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From July 8th, users of the Coyote driving assistant will be warned of the presence of maintenance personnel on French highways. Using real-time data from highway companies, this warning aims at reducing the number of accidents involving highway maintenance personnel. […]
Flanders is going to introduce new tariffs for kilometer tax on trucks as of July 1st. Lighter vehicles (3,5 up to 12 tons) will pay lower taxes while the heaviest trucks (more than 32 tons) will pay more. More weight, […]
Young French startup Clem is rolling out on Wednesday the first 54 shared electric vans – Renault Kangoo ZE and Nissan e-NV200 – in 20 districts in the Paris metropolitan area. In the short term, that fleet will grow to […]
ElectriCity is assembling several players to start a project of electric taxis being charged ‘wireless’ via an inductive charging platform in the city of Oslo. The Norwegian capital is considered lately as the capital of automotive electrification. The ElectriCity project […]
The Flemish government has ordered a benchmark study to investigate public transport company De Lijn. The study will be executed by the Dutch consultancy agency Inno-V. In the study, the activities of De Lijn will be compared to those of […]
The three new Park & Rides that are under construction on the outskirts of Antwerp will be equipped with charging stations for electric vehicles. This way, Antwerp will suddenly have 71 additional charging points in the short term. This number […]
According to the latest mobility barometer from traffic safety institute Vias, the coronavirus health crisis has changed Belgians’ mobility habits. Public transport numbers are down to a third of what they were before lockdown while cycling got a boom with […]
The sale of eco-friendly cars in France is a big success. The desire for newer, less polluting cars, including second-hand ones, has been stimulated by government measures. On the one hand, it reinforced the ecological bonus: €7 000 for the […]
The number of alcolocks imposed by the Belgian courts has increased dramatically since the tightening of the legislation on 1 July 2018. While in the period 2015-2018, the number fluctuated between 9 and 23, the measure was imposed 167 times […]
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’ […]
On Friday, 599 Polestar 2 models arrive in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. It’s the first of four similar shipments and signifies the start of the new brand in Europe. The Polestar 2 is a direct competitor for the Tesla […]
The British car industry is at the edge of the abyss. Squeezed between Brexit, Covid-19, and the electric transition, it is really fighting for its survival. The lonely bright star at the firmament remains Nissan Sunderland, but for how long […]
The current manufacturer of the Segway HT, Chinese robot specialist Ninebot, has indicated that production of the self-balancing two-wheeler will cease on July 15, 2020. Poor sales results Although the Segway is very well known, the product launched in 2001 […]
While Walloon authorities refuse to confirm the failure of the Chinese Thunder Power on the former Caterpillar site in Charleroi, the project is said to be at a standstill. Some even say it is clinically dead due to the coronavirus […]
The tax incentives to get people into electric cars are an expensive tool. That’s what the Court of Audit in The Hague says. Per ton of emissions saved, the Dutch State paid some 1 200 to 1 700 euros this […]
Uber is starting a taxi service with electric cars. Clients are able to order a fully electric taxi through an app. A taxi ride with Uber Green will cost two euros more than a regular ride. 350 taxi drivers The […]
The shared bicycle platform Blue-bike, together with Ethias and the Flemish authorities, is offering 10 000 free test rides. Interested commuters and day-trippers can try out one of the Bue-bikes for free. Corona exit strategy The initiative is part of […]
The Dutch Mobility Alliance fears more traffic casualties because of changing mobility preferences since the corona outbreak. More people use their cars or get on motorbikes and bicycles. Once restrictions and obligatory homeworking are lifted, this could create chaos. The […]
Volkswagen Group is thinking of buying the Eurazeo shares (29,9%) in Europcar, the biggest shareholder of the French rental company. Fourteen years ago, VW sold its interests in Europcar; now it wants to get in again. Just now, when Europcar […]
On Thursday, Lufthansa’s extraordinary shareholders’ meeting is to approve the 9 billion euros government bailout deal. Billionaire Hermann Thiele (79), who could block the deal, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Wednesday he will vote in favor. Under the proposed […]
In France, sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles are booming with 13 000 new registrations since January. With new models arriving every month, and the 2 000 euro governmental incentive for vehicles costing less than 40 000 euros, PHEV sales are […]
In the future, disadvantaged European consumers will be able to initiate group actions in legal cases with a transnational character. This is the result of an agreement between the European Parliament and the EU Member States. The EU commissioner for […]
According to The Shift Project reflection group, Europe may run out of oil by 2030. The tightening of the world’s oil supply, changes in oil consumption in Africa and China, and the consequences of the Covid-19 health crisis could jeopardize […]
Marjan Rintel is the new president of the Dutch national railway company, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS). Rintel is currently an operational director at the company, where she has been active since 2014. On October 1st, she succeeds Roger van Boxtel, who […]
Franciscus van Meel is the new ‘Head of Product Line’ of Rolls-Royce. He takes over from Frank Weber who is going to lead R&D at BMW. Rolls-Royce is the ultra-luxury daughter within the BMW Group, also comprising BMW and Mini. […]
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 […]
The French Citizens’ Climate Convention has presented 150 proposals to the Minister for Ecological and Solidarity Transition, Elisabeth Borne. Among them, a speed limit of 110 km/hour on highways, which is a sensitive matter in France. Their aim is to […]
Cycling and walking, in combination with the bus, can be considered as safe as the car in Belgium. This conclusion is drawn in the report “How do we travel most safely?” by traffic institute Vias. But without accompanying measures, swapping […]
As the lockdown lifts, and traffic is increasing in and around the capital, Brussels Mobility is still counting 21% fewer cars in the city’s tunnels. Mobility Minister, Elke Van den Brandt (Groen) wants to jump on the opportunity, and push […]
The police zone Brussels North (Schaerbeek/Sint-Joost-ten-Node/Evere) now also has an operational cycling brigade, which uses electric bicycles that are finished in the police colors. During 2019 the cycling brigade was still in a test phase, but from now on, 10 […]
According to the Norwegian Transport Economics Institute, cyclists wearing a helmet see their risks of severe injury drop by 60%. Plus, nearly 40% of cyclist’s deaths could have been avoided with helmets. Studies also show that e-bikes are more dangerous […]
The city of Antwerp will place 689 bicycle signposts at all major junctions of the local bicycle network in the coming month. In this way, the city wants to make the main routes of the bicycle network more visible in […]
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 […]
Mazda’s parts distribution center Mazda Logistics Europe and the Belgian importer Mazda Motor Belux choose to go electric. They have put almost 3 700 solar panels on their roofs and installed 86 charging points in the parking lot. In collaboration […]
According to the latest study from the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E), electric cars have become ideal for taxis and Uber drivers in key European capitals. The combination of high mileage and cheap electricity compensates for the higher purchasing price […]
