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Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a renowned car expert in Germany, director of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) of Duisburg University. He is a close follower of the car market (especially in Germany) and sees the diesel engine slowly fading away. […]
D’Ieteren, Belgium’s major car importer, pumps another million (€) in it’s Lizy daughter, focusing on a ‘promising market’ of second-hand car leasing. After one year, Lizy signed up some 300 clients, mostly SMEs, with two to 40 employees and self-employed […]
Today, MG launches an electric SUV model in the B-segment on the Belgian market. Apart from the British name tag, it is the first fully Chinese EV-SUV available here. We drove it, and it is something to reckon with. With […]
An increasing number of women are catching the motorcycle bug. According to driving schools, they represent around 20 to 30% of clients. No exact data exist in Belgium, but numbers are increasing in neighboring countries such as the Netherlands and […]
American electric carmaker, Tesla, is said to be negotiating with Chinese battery producer, CATL, to use their ‘cheaper’ cobalt-free modules for Shanghai-built Model 3s. Tesla would be the first US automaker to use lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries. Sources close to the […]
The capacity of the Dutch electricity network threatens to become problematic rapidly as demand for new connections grew sevenfold already. Grid manager Alliander calls upon the government to come with a ‘master plan’ and ‘all hands on deck’ to avoid […]
According to a study from PA Consulting, the thirteen carmakers active in Europe will have to pay 14 billion euros in CO2 fines in 2021. PA adds that to keep emissions under the 95 g/km limit, EV sales should increase […]
Facing turbulences in the upcoming months, Renault prepares for the worst with a new cost-cutting plan, plus closing factories is considered. The Group faces a 141 million euros net loss for last year, the first in ten years, due to […]
The Belgian shipping company, CMB, is planning to have a first large container ship operational on hydrogen. “We have to do something about the climate,” the company says. Turning point Shipping is a polluting sector. More than 95% of the […]
Volvo/Geely’s electric brand, Polestar, is really coming on the market now. Apparently, the interest of the visitors at the Brussels Motor Show, its first public appearance as a car to be bought, was higher than expected. From Friday on, orders […]
A motion by the opposition party, Vlaams Belang, to introduce a ‘standstill’ in the area of low-emission zones (LEZ) did not obtain a majority in the Flemish Parliament on Wednesday. However, the doubts about the sense/nonsense of the LEZ also […]
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global CO2 emissions from energy production barely increased last year. Emissions amounted to 33,3 billion tons in 2019 compared to 33,1 billion in 2018. And this despite the growth of the world economy […]
PSA daughter, Aramisauto, France’s online ‘musketeer of second-hand cars’, according to Le Monde, is surfing on the wave of private car buyers going increasingly for second-hand rather than new. In 2019, Aramisauto saw its sales in its three markets – […]
While in Flanders the number of people car sharing is still rising, in Brussels their number is decreasing. That is the conclusion the Autodelen.net federation draws from the customer data of the fifteen car-sharing systems that are active in Belgium. […]
Brake dust is an essential source of fine particulates from vehicles. Tallano, a French start-up, developed a sort of mini-vacuum cleaner called ‘Tamic’, mounted right nearby the brake calipers to catch the dust. These particles in the air are known […]
According to economist Philippe Defeyt, chief of the Sustainable Development Institute (IDD), at the current rate, Belgium will fail to reach its -35% CO2 reduction objective for 2030 even if all cars become hybrid and electric. The economist calls for […]
The Swedish car manufacturer Volvo was already owned by the Chinese carmaker Geely for 99% but was acting independently. Now they’re thinking of fusing into one big company to better withstand the uncertain future and its many challenges. By working […]
Flemish authorities are turning a deaf ear to the warnings of the climate experts that were selected to assist the Flemish government in working out a Climate and Energy Plan. Hardly one year ago, former Minister for the Environment, Koen […]
The latest study from the Bicycle Observatory notes that the share of cycling in Brussels has increased by 8,9% between 2018 and 2019. Electrically assisted bike usage is also growing, especially for the daily work-to-home commute where they accounted for […]
Car owners must expressly agree to the use of virtually all data from their vehicles. Otherwise, a manufacturer, insurance, or navigation company may not store and use the data. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) states this. The European watchdog […]
Researchers of consultancy agency Automotive Insiders have discovered that it is difficult to seduce Dutch drivers by shared cars. Hardly 4% of the Dutch use platforms like Greenwheels, Car2Go, and Snappcar. These platforms experience more and more competition of companies […]
As the coronavirus crisis in China, affecting industries from Airbus over Apple to Hyundai, keeps on dragging until March, the effect on the automotive industry worldwide could be up to 1,7 million cars less produced in 2020. The latter is […]
German vehicle manufacturer, Daimler, has announced that it will no longer develop new internal combustion engines (ICE) for passenger cars. Instead, it will concentrate on battery technology and electric motors. It was the Head of Development, Markus Schäfer, who declared […]
Tesla is now the highest-rated American car manufacturer ever with a market capitalization of 145 billion euros. It is currently worth as much as Volkswagen, BMW, Peugeot, and Renault put together, although it builds fewer cars than any of them. […]
Britain is going to ban – ‘subject to consultation’ – the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars, even hybrids by 2035. That’s five years earlier than initially planned and it can be even sooner, if feasible. Prime Minister Boris […]
The municipality of Hoogeveen is going to build the first hydrogen-powered housing project in The Netherlands, called Van der Veen home zone. The project will consist of about a hundred houses, and the construction works will start by the end […]
In its annual report on Belgium, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) sees room for a CO2 tax and road-pricing. In this context, OECD senior executive, Angel Gurria, points to international tendencies whereby countries reduce corporation tax and […]
According to a study by Swiss business bank UBS, a price war on plug-in hybrids (PHEV) is a serious risk in 2020, as car manufacturers will struggle to comply by the end of 2020 with the EU’s stricter CO2 emission […]
For one in three drivers who are on the road after 22 hours, the ‘biological night’ has already started, resulting in a higher risk of accidents. From 3 February to 1 March, the Flemish Foundation for Transport Studies (VSV), therefore, […]
Flemish newspaper De Morgen interviewed Frans Timmermans, ‘Mister climate’ of the European Commission, about the European Green Deal. Timmermans does not see the Green Deal as a fixed plan, but rather as a guideline with the ultimate goal of climate […]
In January, Tesla sold 36 Model 3 cars in the Netherlands. Last December, they were 12.117 units. Reason for this incredible gap? The tax incentives changed. Lower fiscal advantages have an immediate and important impact on electric sales. Last year, […]
Automotive supplier Bosch foresees five difficult years. Before 2025 there will be no rise anymore in worldwide car production. Other big German suppliers like Continental and ZF Friedrichshafen think almost the same. The three companies are obliged to make changes […]
According to Flemish Environment Minister, Zuhal Demir (N-VA), Flanders is keeping its promises regarding the number of electric vehicles and charging points by the end of the year. The installing companies, on the other hand, sound the alarm bell. Five […]
Advanced Metallurgical Group (AMG) wants to build a lithium plant in Germany. The aim is to prevent a shortage of batteries once the European production of electric cars is running at full speed. The German automotive world warned for such […]
Seven days and six hours. That is the time commuters lost in the daily traffic jams in Brussels last year. Traffic congestion has become as bad as in London and Rome, and almost as bad as in Paris. The Flemish […]
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