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March 29, 2020

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Electric Touring Car Championship ready for take-off

Gert Verhoeven Posted On February 20, 2020

In 2021 a new touring car championship will start with strictly electric cars. This year the Pure ETCR championship will be presented during promo events and in the context of existing WTCR races. This was officially presented in Paris last […]

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Formula Electric Belgium ready to race

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On July 8, 2019

The Umicore Eclipse, an electric racecar built by KU Leuven and Thomas More College students, debuts in the Formula Student championship today. Formula Electric Belgium, as the team is called, will compete against other student teams. The first race takes […]

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Ferrari goes plug-in hybrid with SF90 Stradale hypercar

Félix Bouland Posted On June 3, 2019

On Wednesday, Ferrari presented its new SF90 Stradale hypercar. Celebrating the company’s 90th anniversary, the 1.000hp machine is their first plug-in hybrid vehicle. Equipped with four-wheel drive, it can do 0 to 100 kph in 2,5 seconds and drive in […]

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e-Truck builder Nikola goes on the water and off-road

Joris Van Roy Posted On April 19, 2019

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 […]

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‘6 hours from Courtrai’ rally banned for climate reasons

Luc Joris Posted On February 25, 2019

Marc Doutreluingne, the liberal mayor of West-Flemish Zwevegem, wants to ban the popular ‘6 hours from Courtrai’ rally of the territory of its municipality. The city council has been providing logistical support for the event for years, but the Open […]

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IT manager launches ‘shared snow chain platform’

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On December 12, 2018

Eric Goris, a former geographer and IT manager from Louvain (Belgium), is launching an online platform for sharing snow chains. SnowXchains aims at bringing snow chain owners in contact with people wanting to rent them. People leaving for winter holidays […]

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Stoffel Vandoorne goes electric in Formula E

Gert Verhoeven Posted On October 16, 2018

Belgian pilot, Stoffel Vandoorne, exchanges Formula 1 where he was driving for McLaren as a teammate of Fernando Alonso, for the electric Formula E championship. Formula E is not a classic motor sport and it is meant to ‘reinvent motor […]

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Dutch students set new record with hydrogen racing car

Gert Verhoeven Posted On August 24, 2018

A student team of the Dutch Technical University of Delft has set a new record with its hydrogen racing car, Forze VIII, on the Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands. Last weekend, it was also the first hydrogen racing car competing […]

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t’Serstevens: ‘we sell a Porsche every two hours in Belgium’

Tony Verhelle Posted On August 24, 2018

The first half of the year, Porsche progressed with 6% in Belgium. Selling 3.500 sports cars a year, D’Ieteren is the biggest independent Porsche importer in volume in the world. CEO, Didier t’Serstevens, wants to improve these figures further and […]

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One third commutes by car for less than 10 km

Gert Verhoeven Posted On August 20, 2018

According to a survey of Sport Vlaanderen among 18.257 employees of 162 participating companies, about 60% of employees is commuting by car, even when they live less than ten kilometres from their work. Still, half of them say they’re willing […]

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Tesla diversifies and sells… a $1.500 surfboard

Luc Joris Posted On July 31, 2018

Maybe Elon Musk is a fervent fan of The Beach Boys’ hit Surfin’, maybe not, but in any case, he is unstoppable. After his 500-dollar flame thrower, sold at 20.000 copies at the end of January – all of which […]

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‘Belgian Grand Prix F1 brings in 315% ROI for Wallonia’

Joris Van Roy Posted On January 22, 2018

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 […]

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Are old timers the new Van Goghs as symbols of wealth and status?

Tony Verhelle Posted On December 8, 2017

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 […]

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Ex F1-pilot d’Ambrosio hops on Swiss electric bike

Joris Van Roy Posted On December 4, 2017

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 […]

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Umicore and Voxdale step into electric racing

Joris Van Roy Posted On November 10, 2017

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 […]

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Zolder circuit loses ‘Electric GT-race’

Iwan Kneuts Posted On November 6, 2017

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 […]

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French app offers a maritime equivalent for carpooling

Iwan Kneuts Posted On September 26, 2017

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 […]

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Motor shows like IAA Frankfurt loosing impact

Félix Bouland Posted On September 11, 2017

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 […]

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Formula E: reinventing motor sports

Félix Bouland Posted On September 8, 2017

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 […]

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Melchior Wathelet takes helm at Spa-Francorchamps

Joris Van Roy Posted On May 10, 2017

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 […]

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First official eco-friendly rally in Belgium

Joris Van Roy Posted On April 26, 2017

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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