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“The wages and bonuses of top managers at Daimler and other automotive companies have to be reduced drastically,” says Ola Källenius, Daimler’s CEO. “Otherwise, we won’t survive the corona crisis,” he added. According to Daimler’s CEO, the corona crisis isn’t […]
The German grid manager, 50Hertz, a subsidiary of the Belgian Elia, wants to be fully operational on renewable energy by 2032. Today, this is 60%. 50Hertz has expressed its ambition to be the first to provide its entire grid with […]
As part of the automotive sector support plan announced by President Emmanuel Macron, the French government will allocate 150 million euros to 27 automotive R&D projects. The aim is to focus on the development of future greener technologies, such as […]
Citroën’s new, small, two-seater EV is now available for sale in 39 shops of the French electronics and book retailer Fnac Darty. Starting from 6 000 euros or 20 euros per month, the Citroën Ami is a microcar aimed at […]
Belgian EV-Quip is launching for the Benelux market the NRGkick, an Austrian-developed smart mobile EV charger that claims to make a wall box obsolete. It can replace the standard charging cable of any electric car and offers app-controlled smart AC-charging […]
Jaguar Land Rover has started a subscription service for its cars in the UK. ‘Pivotal’ is an all-in premium subscription for JLR models with full flexibility. Electric during one period, and ICE in the following months? No problem at all. […]
Belgium’s electric car fleet is continuing to grow slowly, with 3 775 units registered since the beginning of the year (2,3%). However, unlike Flanders, which plans on installing 30 000 charging points by 2024, Wallonia lags behind and strongly believes that […]
Swapfiets, the company with the iconic shared bicycles with the blue front tire, is planning to conquer the European capitals. On Thursday, the company has announced to expand its working territory to London, Paris, and Milan before the end of […]
On Wednesday, the Californian car and battery manufacturer became the biggest automotive company when you take its stock value into account. With 207,7 billion dollars of worth, it overtook Toyota (202 billion), until now the ‘biggest’ car company. On the […]
On Wednesday, Luca de Meo, former head of Seat, is taking control of Renault as the new CEO. The Italian-born 53-year-old gets the difficult task of putting back on its feet a company traumatized by the fall of Ghosn, shaken […]
The sales of speed pedelecs keep on rising, particularly in Antwerp. In the meantime, Belgium has 33 090 of those fast bikes registered. The number has tripled compared to two years ago. The province of Antwerp alone has 11 575 […]
The city of Leuven already offers shared cars from Cambio and Partago, but on Wednesday, June 1st, the city introduces shared cargo bikes from the Dutch company Cargoroo. In the first phase, nine vehicles will be parked in the inner […]
After 116 years and some 9,6 million cars, the last one with an internal combustion engine (ICE) has been produced in VW’s Zwickau plant (in the state of Saxony, Eastern part of Germany). It was a white VW Golf Variant. […]
According to the latest Arval Mobility Observatory, realized before the lockdown, Belgium is one of Europe’s most advanced markets in terms of alternative mobility solutions within companies. 69% of them offer alternatives such as bike leasing, carpooling, public transport passes, […]
The federal police in Belgium need quite a budget to pollute less and meet the standards of low-emission zones (LEZ). This is shown by figures from Interior Minister Pieter De Crem (CD&V). A total of 36,8 million euros will be […]
The 2021 edition of the Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) will also be canceled. The organizers are not sure if it will work yet, and are also wrestling with the financial consequences of the annulation of the 2020 edition. The […]
Belgian start-up Classified, founded by former employees of Punch Powertrain, developed a virtual derailleur that takes over the task of the double gears on the crankshaft of a bicycle with derailleur gears. It could be a game-changer, the developers believe. […]
ElectriCity is assembling several players to start a project of electric taxis being charged ‘wireless’ via an inductive charging platform in the city of Oslo. The Norwegian capital is considered lately as the capital of automotive electrification. The ElectriCity project […]
On Friday, 599 Polestar 2 models arrive in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. It’s the first of four similar shipments and signifies the start of the new brand in Europe. The Polestar 2 is a direct competitor for the Tesla […]
The current manufacturer of the Segway HT, Chinese robot specialist Ninebot, has indicated that production of the self-balancing two-wheeler will cease on July 15, 2020. Poor sales results Although the Segway is very well known, the product launched in 2001 […]
While Walloon authorities refuse to confirm the failure of the Chinese Thunder Power on the former Caterpillar site in Charleroi, the project is said to be at a standstill. Some even say it is clinically dead due to the coronavirus […]
The shared bicycle platform Blue-bike, together with Ethias and the Flemish authorities, is offering 10 000 free test rides. Interested commuters and day-trippers can try out one of the Bue-bikes for free. Corona exit strategy The initiative is part of […]
In France, sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles are booming with 13 000 new registrations since January. With new models arriving every month, and the 2 000 euro governmental incentive for vehicles costing less than 40 000 euros, PHEV sales are […]
According to The Shift Project reflection group, Europe may run out of oil by 2030. The tightening of the world’s oil supply, changes in oil consumption in Africa and China, and the consequences of the Covid-19 health crisis could jeopardize […]
Good, reliable software is paramount. That’s now also very clear for the largest car manufacturer in the world, the VW Group. And that’s why a new entity within the group will create a VW OS, a home-developed operating system for […]
According to the Norwegian Transport Economics Institute, cyclists wearing a helmet see their risks of severe injury drop by 60%. Plus, nearly 40% of cyclist’s deaths could have been avoided with helmets. Studies also show that e-bikes are more dangerous […]
Diesel Emissions Justice Foundation, a Dutch foundation defending duped car buyers, sues Daimler before the Amsterdam Court. The car manufacturer is supposed to have installed sophisticated defeat devices in its software for recent diesel cars. DEJF defends car buyers from […]
Mazda’s parts distribution center Mazda Logistics Europe and the Belgian importer Mazda Motor Belux choose to go electric. They have put almost 3 700 solar panels on their roofs and installed 86 charging points in the parking lot. In collaboration […]
BMW Group has announced that it will cut 6 000 jobs from the 126 000 it employs worldwide. It hopes to do this with several measures but avoiding direct dismissals. Until now, BMW was suffering less from the corona crisis […]
Brussels electric and connected bicycle start-up, Cowboy, is launching the third generation of its e-bike. Founded back in 2017, the young company is present on nine EU markets and saw its volumes tripled since the beginning of the year. According […]
When we talk about the car industry, we immediately think of countries like Germany or France. But almost the whole European Union is heavily involved in the automotive industry. Take the Netherlands, some 40 000 Dutchmen (and women) work in […]
‘Flying’ nearly noiseless over the water at 30 knots (55 km/h) with a 100% electric hydrofoil speedboat. Tesla-feeling on the water. It’s what the Swedish Candela Seven is promising and delivering. And this while consuming less than 10 euro cents […]
The Geneva Motor Show is in danger of going bankrupt if no solutions are found by September 2020. An edition 2021, which the canton asks in exchange for a loan of 16,8 million Swiss francs (15,7 million euros), is not […]
According to the automotive sector’s federation Traxio, Belgium’s new car sales number for 2020 could see a drop of 20 to 35% due to the coronavirus health crisis. While dealerships are offering stock deals, Traxio notes that the sector would […]
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 […]
