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The Italian car brand, Lancia, has only one model left to sell, the Ypsilon. It only sells in Italy, and nevertheless, it sold more cars in the first half of the year than its sister brand, Alfa Romeo. In June […]
In recent weeks, there was some commotion about the requirement for electric and hybrid vehicles to emit noise. The increasing popularity of the electric car could be a relief for all those who crave for silence, but the lack of […]
The Dutch railway company, NS, is going to experiment with publicity on the trains. Today, the actual screens on the train mainly provide travel information, but soon they will show commercial messages. The ads will be seen on 137 of […]
BMW announced its second-quarter figures on Thursday. The operating result decreased by almost 20% to 2,2 billion euros. Over the first six months of this year (2019), the profit shrank by 49%. Investments in electrification The Munich-based company is investing […]
French airline Air France has announced a new partnership with Paragon ID for the introduction of new connected luggage tags. By using radiofrequency technology, handling companies will be able to track any tagged bag precisely. In theory, this should reduce […]
D’Ieteren’s mobility subsidiary, Poppy, becomes Europe’s first platform of shared mobility to offer free-floating cars, mopeds, and scooters. With around 1.000 vehicles available in Brussels and Antwerp, Poppy wants to reshape urban mobility. “People wonder what to use to go […]
Spain is going to use drones to detect traffic infringements from Thursday. For the time being, three drones with a high-resolution camera will fly above the roads of the Canaries. Later, other drones will be deployed in different regions of […]
Umicore’s stock market value is rising again after the hit it took in April. The Belgian raw material supplier’s half-year results were better than expected. But the company remains prudent about future financial results. Especially the unstable automotive market, Umicore’s […]
A French start-up wants to convert old diesel and petrol cars into electric models – for barely 5.000 euros. Not everyone is convinced. Conversion costs 8.500 euros The French entrepreneur and activist Aymeric Libeau founded Transition-One. With his start-up, he […]
End of this year, Audi will add a cheaper, less powerful version of its e-Tron to its model portfolio. The Audi e-Tron 50 Quattro will still have two motors and all-wheel drive. Its purchase price will be 70.950 euros, 12.550 […]
After six years of darkness on the Dutch highways, the Netherlands has decided to switch on the lights again for safety reasons. In Belgium, Flanders has no intentions to follow the Dutch example, Wallonia is rather betting on ‘intelligent lighting’. […]
The group purchase of an EV organized by the Flemish authorities is finished. Between half of January and half of May, 112 new electric vehicles were ordered through the initiative. In 2020, the Flemish government wants 60.000 electric cars on […]
Company cars are under siege. Nevertheless, not all of them are bad. Due to their frequent renewal, they reduce their CO2 emissions quicker than individually owned vehicles. The recent change to petrol from diesel has negatively influenced this tendency. It’s […]
The Brussels electric bicycle start-up Cowboy from now on proposes two types of insurance for its bicycles. Easy Rider Standard sends Cowboy bike-riders a warning when somebody moves their bike and includes theft insurance. Easy Rider Plus adds damage repair, […]
After a rather small debut during the COP21 in 2015 with five cars, French company Hype is now running 110 hydrogen taxis in France’s capital city. By 2020, the fleet should grow past the 600-mark with 500 new Toyota Mirai. […]
The Dutch food delivery company, Takeaway.com, is about to take over its British competitor Just Eat. If approved by the European competition authorities, the contract will be signed next month. Together, Takeaway.com and Just Eat will be one of Europe’s […]
Flemish authorities are planning to introduce counting points for bicycles along the most important bicycle connections in Flanders. The goal is to check how and how often cyclists use these roads, and to know what the peak hours are. “We […]
The Belgian bus manufacturer, Van Hool, is going to build twenty hydrogen buses for the Dutch public transport company, Qbuzz. One of the most significant orders for hydrogen buses for the company, after the order of forty hydrogen buses for […]
It’s the time of the year. Car manufacturers come with their financial results. And we see more negative than positive signs — a quick round-up of the news that gives us very mixed feelings about the near future in the […]
Transport and logistics company, UPS, hopes to get the green light from the American authorities for commercial delivery service by drones. That is what UPS director of operations, Jim Barber, told AFP on Wednesday. “We hope to have our certificate […]
A new vicious hype has popped up in the southern French port of Marseille. Since the school vacation, hundreds of e-steps have deliberately been thrown in the Mediterranean sea. The offenders are children, often not even ten years old. “We’ve […]
Within five years, the production of electric vehicles (EV) will probably grow sixfold in Europe. But how the mining of cobalt is organized remains a disgrace, tarnishing the sustainable image of EVs. Two-thirds of the world’s cobalt reserves are situated […]
Resigning Flemish Minister for Mobility, Ben Weyts (N-VA), is putting pressure on the Brussels government to finally give the green light for a new tram-bus line between Brussels Expo and Brussels Airport. The hybrid monster bus that looks like a […]
The car-sharing platform, Drivy, and free-floating electric bicycle service, Billy Bike, get together to promote multi-mobility in Brussels. This summer, users sharing their cars via Drivy will automatically get 200 free minutes of Billy Bike use. “Multi-mobility is the keyword […]
After Geely, the biggest single shareholder, now the Chinese BAIC is buying shares of the German car manufacturer Daimler. The Germans are happy that their old partner is now also financially involved. The Chinese market becomes evermore important, also for […]
After France and Great Britain, Karhoo, the British market place for taxi companies and private drivers, now also wants to conquer the Belgian market. That’s what both co-CEOs told the Flemish newspaper, Het Belang van Limburg. Comparing app Karhoo was […]
British iconic sports car manufacturer Lotus, owned by Chinese group Geely since 2017, is making a sharp turn in its strategy. Recently appointed CEO, Phil Popham, is betting on electric powertrains to bring Lotus back on the map. Once an […]
With the Al-Dafna, one of the giant LNG tankers in the world docked in the port of Zeebrugge on Sunday. The arrival of the Q-Max LNG tanker is symbolic of the substantial increase in the supply of liquefied natural gas […]
Setting foot on the moon or Mars, it’s no longer a utopian dream. The Hasselt pilot and astronaut coach, Nancy Vermeulen, has developed a package to offer you this experience. She did this together with space center Kattevennen (Genk, Limburg) […]
The Walloon hydrogen specialist, John Cockerill, has been selected to build the world’s largest electrolyzer. It will produce hydrogen for the fleet of 85 buses that will run in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics village. Power will be supplied by […]
On the 16th of August, BMW will have a new boss, Oliver Zipse. His tasks and responsibilities will be huge. Have times also changed for the German ‘big three’? Zipse will have a lot of challenges to meet shortly. Last […]
Anyone who has to travel to Zaventem airport by car or public transport will now be able to obtain real-time information on journey times in advance. The Brussels Airport Smart City Dashboard provides vital information about traffic to and from […]
Volvo Cars has beaten its sales record in the second quarter of 2019. But meanwhile, the Chinese-owned Swedish car manufacturer saw its profitability decline, caused by prices under pressure and trade tariffs. Meanwhile, the last V40 rolls off the production […]
A Belgian consortium is investigating whether it would be feasible to produce solar energy at sea. The development of floating solar energy plants worldwide is scarcely out of the egg. Today, floating solar energy panels are rarely seen, and most […]
Geely-owned English car manufacturer Lotus has launched a new hypercar, the Evija. It’s electric, has 2.000 horsepower and will cost 1,9 million euros. The plan is to make 130 units. Four engines The Evija (meaning ‘the living one’) has four […]
