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Israeli battery developer StoreDot has made its first – in China produced – ultra fast-charging batteries samples available to showcase to possible manufacturers in the electronics or EV sector. StoreDot showed in 2019 already an electric scooter with its experimental […]
With his first press conference in a very austere setting, Carlos Tavares, the newly appointed CEO of the Stellantis PSA/FCA merger, outlined the great lines of what will be Stellantis. Stellantis will be formed by no less than 14 brands, […]
Porsche is launching an additional version of its first all-electric travel sedan, the Taycan. It is a two-wheel-drive base version that offers the greatest autonomy due to its more limited engine power. The latest rear-wheel-drive Porsche Taycan completes the existing […]
The Flemish Minister for Energy, Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen), wants to install an underwater electricity connection between Belgium and Denmark, the Belga press agency announces. “Denmark is world champion, and Belgium sits in 4th place in Europe concerning energy […]
The call-up bus service, the ‘bell bus’ as we know it today, will disappear in 2022. In the future, people in the countryside who need public transport will have to order a taxi, a private shuttle or a shared means […]
Wallonia plans its economic recovery and it will go through road works and investments in waterways. After announcing an investment of €1,5 billion back in 2019, the Region increases the budget to two billion euro over six years. For its […]
With the slogan ‘BMW Group goes Phygital’, the Belgian BMW importer organizes a flexible digital and physical commercial offensive. In compensation for the postponement of the annual Brussels Motor Show, many importers have searched for alternative solutions. January is traditionally […]
Tesla is extending its five-year-long partnership with the Canadian Battery Research Institute of pioneer Jeff Dahn at the Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to ‘at least 2026’. Dahn’s team gets help from two other authorities in the field, German […]
With a drop of -23,7%, passenger car registrations in the EU27 saw the biggest drop in car demand ever. 3 086 439 fewer new cars were sold, with a total of 9,9 million. December (-3,3%) couldn’t buck the trend to […]
Ten Belgian Renault dealer groups have joined forces to promote car-sharing. Under the name Share4Mobility, they want to ensure national coverage, anticipating the trend for less car ownership and more alternative car use. Share4Mobility is the initiative of 10 Belgian […]
Thanks to investments in radars and average speed checks, the Brussels police zones are going to carry out targeted checks and impose fines for compliance with the 30 km/hour rule that has been in place in the Capital Region since […]
Audi announced it is ‘deepening its partnership’ with FAW (First Automobile Works), one of the big four Chinese carmakers, in a joint venture. The Germans will hold 60% of shares, provided approval of the Chinese authorities. The goal is to […]
Flemish Mobility Minister Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) urges public bus company De Lijn to do its homework for the tender for 200 (of 970) electric city buses again. The ‘small print’ of the preliminary tender conditions would currently exclude Belgian […]
On Monday, energy provider Luminus and Zefier, a communal holding participating in environmentally friendly energy production, have created Zo-Fier, a common subsidiary that will focus on developing, constructing, and exploiting projects for renewable energy in the 168 municipalities Zefier is […]
Amsterdam is taking legal action against one of the apps that warn people about ‘scan cars’. The latter can register parked or driving cars that are breaching regulations. Since the introduction of scan cars, there is a proliferation of apps […]
SAIC (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation), the biggest car manufacturer in China, and Alibaba, the ‘Chinese Amazon’ are launching a new EV car brand called ‘IM’. The latter stands for ‘Intelligence in Motion’ but also Zhiji Motor in Chinese. Their joint […]
With the new Brupass XL tickets and season tickets, as from 1 February, there will be a single ticket and a common fare for public transport in Brussels and an extended zone of 11,5 km around the capital region and […]
Eurostar, the company that organizes the fast train connection between France and Great Britain, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Now that there is only one train a day, the company urgently needs support. The French railway company SNCF sounded […]
BMW is canceling its monthly subscription program ‘BMW Access’ by the end of January in the USA. Officially because the Nashville, Tennessee, project was always meant as a pilot with BMW now looking into future possibilities, ‘developing the next iteration’. […]
Last year, 25 807 new motorbikes were sold in Belgium. That is 3,5% more than a year earlier. This is shown by figures provided by Febiac, the Belgian federation of car and two-wheelers importers. It is a remarkable increase because, […]
Belgian historical automotive importer D’Ieteren Auto changes its name to become ‘D’Ieteren’. Although maybe not clear to non-insiders at first sight, the new identity should position it along with the group’s other activities (Belron, Moleskine, and D’Ieteren Immo) and mark […]
Flemish Members of Parliament Annick Lambrecht (sp.a) and Stijn Bex (Groen) want to discuss the possible introduction of 30-kph zones in Flemish city centers. In an opinion article in the newspaper De Morgen, they plead for the measure, arguing that […]
German carmaker Audi has set up a small-scale test in Germany to mimic one of the ‘horror scenarios’ skeptics of the electric car are projecting for the future: a black-out of the grid. The latter could become likely when several […]
On Thursday, Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo announced a new strategic plan, called Renaulution. The aim is to shift the group’s strategy from volume to value. The plan is structured in three phases: resurrection (up to 2023), renovation (up […]
When you’re involved in a traffic accident, it is not always clear whether or not you were responsible. That is why the Belgian attorney’s office Intolaw developed a special tool to help you. Surf to mijnverkeersongeval.be (my traffic accident) and […]
In a joint press release, French petroleum group Total and French energy provider Engie have announced the launch of the Masshylia project for hydrogen production from renewable electricity. A new 40 MW electrolyzer will be built on Total’s biorefinery in […]
Online sales are rising worldwide due to the corona pandemic, but those who want to buy a new car still prefer to do so physically rather than online. This is shown by a market survey among consumers by Belgian sector […]
According to a survey by HR service provider Acerta, three out of ten Belgian employees (28%) want to lease a bicycle via their employer. Acerta questioned more than 2 000 working Belgians. About one-fifth of the employees already receive cycling […]
Chinese carmaker Geely and Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn are setting up a joint venture to become contract manufacturers for other companies wanting to build electric cars. Like Apple, for instance? Geely surely has some spare capacity to build more cars […]
Stellantis, the recently approved fusion between FCA and PSA, has been welcomed positively. Now the real work starts. Is the new group going to ignore the huge Chinese market? What about synergies? What about financial welfare? Questions to ask, answers […]
General Motors launches a new Bright Drop brand to offer electric delivery vehicles combined with roll containers and an intelligent cloud-based logistics platform. Delivery company FedEx will start using this system from the end of 2021. New brand A few […]
On Tuesday, French Groupe Renault (Renault, Dacia, Lada, Renault Samsung Motors & Alpine) announced having sold 800 000 fewer cars in 2020 than the previous year, which equals a 21,3% sales drop. On the other hand, sales of EVs and […]
Alain Visser, CEO of Lynk & Co, preaches the revolution. He doesn’t want to sell cars anymore, he wants to lend them monthly, and he wants his clients to share them. In this second part of the interview, he explains […]
Last year, the general traffic intensity decreased by 18% compared to one year before. According to figures from the TomTom Traffic Index, a report about the traffic situation in 57 countries (416 cities), traffic increase was most spectacular in large […]
Belgian traffic safety institute Vias, mobility organization VAB, and Dutch motorcyclists of MotorNL ask car drivers not to hang their face masks on their driving mirror. “It obstructs their view and may cause distraction,” they say. “It makes motorcyclists, cyclists, […]
