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As part of the French group’s ‘Renaulution‘ plan, presented in early 2021, Renault has upgraded and brought together its three Northern France manufacturing sites under one umbrella, called ElectriCity. With the ambitious goal of producing 400 000 EVs by 2025, […]
British sports car manufacturer Lotus, owned by Chinese Geely, presented its new lightweight chassis to underpin future electric sports cars. The rear structure is 37% lighter than it is on the Lotus Emira V6, the company claims and will be […]
American car manufacturer General Motors has announced that the long-running battery problems with the Chevrolet Bolt have finally been resolved. Production of the batteries has resumed, according to the company. Battery modules to replace defective ones should be available from […]
EXia, a spin-off of the Brussels University VUB, founded in 2013, has developed a sensor system for trucks that actively warns the truck driver of vulnerable road users in the blind spot zone around the vehicle. Insurer Ethias supports this […]
A group of 22 coeds working under Solar Team Eindhoven has just unveiled Stella Vita, the world’s first entirely solar-powered camper. The vehicle features a pop-up and slide-out roof lined with solar panels that the students claim to produce enough […]
Several American companies – American Airlines, Microsoft, Bank of America, and General Motors, among others – have donated a total of one billion dollars to support the Breakthrough Energy project. The project is Microsoft’s founders Bill Gates’ initiative and intended […]
Renault wants to conclude a new social agreement on its triennial plan (2022-2024). This foresees hiring 2 500 new employees and licensing 2 000 others. Thus, a net gain of 500 in France, Renault points out. It forgets that it’s […]
The Belgian students of the Agoria Solar Team have claimed their second consecutive victory in the iLumen European Solar Challenge (iESC), a 24-hour endurance race for solar cars on the racetrack of Zolder, Belgium. During the Challenge, each team can […]
MG is a Chinese brand that can launch the right product at the right time, as today the brand is bringing out a semi-premium SUV at a starting price of €40 000. MG is one of the new players in […]
It’s been six years now since Dieselgate shook up the entire auto world. Yesterday, the trial in Braunschweig (Germany) began against 4 VW managers held responsible for the fraud. The trial of former top manager Wintekorn has, once again, been […]
General Motors advises its Chevrolet Bolt customers to park their car at least 50 feet (15 m) away from other vehicles and on the top floor of parking garages to avoid collateral damage in the ‘rare case of fire’. GM […]
A British study by French energy provider EDF shows that SUV drivers in the UK could save up to almost 9 million tons of CO2 a year by switching from a combustion engine SUV to an electric SUV. EDF found […]
Energy supplier Brusol, an initiative of solar panel company EnergyVision, aims to install a thousand semi-public charging stations in the Brussels region in the coming months. The charging stations will be rolled out according to the same formula that Brusol […]
Ford Motor Company is setting up with Walmart, America’s biggest grocer, a pilot for self-driving delivery service in Austin (Texas), Miami (Florida), and Washington DC. A small fleet of Ford Escape Hybrids with Argo AI self-driving technology will bring groceries […]
Mobia, the cooperation between Belgian car federation Febiac, garage sector federation Traxio, and the leasing federation Renta, has presented its ‘Mobility White Paper 2021 – 2022‘. It pleads again for an affordable, individual choice for everyone’s mobility needs. They estimate […]
While the EU still has to agree on a proposed ban on new sales of internal combustion engines (ICE) by 2035, Italy apparently is lobbying behind the scenes at the Commission to get an exception for its supercar manufacturers like […]
Under the flag of its Components department, German carmaker Volkswagen opened in Salzgitter on Monday one of Europe’s most sophisticated battery cell labs, as it claims in the press release. In addition, VW invests another 70 million euros in expanding […]
Volvo has upgraded the plug-in hybrid powertrains on its large SPA platform. As a result, in the 60 and 90 series Recharge models, the electric range is expected to increase to 90 kilometers. The PHEV variants of the XC40, which […]
According to a press release, Chinese luxury electric carmaker NIO announced in the aftermath of the Munich IAA motor show that it will debut its flagship sedan ET7 as its first model to be delivered in Germany in Q4 of […]
In par with its latest EQS and EQE, Mercedes-Benz is going all-out on electric cars. That also includes their iconic Geländewagen or G-Class. At the IAA Mobility 2021, the German manufacturer showcases a near-production electric EQG concept alongside the Mercedes-Maybach […]
Brussels public transport’s CEO, Brieux de Meeûs, has confirmed in an interview: the operator’s new Mobility as a Service (MaaS) app will be ready by the end of 2022. MoveBrussels will allow commuters to plan their itinerary, book tickets, e-scooters, […]
Toyota plans to invest a total of 1,5 trillion yen (some € 11.5 billion) in expanding its battery production and battery development by 2030. In addition, Toyota is increasing its battery production target from 180 GWh to at least 200 […]
At the IAA Mobility, Porsche presented its purely electric customer motorsport vision with the Mission R concept. The concept car is intended to be more than just a design study, and a rolling chassis is already being tested. Porsche already […]
Bosch developed a universal charging cable that can be used at a home power socket and a charging station. The typical ‘box’ attached to the slow home charge cable disappears. User friendly EV drivers often complain about carrying two types […]
Daimler’s focus on battery-electric vehicles also has an impact on plug-in hybrids. The Stuttgart-based carmaker is no longer planning any new developments here. Others, like car industry supplier ZF, however, see another and longer future for PHEVs. So, the plan […]
At the IAA in Munich, Volkswagen is showing the ID.LIFE, a compact and electrically powered city car that will hit the market from 2025 and cost between € 20 000 and € 25 000. Compact EVs getting more significant It’s […]
At the IAA Mobility in Munich, tiny city-car manufacturer Smart has unveiled Concept #1, previewing the first electric production model under the joint ownership of Daimler and Geely. Designed in Germany and conceived in China, it is to be built […]
From 1 July 2022, a particular counter test (PN measurement) will be used during the annual vehicle inspection for diesel cars. This should detect defective or removed soot filters, says Flemish Minister for Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld). “Since a […]
The BMW Group is increasing the pace of its efforts to combat climate change. Looking ahead to introducing the ‘Neue Klasse’ (the new class), the company is further strengthening its self-defined objectives to reduce CO2 emissions significantly. It is committing […]
Audi shows its second futuristic and electrically powered sphere concept, a luxury limo called ‘Grandsphere’. After the sports-oriented Skysphere, today’s Grandsphere is a concept name that covers the flag. With 5.35 meters, it is a lot larger than the A8, […]
German carmaker BMW is venturing into virtual and augmented reality worlds by launching its own ‘Joytopia’ virtual universe or ‘metaverse’. In this, someone can have himself ‘teleported’ into a virtual person – an avatar – to stroll around the Munich […]
Spanish Volkswagen-Seat subsidiary brand CUPRA is showing at the IAA Munich International Motor Show a concept version of a very extreme electric city car, the Urban Rebel. However, despite its extreme look, it heralds a compact electric city car that […]
Dutch startup LeydenJar, a spin-off from technology institute TNO, managed to raise €22 million with investors to bring its silicon battery technology to the market shortly. The latter should give lithium-ion batteries a 70% higher capacity, which means equal longer […]
Swiss e-truck conversion brand Futuricum and Deutsche Post’s DPD have set an official Guinness World Record, winning the title of the longest distance covered by an electric truck without a charging stop with 1 099 kilometers driven. The truck was […]
At Eurobike in Friedrichshafen, which is opening doors today, Schaeffler will be presenting a new ‘bike-by-wire’ system called Free Drive. It’s an innovative drive system for e-bikes that dispenses with the usual chain or belt. There’s no mechanical connection between […]
