
The first all-electric Aston Martin has finally been revealed at the Shanghai Motorshow. The Rapide E is based on the existing combustion-engined Aston Martin Rapide sedan. Only 155 will be made, and Aston Martin didn’t announce a price for the […]
China is the leading market for electric cars in the world. But is even this huge market big enough for all the potential sellers? Analysts have their doubts. According to the latest forecasts, there will be 1,6 million electric cars […]
Audi has lowered the 2019 production forecast for its Brussels plant by more than 10.000 cars to 45.242 units. While Audi does not officially comment, internal sources say battery deliveries are not going as planned. According to the same sources, […]
The electric car is slowly becoming common sight on the Dutch roads. Last month, the cape of 50.000 was rounded. Reason for this sudden increase is the advent of new and cheaper models. Not even 1% is electric The expensive […]
The speed camera game in Belgium is going up a notch with the delivery of the first handheld speed radar guns to police departments later this year. While homologation is still pending, commissioners already know that they will equip motorbike […]
Mercedes-Benz Cars is now deploying a whole dealer network specialized in electrified cars launched under the EQ (Electric Intelligence) label. In all, 65 selling points will comply with the Mercedes-Benz’ expectations. These include the selling, maintaining and repairing of electrical […]
On Thursday, a new app was officially introduced in the harbour of Zeebrugge. ‘Flux’, as the app is called, is meant to make truck traffic in the harbour and on international roads safer and more fluent. The app can be […]
Norwegian OSM Aviation, specialized in training air crews, has placed an order for 60 electric eFlyer 2 planes with Denver, Colorado (US) based Bye Aerospace. They will be used in its flight training centres to qualify pilots for the ‘future […]
By 2022, Jeep will offer its first fully electric 4×4. The launch of electric models is part of an expansion plan for the brand’s line-up. Over the next three years, Jeep will double its number of models to ten. Along […]
Herbert Diess, CEO of the Volkswagen Group, thinks his company has turned the page and is ready for future challenges. But surely now, you can’t take things for granted and much will depend on the governmental politics in the matter. […]
The car sector is facing huge investments the coming years to keep up with changing consumer habits, more stringent regulations and new technology. More and more people concerned think that the only way to survive is consolidation. The late Sergio […]
After the court battle turmoil with taxi companies, the American ride-hailing company launches ‘Uber Movement’. The new project makes traffic data collected by drivers available to the public and the government. Brussels is the 27th city in the world and […]
To improve the readability of traffic signs in the Belgian capital, the Brussels government has just launched the online application, eSign, which lists all traffic signs in the capital. Brussels Mobility and several Brussels municipalities, as well as the secretariat […]
Dutch railway company NS’s subsidiary, Abelio, will be operating the trains in the British region East Midlands the next eight years. The company won the tender, as was announced by the British Minister for Transport. The concession that starts mid-August, […]
Measuring traffic until now was limited in time, expensive and made no difference between sorts of vehicles. This week inhabitants of Kessel-Lo (south of Louvain, centre of Belgium) started their own measurements. They’re using a small do-it-yourself pack called Telraam […]
Uber expands its ‘Jump’ electric step scooter service to Europe. The service will launch in Madrid, where the company already offers food delivery and contested ride hailing services. 566 step scooters will be available in the Spanish capital at a […]
Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi is going to commercialize its vehicle-to-grid (V2G) solution and make the hybrid Outlander PHEV a backup battery for solar panels and to light up your home at dusk when needed. In Japan Mitsubishi is rolling out the […]
The coming three years, Shell is going to invest 300 million dollar in the planting of trees all over the world. As part of the worldwide investment program, Shell will invest 17 million dollar in the country fund of the […]
Three years after he left Houten (Utrecht, The Netherlands), Dutch adventurer Wiebe Wakker finally arrived in Sydney (Australia), after a 95.000 km journey with an electric vehicle. The longest trip ever with an electric car. Symbolic value “The moment of […]
Since October 2018, the Belgian car market is receding. This hasn’t happened in years and is the result of different events. First of all the transition to WLTP rules but most important the uncertainty about the automotive future. The Belgian […]
While Elon Musk had to admit deliveries of Teslas in the first quarter slowed down 31% compared to the last quarter of 2018, the company forces faster disembarkation at the Port of Zeebrugge. Meanwhile, an American judge gives Musk two […]
Both in Antwerp and Brussels, the number of shared electric scooters is rising sharply. Especially in the capital they are omnipresent. In three months time their number has increased from 3.000 to 4.000 shared e-scooters. The sharp growth is mainly […]
In its latest ‘Go Further’ event, called ‘Go Electric’, Ford of Europe has announced a big electrification program for its European portfolio. Most of them will be hybrid variants, but there are also two purely electrical vehicles in the pipeline. […]
Minister of Work, Kris Peeters (CD&V), launched the website mobiliteitsbudget.be on Monday. Employers and employees with a company car can surf to it to find an answer to all their questions about the measure, approved by Parliament at the end […]
Burning wood to heat the house is much more harmful than any other way of heating. Families heating their homes by burning wood are responsible for 60% of air pollution, causing illnesses and damage to buildings as well. That is […]
In Norway last month, 58,4% of total new car sales was zero emission. Mostly full electric or for a small part hydrogen driven. In March 2018 this was 37,2%. The spectacular growth is mostly due to Tesla delivering finally its […]
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