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Only 76 of the 302 average speed checks along Flemish roads are operational. That is barely one on four. This is apparent from figures presented to the Flemish Parliament by the Flemish Minister of Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld). According […]
According to Elon Musk, fully autonomous driving in any circumstances without a driver required – so-called SAE Level 5 driving – is “very close”. He’s confident Tesla will have the basics ready “before the end of the year” and with […]
At the construction site of the Euro Space Center in Transinne, there’s is a Belgian first: luminous concrete. This material diffuses glow at night. It can be used for decoration or lighting, for example, for cycle paths and parking lots, […]
Audi has just presented the second concept of its coming electric compact SUV, the Q4 e-tron. It will be launched in 2021 in two variants, a classic looking, more boxy SUV, and a more elegant, coupe-style Sportback. The SUV concept […]
The Dutch cabinet puts 15 million euros on the table for the further development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. Provinces and municipalities provide the same amount so that the total budget is 30 million euros. Part of the climate […]
The smartphone in your pocket warning connected cars ‘Watch out, I’m here’ even when still out of sight. It’s the basic idea for the app ‘!Important’, Canadian Bastien Beauchamp developed. It sends the car your GPS location and eventually could […]
French industrial gas giant, Air Liquide, and the Port of Rotterdam are carrying the load of an alliance for an ambitious project to put some thousand hydrogen-powered trucks on Dutch, Belgian, and Western German roads by 2025. That includes a […]
Young Dutch start-up Future Current has developed an app – called ‘Laadje’ or ‘ChargeYou’ if you like it translated into English – that enables smart charging when prices are low to make the most out of variable energy prices. Otto […]
Soon fallen trees on bicycle routes will also make it to the traffic bulletin of the Flemish public broadcaster VRT radio. Traffic Anchor Hajo Beeckman, together with possible partners, is investigating how this could be done. Because the bicycle is […]
On July 1st, the Netherlands rolled out a new subsidy system for buyers of electric cars (EV). The system works retroactively since the beginning of June 2020. On the first day, premiums applied for were amounting up to five million […]
The German grid manager, 50Hertz, a subsidiary of the Belgian Elia, wants to be fully operational on renewable energy by 2032. Today, this is 60%. 50Hertz has expressed its ambition to be the first to provide its entire grid with […]
As part of the automotive sector support plan announced by President Emmanuel Macron, the French government will allocate 150 million euros to 27 automotive R&D projects. The aim is to focus on the development of future greener technologies, such as […]
Belgian EV-Quip is launching for the Benelux market the NRGkick, an Austrian-developed smart mobile EV charger that claims to make a wall box obsolete. It can replace the standard charging cable of any electric car and offers app-controlled smart AC-charging […]
French industrial gases multinational Air Liquide is going to build Europe’s first high-capacity filling station for hydrogen-powered semi-trucks at its Fos-sur-Mer site, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region in France. It will enable up to 20 refuelings of long-haul trucks per […]
Ford chooses location technology specialist TomTom to team up with. For its newest navigation and infotainment system SYNC, Ford will use real-time traffic information for worldwide use from TomTom. TomTom signed a worldwide agreement, lasting several years. The first Ford […]
Belgium is the undisputed champion in company cars. But corona learned Belgians to work at home. So, why not offering a (leased) ‘tiny backyard office’ to your employees instead of a company car? It’s perfectly tax-deductible like the latter, a […]
The French automotive supplier, Akwel, will industrialize an innovative system for capturing fine particles at the brakes of a car, a system developed by the French company Tallano Technologie, the two companies announced on Tuesday. The patented technology makes it […]
Skipr, the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) platform of D’Ieteren Auto’s start-up incubator LabBox, gets a seven million euros Series A funding and a new reference shareholder, Belgian state-owned bank Belfius. It will allow Skipr to expand and look over […]
Belgian start-up Classified, founded by former employees of Punch Powertrain, developed a virtual derailleur that takes over the task of the double gears on the crankshaft of a bicycle with derailleur gears. It could be a game-changer, the developers believe. […]
This week, some sixty nations have consented with binding United Nations Regulations on autonomous driving (at low speeds). In specific conditions, the driver no longer needs to keep his eyes on the road (Level 3). It’s seen as a ‘milestone’ […]
The Flemish Environment Department (VDO) has purchased a new controlling device for the emission reduction systems aboard large trucks. Special software is detecting if these systems are manipulated, causing a huge increase in the emission of toxic gases. The problem […]
Good, reliable software is paramount. That’s now also very clear for the largest car manufacturer in the world, the VW Group. And that’s why a new entity within the group will create a VW OS, a home-developed operating system for […]
Diesel Emissions Justice Foundation, a Dutch foundation defending duped car buyers, sues Daimler before the Amsterdam Court. The car manufacturer is supposed to have installed sophisticated defeat devices in its software for recent diesel cars. DEJF defends car buyers from […]
With a direct train connection to Grenoble (France) the Antwerp transport company Aertssen Logistics has recently reduced the number of trucks it was sending over the Antwerp Ring by thousand, it claims. The company specializes in the storage, modification, and […]
Antwerp, Ghent, and Leuven agree in an open letter to the conditions of the coalition #TrueCostofUber. The coalition states that Uber must commit itself to only carry out 100% emission-free journeys by 2025, and at least 50% shared trips by […]
Japanese diesel engine specialist, Yanmar, a big name in marine applications, has signed a memorandum of understanding with carmaker Toyota to use its fuel cell technology of the Mirai for hydrogen-powered boats. Yanmar’s goal is to realize an easily installable […]
When we talk about the car industry, we immediately think of countries like Germany or France. But almost the whole European Union is heavily involved in the automotive industry. Take the Netherlands, some 40 000 Dutchmen (and women) work in […]
‘Flying’ nearly noiseless over the water at 30 knots (55 km/h) with a 100% electric hydrofoil speedboat. Tesla-feeling on the water. It’s what the Swedish Candela Seven is promising and delivering. And this while consuming less than 10 euro cents […]
The Geneva Motor Show is in danger of going bankrupt if no solutions are found by September 2020. An edition 2021, which the canton asks in exchange for a loan of 16,8 million Swiss francs (15,7 million euros), is not […]
The next Lotus sports car to be launched in 2021 will be powered by an internal combustion engine (ICE). But after that last gasoline hurrah, all of the brand’s future products will be EVs, starting with the Evija hypercar. Lotus […]
The German carmaker, Volkswagen, is going to invest $200 million (€184 million) extra in American solid-state battery specialist QuantumScape. These types of batteries promise a range for EVs comparable with today’s ICE cars, up to 800 km. Both companies want […]
Flemish Minister for Environment and Energy, Zuhal Demir (N-VA), officially opened the construction site of the Stormwind farm near the Nyrstar site in Pelt on Monday, International Wind Day. The wind farm is intended to become the most efficient wind […]
Together with the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), and the Flemish Environment Agency (VMM), the city of Antwerp is stepping into a European pilot project on air quality sensors to monitor air quality within the low-emission zone. Impact on […]
Harley-Davidson always had a sharp image and reputation, but the brand is not doing well at the stock exchange. The older group of Harley riders is slowly dying out, while young people are passing the bikes by, despite frantic attempts […]
The Brussels public transport company, MIVB/STIB, is currently having more than 2 000 solar panels installed on the roofs of two of their sites in Brussels, Jacques Brel, and Schaerbeek. From July, they will be put into operation as a […]
