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Wallonia starts measuring real emissions from cars passing by
Luc Joris Posted On October 17, 2019


For the first time in Wallonia, a device will be used that can measure the emissions of vehicles – CO, CO2, NOx, and particulates – on the road in real-time. A battery of smart cameras connected to the sensing device […]


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Volvo: ‘50% full-electric and 50% by subscription in 2025’
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 17, 2019


The Swedish carmaker, Volvo, has finally unveiled its first full-electric car at an event in Los Angeles (US). The Volvo XC40 Recharge kicks off a new era for the carmaker whose ambition it is to have 50% of all of […]


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Dutch European leaders in electric car charging facilities
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 16, 2019


The Dutch government says there are 46.000 public and semi-public charging stations, as well as over 100.000 private ones in the country. It makes the country the European leader in the matter. Throughout the world, only China and the US […]


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Harley Davidson temporarily stops production of LiveWire
Gert Verhoeven Posted On October 16, 2019


Harley Davidson had only just started delivering its first fully electric Harleys, but the production has already been stopped. A problem with the charging system lies at the basis of the temporary production stop. Quickcharge works According to the first […]


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Higher profit forecast for D’Ieteren thanks to Belron
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 16, 2019


Belgian car importer and mobility service provider, D’Ieteren, has increased its profit forecast for the second time this year. The company now expects to achieve a 35% higher profit than in 2018. D’Ieteren’s share price promptly went up to its […]


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Brafco: ‘We’ll be ready by 2026 with enough synthetic diesel’
Félix Bouland Posted On October 15, 2019


Technical director at the Fuel Dealers Federation (Brafco), Olivier Neirynck, ensures that the fuel sector is investing a lot in the energy transition. According to him, until issues with battery technology and production get fixed, synthetic fuels, such as hydrotreated […]


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How the electric car will change the electricity market
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 15, 2019


The electric car will spark a new electricity ecosystem open to a wide variety of producers. That’s the conclusion of an Accenture report, based on interviews with 6.000 Europeans and North-Americans. The company estimates the potential market in France will […]


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Audi’s Chinese workers train in Brussels for e-tron production
Félix Bouland Posted On October 15, 2019


Around 140 Chinese workers from the FAW-VW joint venture will pass through Audi’s plant in Forest/Vorst. They will learn the specific electric mobility know-how acquired by Belgian workers and train to assemble the new Audi e-tron. Models dedicated to the […]


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Ariane 6 rocket ships to Kourou by sailing cargo vessel
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 14, 2019


ArianeGroup, joint-venture between European aerospace companies, Airbus and Safrane, has chosen to transport its new Ariane 6 rocket in parts to its launching platform at the Guyana Space Center in Kourou, by sailing ship. ‘Alizés’ – meaning ‘Trade Winds’ in […]


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Porsche’s ‘basic’ Taycan 4S retails at 110.500 euros
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 14, 2019


Only a few weeks after launching its full-electric top version of the Taycan, German sports carmaker, Porsche, opens up ordering for the ‘basic model’ 4S, available from January 2020. It has a 79,2 kWh battery promising a range of 407 […]


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Each fine prevents fifty other fines
Luc Joris Posted On October 14, 2019


Each fine issued prevents about 50 new fines, as is the conclusion of a study by Libor Dusek and Christian Traxler, two Czech economists who received traffic data from traffic cameras gathered by the police in Ricany, a suburb of […]


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DAF is ‘cool lover’ of electric semi-truck
Luc Joris Posted On October 11, 2019


Dutch truck manufacturing company, DAF, is not a die-hard believer in the electric semi-truck, it told Dutch financial newspaper FD. It’s instead focusing on hybrid drivetrains today, with a combustion engine and electric motor. “Reliability takes precedence over rapid innovation,” […]


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Dyson pulls the plug on his ‘unsaleable’ electric car
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 11, 2019


British billionaire, James Dyson, has finally pulled the plug on his electric car development project, he announced in an email to his staff on Thursday. He and his board of directors see no future for it as it turns out […]


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‘Diesel made from offal reduces CO2 emissions up to 90%’
Gert Verhoeven Posted On October 10, 2019


The Finnish fuel company, Neste, introduces renewable diesel to the Dutch market, which is made from offal. The fuel is cleaner than regular diesel and perfectly compatible with conventional engines. By being renewable, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 50 […]


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Belgian battery lab invests in ‘800-km-range’ technology
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 10, 2019


The MOBI research group of the Brussels VUB university is investing in a ‘dry room’ for its state-of-the-art pilot production line for the next generation of solid-state batteries. The goal is the development of batteries giving electric cars a range […]


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From 2020, wave-and-pay on buses and trams De Lijn
Luc Joris Posted On October 10, 2019


From spring 2020, you will be able to wave-and-pay on every tram and bus in Flanders. In the course of next year, cash on trams and buses will even disappear completely. To this end, the Flemish public transport company, De […]


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Renault creates new subsidiary to make mobility an industry
Félix Bouland Posted On October 10, 2019


The French automotive group, Renault, gathers all its mobility activities under one roof with its new subsidiary, Renault Mobility As an Industry (Renault M.A.I.). The aim is to use the brand’s expertise in the mobility sector to make an industry […]


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Engie and Umicore install ‘second life’ buffer battery
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 9, 2019


