On Monday Porsche’s three times Le Mans winning 919 Hybrid Evo has broken the fastest track record set ever on the F1 circuit in Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium). Swiss driver Neel Jani did the 7,004 km technically demanding track in 1.41.770 minutes, […]
Organizing the Belgian Grand Prix Formula 1 in Spa-Francorchamps brought in 20,5 million euro in economic revenue for the Walloon Region in 2017, a 21% rise and a ‘return on investment’ (ROI) n of 315%. These figures come from a […]
Until now you had art, jewels, boats or planes as symbols of power, wealth and status. Old timers are nestling themselves in these category now, they are becoming a new status symbol with a cherished added value: driving pleasure. Prices […]
Former Belgian Formula 1 pilot Jérôme d’Ambrosio jumps onto the Swiss electric folding bike Voltitude by investing in the startup and become ‘global brand ambassador’ for the company. He will also reside within the advice committee. “Electric bicycles will play […]
Indian Formula-E Mahindra Racing has announced a three-year partnership with Belgian companies Umicore and Voxdale. They will develop a new racing car for next seasons’ E-circuit formula, the electrical variant of Formula 1. Battery components and recycling specialist Umicore will […]
The Electric GT championship, an European series for race prepared Tesla’s, is in the air again. Initially planned to start this month in the Marseille region, the start of the championship is postponed until at least mid-2018. The race in […]
France, where 11 years ago the now popular car sharing app BlaBlaCar was launched, now has a maritime equivalent. No ‘covoiturage’ but ‘cobaturage’. Cost sharing Since 2015 the website cobaturage.fr applies the same principle to vessels. Who doesn’t own a […]
For this year’s edition of the IAA Frankfurt motor show starting September 12, ten car makers representing 20% of Europe’s car market, will not be present on the stands. Though the climate is still optimistic in terms of sales, car […]
From Paris to New York, every big city in the world seems to want to host a Formula E race. The single-seater electric car race launched in 2014, has been ever-growing in popularity with brands like Audi, BMW, Mercedes and […]
With intelligent planning software to reduce travel distances, Belgian startup Movetex from Herzele saves millions of driving kilometres, like in the Flemish football competition. “It won’t save the planet”, founders Dieter De Naeyer and Ken De Norre says, “but it […]
Of all the bikes that are sold in Belgium, almost one third is an e-bike. Belgium is the European front runner when it comes to e-bikes because the market is even more important than the one in the Netherlands. The […]
Former Minister Melchior Wathelet (cdH) is coming out of the shades again after he left politics and takes the helm at Spa-Francorchamps, being chairman of the two public companies running the race circuit. Wathelet, a car passionate, takes the presidency […]
In the margin of the yearly Omloop van Vlaanderen rally, in September, the first official eco-friendly rally for energy neutral cars like electric cars, fuel cell cars and plug-in hybrids will be driven in the same location. Organizer KAMV (Koninklijke […]
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