Bornem (Belgium) is getting its own ‘Bornem Bus’, Zwijndrecht (Belgium) already has its own bus and in Hasselt (Belgium) a bartender is working on a private night-bus network with seven electric shuttles. It’s clear more and more Flemish cities are […]
Although last year less motorbikes were sold, sales went up the first three months of 2018 with 6%, as is stated by Belgian sector federation Febiac. A remarkable detail: growth is mainly concentrated in provinces with lots of mobility problems. […]
Dutch manufacturer 2GetThere is going to build a self-driving bus for Brussels Airport. Tests with the bus are planned by 2020, first passengers would be allowed as from 2021. The driver-less bus will take visitors from the national airport to […]
Pascal Smet (sp.a), highly debated Brussels Minister for Mobility and Public Works, diabolized by the taxi sector and even by his own Minister President, wants to prime a new Brussels movement beyond party boundaries, for mobility but also broader ‘citizen’ […]
The Walloon government has freed a 400.000 euro budget to develop the charging infrastructure for electrical vehicles. Goal is to have almost 10.000 electrical vehicles on the road by 2020, able to charge their batteries on the public roads in […]
In the wake of the dieselgate scandal the European Parliament has come to an agreement on the new type of approval for passenger cars in the EU and also on a better control of already approved cars. An independent European […]
Young Germans, especially those between 18 and 25 years old living in urban areas with more than 100.000 inhabitants, are no longer eager to own a car. While in general 73% of the German population thinks owning a car is […]
The Californian Division of Occupational Safety and Health has started an investigation into Tesla’s car factory in Fremont (USA), as was announced on Wednesday by the department of the western American state, responsible for safety at work. No reports on […]
When cities and municipalities would switch to smart LED lights instead of keeping the conventional lighting systems they could save 680 million euro, according to calculations of Belgian technology federation Agoria. Political party N-VA already suggested to switch to LED […]
Cowboy, the intelligent and permanent to the internet connected electric bike developed by a Brussels’ start-up is to hit the street. The sleek bike already won the Start-up Award at the 2017 Eurobike in Friedrichshafen (Germany) when presented the first […]
Compared to last year, the European car market has regressed by 5,3% in March, primarily due to lower sales in big markets like Germany (-3,4%), Italy (-5,8%) and the United Kingdom (-15,7%). The fall in sales has been tempered by […]
More than 190 police officers have been doing searches at 10 different locations in German counties Baden-Württemberg and Bayern. Porsche has confirmed that also in Zuffenhausen (Stuttgart) searches have taken place and documents have been confiscated. Three persons Three persons […]
Almost half (41%) of all Flemish drivers want more speed checks, as is the conclusion of a study by the Flemish foundation for transport studies (Vlaamse Stichting Verkeerskunde, VSV). “The biggest problem in Flanders is the difference between people’s self-image […]
July 1st Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB will inaugurate the new ‘full electric’ bus line 33, connecting the Brussels uptown and downtown, from Dansaert, over Grote Markt, to Louiza. The buses on the line will be the recently bought Polish Solaris […]
Thirty-five Belgium-based companies with big names like Ikea, Unilever, Nestlé and Colruyt, but also smaller transport companies and transport federation Febetra, have written a letter to Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, asking him to force truck manufacturers to […]
The West Flanders’ province’s Testkaravaan (Test Convoy) to offer employees the opportunity to try out several sustainable alternatives for commuting from home to work, has convinced upon 40% of participating workers to keep on using these alternatives afterwards. As the […]
Arval, the leasing branch of the BNP Parisbas Fortis bank, launches its mobility card to offer employees a sustainable alternative for – or at least in combination with – a leased company car, after the example of pioneers like Q8, […]
Within 5 years China wants to abolish the restrictions forbidding foreign car manufacturers to control their local companies in the country, a move that is welcomed by almost all foreign trade partners. For manufacturing electric cars, restrictions will be already […]
German car manufacturer Opel is ending all existing contracts with its European dealers. By doing so, Opel is following the policy of its new owner, the PSA Group, which is adopting the same policy. All 54 Opel dealers in Belgium […]
Recently newmobility.news was able to speak with Carlos Tavares, CEO of the PSA Group (Peugeot, Citroën, DS) that acquired also Opel last year. The most important message for him in the automotive world is: “You have to adapt yourself every […]
Flanders would like to take over the blue shared bikes of Belgian railway company NMBS/SNCB but the constant bickering about the property on which the distribution centres for the bikes are situated are slowing down Blue-bike’s development plans. De Lijn […]
Dutch telecom provider KPN is testing an autonomous flying drone taxi in Amsterdam, the Ehang 216 AAV (Autonomous Aerial Vehicle) built by Chinese electronics giant Huawei. Fast mobile internet connection The two-seat autonomous taxi drone is using a fast mobile […]
The Belgian Françoise Chombar, CEO of Melexis, has received the ‘Global Prize for Women Entrepreneurs’ in New York. The prestigious prize rewards the most successful career woman. Four criteria The leading lady of chip producing company Melexis was chosen out […]
Tesla is going to suspend production of its Model 3 for a week to adjust the process. This is a normal procedure, the company says, while speeding up output. On Monday Tesla issued the same message it did in February, […]
Five thousand people have participated in ‘Mobile Monday’, an initiative of Flemish public transport company De Lijn. The idea is to choose for alternative transport instead of the car at least once a week to tackle traffic jams. The company […]
Belgium has officially started the screening of flying passengers, a measure that fits in the context of fighting crime and terrorism. Today one-third is already screened but this should soon go up to 60% and later on to 100%. International […]
Global satellite operator Inmarsat is to offer its EAN high-speed internet system aboard airplanes on short and middle distance regional flights from the International Airlines Group (IAG). This was announced by Inmarsat on Monday. IAG is the mother house of […]
Jaguar Land Rover (JRL) is to cut 1.000 jobs in the United Kingdom due to uncertainty about the Brexit and the future of the diesel engine, a company spokesman confirmed on Monday after Sky News broke the news. Continuing contrary […]
Flemish opposition party sp.a proposes to provide a 1.000 euro premium for people willing to have their old polluting car scrapped. “Mostly old diesels without a soot filter”, explains Sp.a leader Joris Vandenbroucke. “They are emitting unhealthy soot, particles and […]
Wallonia will soon dispose of 120 new charging stations for electric vehicles. Walloon Minister of Energy, Jean-Luc Crucke (MR), has put the issue on the coming order of the day for the Walloon government on Thursday. Only 280 charging points […]
Belgian railroad company NMBS/SNCB is planning to install concrete blocks at the entrance of 22 of the bigger railway stations in the country. “The preventive measure is meant to complicate access to the stations”, says NMBS/SNCB’s spokesman Bart Crols. He […]
The maritime transport sector has to cut emissions at least by 50% by 2050, compared to 2008, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), part of the United Nations, has decided in London last week. Without measures emissions are expected to increase […]
Last week General Motors (GM) announced it will have to lay off some 1.500 of its staff working in small car production as Americans are turning away from small cars in favour of big SUVs, crossovers and pickup trucks. Fuel […]
Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Tesla assured in a tweet that “Tesla will be profitable in the third and fourth quarter of this year”. In an interview with CBS he also said that everybody who pre-ordered a Model 3 […]
The Flemish green party Groen wants to free big parts of the Antwerp inner city from cars and give priority to bikes, as was announced by Wouter Van Besien, candidate-mayor for Antwerp at the next local elections (October 2018). In […]
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