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“The wages and bonuses of top managers at Daimler and other automotive companies have to be reduced drastically,” says Ola Källenius, Daimler’s CEO. “Otherwise, we won’t survive the corona crisis,” he added. According to Daimler’s CEO, the corona crisis isn’t […]
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 […]
The summer vacation is for Brussel’s Mobility the ideal moment to restore some historically neglected tunnels. Apart from the Leopold II tunnel, now also the Rogier Tunnel and the Botanique Tunnel (Kruidtuin) will be closed for traffic. And there are […]
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 […]
Citroën’s new, small, two-seater EV is now available for sale in 39 shops of the French electronics and book retailer Fnac Darty. Starting from 6 000 euros or 20 euros per month, the Citroën Ami is a microcar aimed at […]
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 […]
Jaguar Land Rover has started a subscription service for its cars in the UK. ‘Pivotal’ is an all-in premium subscription for JLR models with full flexibility. Electric during one period, and ICE in the following months? No problem at all. […]
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 […]
Belgium’s electric car fleet is continuing to grow slowly, with 3 775 units registered since the beginning of the year (2,3%). However, unlike Flanders, which plans on installing 30 000 charging points by 2024, Wallonia lags behind and strongly believes that […]
Swapfiets, the company with the iconic shared bicycles with the blue front tire, is planning to conquer the European capitals. On Thursday, the company has announced to expand its working territory to London, Paris, and Milan before the end of […]
FlixBus, the provider of low-budget long-distance bus trips, is offering some new destinations. Trips departing in Belgium now also go to Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Italy. The company also says to respect all the necessary hygiene and safety […]
Limiting subsidies and lowering federal taxes should ensure that the CRM support mechanism for the construction of gas-fired power stations should not increase the consumers’ energy bill. That is the agreement the Belgian parliament came to. The breakthrough was reached […]
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 […]
On Wednesday, the Californian car and battery manufacturer became the biggest automotive company when you take its stock value into account. With 207,7 billion dollars of worth, it overtook Toyota (202 billion), until now the ‘biggest’ car company. On the […]
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 […]
On Wednesday, Luca de Meo, former head of Seat, is taking control of Renault as the new CEO. The Italian-born 53-year-old gets the difficult task of putting back on its feet a company traumatized by the fall of Ghosn, shaken […]
The American start-up, Wheels, launches its free-floating electric shared bikes in Brussels. The first 50 bikes of this mobility platform are primarily located in the city center, but the fleet should be expanded to 500 bikes within a month. Brussels […]
The sales of speed pedelecs keep on rising, particularly in Antwerp. In the meantime, Belgium has 33 090 of those fast bikes registered. The number has tripled compared to two years ago. The province of Antwerp alone has 11 575 […]
Automotive parts distributor, LKQ Belgium, has announced its intention to lay off 108 people. This represents about a quarter of the staff. It has started the Renault procedure, and a works council will take place again this week. After approval […]
The city of Leuven already offers shared cars from Cambio and Partago, but on Wednesday, June 1st, the city introduces shared cargo bikes from the Dutch company Cargoroo. In the first phase, nine vehicles will be parked in the inner […]
In a new mobility report by the Dutch Central Plan Bureau (Centraal Planbureau, CPB), a smart rush-hour fee – differentiated in time and location – heads the list as the best solution to tackle traffic jams. Rather than a flat […]
After 116 years and some 9,6 million cars, the last one with an internal combustion engine (ICE) has been produced in VW’s Zwickau plant (in the state of Saxony, Eastern part of Germany). It was a white VW Golf Variant. […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has ‘welcomed’ the 149 French Citizens’ Climate Convention’s proposals to be put on the government’s agenda, except three. Among them limiting the speed on highways to 110 km/hour instead of 130. He fears this would become […]
According to the latest Arval Mobility Observatory, realized before the lockdown, Belgium is one of Europe’s most advanced markets in terms of alternative mobility solutions within companies. 69% of them offer alternatives such as bike leasing, carpooling, public transport passes, […]
In 2019, the police registered more traffic offenses than ever. And an increase of 7,5% compared to 2018. Also, the number of drivers that were drink-driving went up. “High time to lower the permitted alcohol level in the blood from […]
The Antwerp city council has abolished the city taxi regulations, which allows Uber to operate in the city from now on. By deregulating taxi services in the city, more competition will become possible, which should benefit mobility. According to Antwerp […]
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 […]
The federal police in Belgium need quite a budget to pollute less and meet the standards of low-emission zones (LEZ). This is shown by figures from Interior Minister Pieter De Crem (CD&V). A total of 36,8 million euros will be […]
The 2021 edition of the Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) will also be canceled. The organizers are not sure if it will work yet, and are also wrestling with the financial consequences of the annulation of the 2020 edition. The […]
On Saturday, the Ring Tram-Bus was officially inaugurated at Brussels Airport. As of today, it provides the connection between the airport and the university hospital UZ Jette, via airfreight Brucargo, the center of Vilvoorde, and the Heysel. The Ring Tram-Bus […]
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. […]
Just like Belgians, French citizens are jumping on their bicycles. Since lockdown has started to lift in the country, bicycle sales have increased by 117%. In Paris, the city’s shared bicycle platform, Vélib’, is beating all previous records with an […]
The socialist Anne Hidalgo is re-elected mayor of Paris, but for a long time, it seemed that she wouldn’t get a second term. Her fight against the car in the French capital was the spearhead of her campaign. But problems […]
