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There’s a sort of a fight between car manufacturers whether it is more appropriate to use multimodal new platforms or develop specific ones for EVs. The latter tendency has the wind in its sails, apparently. Just recently, a local Chinese […]
French automotive supplier Plastic Omnium has courted German spare parts manufacturer ElringKlinger to jointly develop fuel cells. The fruit of that courtship – a newly setup joint-venture – is called EKPO, with 60% held by ElringKlinger and 40% by Plastic […]
German car and truck builder Daimler is putting Google’s Waymo in the driver(less) seat of its American Freightliner Cascadia truck to send it on the road autonomously. Both companies announced this week a “broad, global strategic partnership” to deploy Level […]
The Ghent-based Swedish truck manufacturer, Volvo Trucks, is going to assemble batteries for the electric models for all European sites. The management announced this on Wednesday. It involves an investment of millions. The details have yet to be worked out, […]
American motorcycle legend Harley-Davidson (HD) is somewhat going back to the future by showing an electric bicycle called Serial 1. The elegant e-bike with its white tires, brown leather saddle, and handgrips is a clear wink at the first Harley […]
After years of waiting for approval, the Liberty, a flying car from Dutch PAL-V, costs around half a million euros, is finally allowed on the public road. The Dutch Traffic Administration (Rijksdienst voor Wegverkeer, RDW) has given the green light […]
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz AG is strengthening its partnership with British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin, giving them access to its electric vehicle technology in exchange for a 20% stake. Daimler will get £286 million (€309 million) worth of shares over […]
Within the Brussels-Capital Region, The Brussels Environment organization (Leefmilieu Brussel) starts a campaign to measure vehicles’ actual emissions on the road. As ANPR cameras are linked to the measuring equipment, it is even possible to identify major polluters. This campaign […]
In recent months, sales of used cars have outperformed those of new cars. On the one hand, because new sales are still relatively slow, but also because the mobility needs of private customers have changed. Increased demand, combined with a […]
German-French carmaker Opel is going to equip its ‘lounge on wheels’, the Zafira Life, with a fuel cell (again). The technical details are not communicated yet. According to newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the development has reached a stage road testing […]
Poimo, the inflatable electric scooter that fits in a backpack, developed by Japanese university researchers, is broadening its scope. It lets you now design your own custom-made electric motorcycle or wheelchair, just by taking a riding pose and letting the […]
According to the Swiss bank UBS, the expected battery cost will drop under the ‘magic’ barrier of $100 per kWh by 2022. This will trigger a faster switch to electric vehicles than previously expected. Undoubtedly it will also cause a […]
In the harbor of Ghent, the North-C-Methanol project is to become the world’s first in CO2 capturing on such a large scale and use it to create in a sustainable way methanol for the chemical industry and as an alternative […]
As November approaches, many car users think of changing their tires from summer to winter tires. In contrast to the US, where all-season tires are top-rated, the European customer was no fan yet. This seems to be changing due to […]
Jeff Dahn, head of the Canadian Battery Research Institute, has presented new results of his team’s work to ‘upgrade’ battery cells with additives making them last for 10 000 charging cycles. That would give a medium-range electric car’s battery a […]
SPDG, the family holding of Périer-D’Ieteren, further invests in the German scale-up Cleverciti, specialized in intelligent parking guidance systems for cities, shopping malls, or big parking operators. Cleverciti is active in some twenty countries worldwide, but Belgium is not yet […]
Electric cars tend to be a fairly safe purchase choice. Not only do they have a considerably longer life expectancy than initially thought, but the residual value on the resale is significant as well. And maintenance costs are not too […]
The Canadian contract manufacturer, Magna International, will build Fisker’s fully electric SUV Ocean, as the company announced last week. And it’s going to do that in Europe from 2022 on, in one of its production facilities, likely at the major […]
Several players in the dealer service and maintenance sector for cars sound the alarm bell. The electrification of the European car park will cost many jobs in the sector because the maintenance of an electric motor is far less complex. […]
From 2023 onward, the Flemish transport company De Lijn wanted to transport passengers with an autonomous shuttle on a few fixed routes in Antwerp, Leuven, Mechelen, and Genk. But De Lijn is about to call off the ambitious project because […]
After showing the world in September its ‘nec plus ultra’ version of the Lucid Air Dream Edition offered at $169 000 (€142 974), the Arizona-based electric car start-up has put a price tag on the most down-to-earth version of the […]
Ten years after its failed introduction, the Dutch three-wheeler Carver returned in September last year in an electric version for the city. One year later, Carver introduces the full electric ‘Cargo’ with 500-liter cargo capacity, a perfect solution for last-mile […]
IDS-Q8 (International Diesel Service), the ‘truck’ branch of Kuwait Petroleum International, is the first to offer a low-carbon, 100% fossil-free alternative for diesel for trucks, based on used vegetable oil in Belgium. And this fuel can be used by classic […]
According to measurements carried out by researchers of the Catholic University of Louvain, 15% of diesel cars equipped with particle filters are seriously defective. Because testing stations (Goca) cannot check these defects, this has a major impact on Euro 5 […]
The proportion of new cars equipped with automatic gearboxes has risen sharply in the last few years. What was once a comfort accessory is today proving to be an invaluable technology in the search for an energy-efficient car. The figures […]
Google/Alphabet daugther Waymo is starting in Phoenix to expand its ride-hailing service to the general public without a human driver behind the wheel. So far, there was always a driver to intervene when needed, except for a small group of […]
The battery joint venture between Toyota and Panasonic, Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, builds up the capacity to produce hybrid vehicles’ batteries. The joint venture is installing a production line for prismatic lithium-ion batteries. The joint venture was launched earlier […]
Students of the Technical University Eindhoven and the Fontys High School have presented on Thursday ‘Luca’, a two-seater electric city car nearly entirely built from recycled waste. The students – a team of 22 in total – worked a year […]
The French automotive supplier, Faurecia, has opened on Tuesday in Bavans, Doubs (France), its ‘world R&D center’ to develop hydrogen storage systems for cars and trucks. CEO Patrick Koller announced that the company would build a new factory to mass-produce […]
One can do a lot with hybrid technology in cars. Most of the hybridization schemes are meant to save fuel and use alternative energy like electricity. Peugeot shows that it can also turn a family car into a racehorse. Peugeot […]
The sales of the Daimler Group are recovering. It’s the ideal time, they think in Stuttgart, for restructuring and intensifying the electrification of the entire portfolio. In the third quarter of this year, Daimler sold 626 675 cars worldwide, which […]
On this Wednesday, the seven first Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks of a fleet of fifty have hit the road in Switzerland. The trucks are rented on a pay-per-use base, offering a flat fee per kilometer, including all expenses and […]
The Swiss electric car start-up, Piëch Automotive, founded by Toni Piëch, great-grandson of Ferdinand Piëch, is getting some prominent reinforcement with former executives from Porsche, BMW, and Tesla. The new chairman of the company’s supervisory board will be Matthias Müller, […]
Ever larger, ever more integrated, and ever more predominant, touchscreens have taken over cars’ dashboards over the last few years. To the point that a slab of LEDs has become more important to customers than any other mechanical innovation. However, […]
On Sunday, during a press conference in Tokyo, Honda’s CEO announced that the company would be leaving Formula One by the end of 2021. Honda is pulling all R&D resources toward its new aim of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. […]
