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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, […]
Covid-19 and the way countries limit the transfer of the virus have an impact on the environment. But the environment and air pollution in particular also have an impact on the level of infection. That is the conclusion of a […]
This year, the number of commuters with a bicycle compensation decreased from 22% to 14% compared to last year (2020) and pre-corona (2019). The decline is most striking among employees who often were forced to work from home. The number […]
As we already mentioned in our IAA Mobility stories, two major NGOs, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) and Greenpeace, have started lawsuits against BMW, Daimler, and Volkswagen. They want to force manufacturers to accelerate their transition into a less polluting production model. […]
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 […]
With cycling growing in popularity, pushed by the revolution of electric bikes, the Walloon government is preparing five major bicycle highways. The aim is to join those already existing in Flanders and Brussels to give quick and safe access to […]
In Antwerp, city distributor CityDepot and bicycle courier Cargo Velo had some 3 000 delivery trips made by cargo bikes, which delivery vans would have normally made. The trips were made during the first year of their collaboration. Both consider […]
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 […]
If your ‘flygskam’ (flying shame) level is high and you can spare a few extra days, why not take a sailboat for your next trip? To Corsica or the Americas – like Greta Thunberg did – instead of flying? Sailcoop, […]
Cadillac opened reservations for its first electric model Lyriq presented in April at the weekend – and closed them again only a few minutes later. The Debut Edition of the Lyriq was sold out in just over ten minutes, Cadillac […]
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 […]
Federal Minister for Mobility Georges Gilkinet (Ecolo) wants Belgium’s national railway company NMBS/SNCB to introduce a special train pass for teleworkers by January 2022. “People no longer work in the office every day and, therefore, expect flexible train formulas,” he […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US’s official measurement and verification body for consumption figures of cars, has a new winner. According to the agency, the Lucid Air can cover a distance of 520 miles – or roughly 837 kilometers […]
More than six out of ten companies in Belgium (60,9%) want their employees present on the work floor for at least three days a week. One in ten managers even demands full presence. These are the conclusions of a survey […]
Ford has started pre-production of its first all-electric pickup, the F-150 Lightning. It is assembled in its specially erected Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, which Ford only started building one year ago in Michigan. The model should hit the market in […]
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 […]
The Brussels Motor Show (BMS) in January 2022 will take place. VW Group importer D’Ieteren is still dropping out, but the Stellantis group has decided to participate. Organizer Febiac hast just announced that there will be a 2022 edition. For […]
On 22 September 1981, French President François Mitterrand inaugurated the first high-speed rail TGV connection between Paris and Lyon. Since then, the revolution in passenger transport has affected short-haul air travel and the whole landscape of travel in France and […]
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 […]
The British-Dutch oil and gas company, Shell, plans to construct a large production unit for biofuels at the Shell Energy and Park Rotterdam (the Netherlands), formerly known as the Pernis refinery. The Rotterdam plant will produce 820 000 tons of […]
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 […]
Of course, it’s no surprise that the upcoming 5 Series will get an all-electric version when BMW unveils the next generation in 2023. BMW already revealed plans about an i5 last time the IAA was held in Frankfurt. In the […]
Next Sunday, the car is taboo, and pedestrians and cyclists rule the Belgian roads. Car-Free Sunday, which traditionally is part of Mobility Week, is the opportunity to let people get to know sustainable solutions, says organizer Mobiel 21. Remarkable: in […]
Flemish Mobility Minister Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) wants to reorganize 125 junctions of Flemish regional roads this year and make them conflict-free. Conflict-free junctions are crossings where cyclists and pedestrians never get the green light when cars can turn off […]
According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, the Belgian car fleet counted exactly 5 927 912 registered passenger cars on August 1st, 2021. That’s 0,7 percent more than in 2020, the corona year where the total fleet shrunk by 0,01% […]
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 […]
After discussions with leading investors and major oil and gas companies, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has developed a standard for the sector’s climate transition. The aim is to create a level playing field between companies with […]
One-in-four of the new employees at Deloitte prefers an electric company car. That’s why the consultancy company ordered 240 Mini Cooper SE in total to join its company car fleet, 100 earlier on and an additional 140 right now. The […]
After successfully launching its shared e-scooter platform in more than 70 cities across Europe, the Swedish Voi is introducing its service in Brussels. Some 2 000 e-scooters will be available to rent. Voi aims at being present in the nineteen […]
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 […]
According to the European car manufacturers association, ACEA car sales figures for July and August are almost one-fifth lower than last year. But thanks to a very positive first half of the year, the total European market still went up […]
