Dutch navigation specialist, TomTom, has lost another big name, Volvo, to Google in the ‘dashboard battle’, the company announced on Tuesday in the margin of its quarterly previsions update. The Swedish car maker would keep on working with TomTom for […]
Cycling on an e-bike is far from as dangerous as was assumed until now. The risk of ending up in a hospital is just as high as the chance of being injured as an ordinary cyclist. SafetyNL (VeiligheidNL) draws this […]
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 […]
Whether they are start-ups or conventional motor scooter makers, everyone is jumping on the electric scooter bandwagon. A new generation is hitting the streets. Without emissions and relatively cheap, the e-scooter is getting easier to charge and could play a […]
BMW has chosen to team up with Belgian material supplier and recycling group, Umicore, and Swedish battery manufactuere start-up, Northvolt, to create the fist fully European battery supply chain. The three actors will collaborate on the assembly, from the procurement […]
At this year’s Paris Motor Show, BMW CEO Harald Krüger admits that the brand is going through tough times because of the new WLTP regulations and the US-China trade war. For the future, the CEO aims at 25% sales of […]
Helsinki, with Antwerp following in its wake, crowns itself ‘Capital of Mobility as a Service’ (MaaS), being the first city in the world where it is widely possible to buy the mobility you need instantly from public transport to rented […]
Antwerp start-up, Lifepowr, has developed a concept to provide for their own power without using the grid by using solar panels, batteries and dedicated software. By producing and storing electricity locally and use it on the spot, the price per […]
The company ‘Drone-future’ wants to start a pilot project in Malines (Belgium) early next year to deliver parcels by a drone. “We want to be the first in the world to come out with a system that makes it possible, […]
Herbert Diess, CEO of the Volkswagen Group, has declared that the newly decided EU restrictions on CO2 emissions can endanger up to 100.000 jobs within the group. “A transformation at this speed is practically unmanageable, in 10 years one third […]
The Rotterdam district of Rozenburg is starting a trial to heat houses with hydrogen. Steden, the network operator for gas and electricity in South Holland, announced this on Thursday. It is the first time that houses are heated directly with hydrogen. […]
The EU compromise on 35% CO2 reduction in 2030, concluded by the European Environmental Ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday, raised a storm of reactions ranging from ‘too little and disappointing’ over ‘acceptable and feasible’ to ‘unrealistic and dangerous’. An overview. […]
French companies Eurovia, Vinci Autoroutes and Marini-Ermont have presented the first kilometre of motorway realized with recycled materials on Tuesday. A new mobile plant chops the old aggregate and transforms it to form the new layer of road on location. […]
The insurance branch of Belgian state bank, Belfius, has launched a new feature in the app on Monday, which will enable customers to take a new car insurance entirely digitally in less than two minutes. This new application, called ‘app-normal’, […]
Renault and PSA Group have finally joined the gang of plug-in hybrid vehicle producers. The first will concentrate on smaller cars while the second will only offer the technology on its biggest products. The French government is considering reinstalling the […]
In the race to the electric car Asia has taken the lead. Will the European or American car industry be able to catch up? Much depends on who will win the battery struggle… Due to dieselgate and its still growing […]
The Walloon government has decided to extend the number of speed cameras on the Region’s road by encouraging the installation of average speed zones. Brussels’ first average speed check zone on the Leopold III boulevard is now active. During a […]
With the launch of the Nexo as the successor of the ix35 FCEV, South Korean car maker, Hyundai, is in the forefront of hydrogen technology for cars again. Our first test with the car on the road confirmed the fine […]
The European Commission is pushing car manufacturers and OEMs to reflect on the creation of a big European battery alliance – like Airbus in aviation – to counter Asia’s lead. But the automotive sector is divided. PSA and Renault are […]
The Dutch VDL Groep is planning a brand new factory in Roeselare. This ensures the future of the West Flemish specialist in electric buses. Especially Dutch and Scandinavian customers place a lot of (100) orders for electric buses at VDL. […]
From the second part of 2019, five companies will be carrying out drone test flights for the transport of medical packages between hospitals in Antwerp. The test flights are part of MEDRONA, a project with a financing of 4 million […]
After the first positive results with over 1.000 passengers at the Caves of Han, another major Belgian tourist spot, Napoleon’s last battlefield of Waterloo, gets an autonomous shuttle to test. From the foot of the Lion of Waterloo, the shuttle […]
Japanese car manufacturer, Honda, will invest 2,75 billion dollar in Cruise, an independent GM spin-off specialized in the development of the autonomous car. Four months after Japanese telecom giant, Softbank, who has invested 2,2 billion dollar in Cruise and acquired […]
By the end of this month researchers from the Louvain University (KULeuven) will start to test autonomous (push-towing) canal barges on the river IJzer, between Heernisse (Diksmuide) and Nieuwpoort. A large-scale model will be used to navigate the river, including […]
American start-up, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), unveiled on Tuesday in Puerto de Santa Maria near Cadiz, Spain, its full-scale hyperloop passenger pod. The 32 metre long, five ton heavy pod will be able to transport 28 to 40 passengers at […]
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron held a gala diner for the automotive industry gathering in Paris for the Motor Show. Macron offered the CEOs a deal: he will renegotiate the future emission standards of 2030 if car manufacturers can […]
In four years, French car manufacturer group PSA has managed to resurrect from the ashes. Chairman of the Managing Board, Carlos Tavares, explains this resurgence and why he thinks batteries are the unstable factor of the automotive future. While important […]
In the margin of the Paris Motorshow, Dutch navigation and digital map expert, TomTom, has signed new deals with BMW and the PSA Group (Peugeot, Citroën, DS and Opel/Vauxhall). Financial details weren’t released, but on the Amsterdam stock market shares […]
German car manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz, has confirmed it is experimenting with a navigation system, which is not only equipped to show the way but also to warn when you’re approaching an ‘unsafe’ neighbourhood. The German car maker already tested the technology […]
Belgian importer of all Volkswagen AG Group brands, D’Ieteren, is going through a revolution by pushing digital technologies, online sales and promoting electric cars. Starting next year, clients will be able to buy their cars online while their new VW […]
Four Belgian engineers are going to have a shot in May 2019 at having the first solar boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean completely autonomous from Sable-d’Olonnes (France) to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. The boat will find its own way […]
After the dieselgate scandal of 2015, sales of diesel-powered cars have dropped in the EU from 50% to 36%. Yet this fuel still powers more than three quarters of company cars because of its economical competitiveness. According to experts, the […]
The European Commission announced on Thursday that it agreed to the subvention for the new Belgian offshore wind farm project to be completed in 2020. A total of 3,5 billion euro will be allocated to the Mermaid, Seastar and Northwester […]
Dutch mapping and navigation expert, TomTom, is putting its Telematics division in the shop window, the company announced on Thursday before the opening of the stock market. It looks TomTom is going to focus on its Automotive & Enterprise division […]
French car manufacturer group, PSA, wants to create a joint venture with Belgium-based gearbox manufacturer, Punch Powertrain, for the production of the e-DCT transmission in its Metz plant. By 2024, 600.000 mild hybrid transmissions should be produced per year. After […]
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