With the help of Engie, Umicore has installed a ‘second life’ energy buffer battery at its site in Olen (Belgium). The buffer uses 48 electric car batteries that came from Renault Kangoo vans from the French postal service. It is […]


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Total: young engineers want to work on renewable energy
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 9, 2019


The French petrochemical group, Total, is attracting new talents because it also invests in renewable energy. It is more than an oil company. That’s what the company’s CEO, Patrick Pouyanné, said during the ‘Oil and Money’ sector conference in London. […]


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EV drivers need re-education (and other road users too)
Tony Verhelle Posted On October 8, 2019


If we want it or not, the automobile world will turn electric sooner or later. That’s supposing a significant turnaround in the entire industry. But it’s also asking for a re-education of the users of these vehicles with (partly) electric […]


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Colruyt and Fluxys to build 25 MW hydrogen plant
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 8, 2019


Belgian retailer group, Colruyt, and gas grid manager, Fluxys, are planning to build together a 12 to 25 MW hydrogen electrolysis plant in the harbor of Zeebrugge or Antwerp, to store green electricity of the offshore windmill parks. Their board […]


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D’Ieteren in favor of taxing polluting vehicles more
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 8, 2019


New regional car taxation rules in Belgium all seem to evolve into making polluting vehicles pay more and less polluting cars less. Not a bad idea, according to D’Ieteren spokesman Jean-Marc Ponteville. The company is an important player in the […]


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VDL Nedcar gradually dismisses 700 temporary jobs
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 8, 2019


The automotive company, VDL dcar, is suffering from the shrinking automotive industry. The company that only works for BMW is forced to drop 700 temporary jobs. The gradual dismissal will start in the week of November 4th and will stop […]


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‘If all cars are electric only 24% of energy of today’s ICE fleet is needed’
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 7, 2019


If the total Dutch fleet of 9 million cars would be electric in 20 years, it would only need 24% of the energy the current fleet with combustion engines (ICE) consumes today. Dutch scientist and professor at TU Eindhoven, Maarten […]


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Erik Jonnaert (ACEA): ‘We prefer investments over fines’
Tony Verhelle Posted On October 4, 2019


Erik Jonnaert, Secretary-General of the European car manufacturers association (ACEA), is retiring from his function at the end of the year. During his six years at ACEA, a lot of things have happened. “They were very intensive years. Six of […]


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TomTom and Verizon: reducing crash risks for pursuing police cars
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 3, 2019


Dutch mapmaker TomTom is working with Verizon, one of America’s biggest telecom providers, on making crossings safer for emergency vehicles at high speed. Like pursuing police cars, ambulances, or firetrucks. Both companies announced that at the San Francisco TechCrunch Disrupt […]


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Vias safety institute is going to give driving lessons itself
Luc Joris Posted On October 3, 2019


Vias safety institute, known for its BOB campaign against alcohol in traffic, ventures off the beaten track. The former Belgian Institute for Traffic Safety has taken over the Leuven driving school chain, Mercator, and launches an app on health. “We […]


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LNG trucks gaining popularity
Félix Bouland Posted On October 3, 2019


An increasing number of Belgian transporters are switching to Liquid Natural Gas (LNG)-powered trucks. The fuel is said to emit up to 20% less CO2 and 60% less NOx than diesel. Thanks to the absence of any fuel tax, filling […]


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ING: ‘Electric semi-truck cheaper than diesel in 2028’
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 2, 2019


While electric cars and buses are showing up in the streets more regularly, it is still waiting for the electric semi-truck in the transport sector. Only in 2028, this type of semi-truck will become cheaper than diesel, two sector economists […]


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Dutch electricity grid getting saturated
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 2, 2019


With the sharp increase of solar panel parks that deliver and data centers that consume a lot of electricity, the Dutch grid is starting to get saturated. According to the electricity grid management company, Liander, there is no room on […]


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Driving the Peugeot e-208, an EV ready to convince
Tony Verhelle Posted On October 2, 2019


Together with the ICE versions of the new 208, Peugeot launches immediately a pure electric version. In regular use, the e-208 tries not to differ too much from its ‘normal’ brothers, even not in cost. Peugeot wants its clients to […]


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Canadians confirm Tesla’s ‘million-mile battery’ might come true
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 1, 2019


A group of researchers at the Canadian Dalhousie University have published a paper about a new type of lithium-ion car battery. Managing 4.000 charge cycles, they should allow a vehicle to rack up 1 million miles while only losing 10% […]


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Maserati goes electric
Tony Verhelle Posted On October 1, 2019


You can have an iconical brand name and make the desirable top of the brand sports cars, but nowadays times can nevertheless be difficult. That’s ever so true for FCA brand Maserati, which is faced with receding sales. The only […]


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Dark clouds above Jaguar Land Rover
Gert Verhoeven Posted On September 30, 2019


With the threat of the Brexit, Jaguar Land Rover has to close its British factories for a week. But JLR has much more significant main concerns with a range of vehicles that are far from future-proof in terms of CO2 […]


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‘Battle of the bicycle path’ surfaces in Belgium too
Luc Joris Posted On September 30, 2019


Speed pedelecs, cargo bikes, e-steps, even monowheels: on the bike path in Flanders and Brussels, the speeds are growing apart, the pressure increases, and the number of accidents is on the rise. How do we avoid the battle for the […]


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