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‘Diesel made from offal reduces CO2 emissions up to 90%’
Gert Verhoeven Posted On October 10, 2019


The Finnish fuel company, Neste, introduces renewable diesel to the Dutch market, which is made from offal. The fuel is cleaner than regular diesel and perfectly compatible with conventional engines. By being renewable, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 50 […]


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Belgian battery lab invests in ‘800-km-range’ technology
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 10, 2019


The MOBI research group of the Brussels VUB university is investing in a ‘dry room’ for its state-of-the-art pilot production line for the next generation of solid-state batteries. The goal is the development of batteries giving electric cars a range […]


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Renault creates new subsidiary to make mobility an industry
Félix Bouland Posted On October 10, 2019


The French automotive group, Renault, gathers all its mobility activities under one roof with its new subsidiary, Renault Mobility As an Industry (Renault M.A.I.). The aim is to use the brand’s expertise in the mobility sector to make an industry […]


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Engie and Umicore install ‘second life’ buffer battery
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 9, 2019


With the help of Engie, Umicore has installed a ‘second life’ energy buffer battery at its site in Olen (Belgium). The buffer uses 48 electric car batteries that came from Renault Kangoo vans from the French postal service. It is […]


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Nissan has new boss, Renault is looking for one
Tony Verhelle Posted On October 9, 2019


Three weeks before the deadline, the Nissan board has designated a new CEO. Makoto Uchida will be aided in his new role by two new COOs, Ashwani Gupta and Jun Seki. Meanwhile, the search to replace Thierry Bolloré at the […]


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Colruyt and Fluxys to build 25 MW hydrogen plant
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 8, 2019


Belgian retailer group, Colruyt, and gas grid manager, Fluxys, are planning to build together a 12 to 25 MW hydrogen electrolysis plant in the harbor of Zeebrugge or Antwerp, to store green electricity of the offshore windmill parks. Their board […]


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D’Ieteren in favor of taxing polluting vehicles more
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 8, 2019


New regional car taxation rules in Belgium all seem to evolve into making polluting vehicles pay more and less polluting cars less. Not a bad idea, according to D’Ieteren spokesman Jean-Marc Ponteville. The company is an important player in the […]


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Car fleet is aging significantly in the Netherlands
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 8, 2019


The number of cars in The Netherlands has risen from 6,34 million in 2000 to over 8,5 million today. But many of those are older, second-hand cars. The average age of a car in The Netherlands today is 10,7 years, […]


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Climate activists paralyze capital cities
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 8, 2019


Last Monday, the climate action group, Extinction Rebellion, blocked the central axes in several capitals all over the world. Thousands of rebels gathered in the streets of Amsterdam, London, Berlin, and Madrid, but also in New-Zealand and Australia. Extinction Rebellion […]


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‘If all cars are electric only 24% of energy of today’s ICE fleet is needed’
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 7, 2019


If the total Dutch fleet of 9 million cars would be electric in 20 years, it would only need 24% of the energy the current fleet with combustion engines (ICE) consumes today. Dutch scientist and professor at TU Eindhoven, Maarten […]


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Car manufacturers are selling more and more e-scooters
Gert Verhoeven Posted On October 3, 2019


Small electric scooters become more popular in city centers. Car manufacturers have understood this, and many are now offering their small electric 2-wheelers without pedals. Last-mile solution On the one hand, these machines are an efficient way for commuters to […]


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Truck.rent: revolution in industrial vehicles rental
Félix Bouland Posted On October 3, 2019


Born from the imagination of the French start-up, TrucksMe, Truck.rent offers an online rental solution for all industrial vehicles. Thanks to its Trucks Mobility service, the lease is entirely self-service. Clients can, therefore, remotely rent, pay, make the inventory, and […]


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Seniors buy more new cars than other generations
Félix Bouland Posted On October 2, 2019


A study from statistics bureau AAA Data shows that senior citizens over 65 are the first buyers of new cars. With the aging population, that generation still attached to an individual property represents an important market. In France, two-quarters of […]


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Dutch electricity grid getting saturated
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 2, 2019


With the sharp increase of solar panel parks that deliver and data centers that consume a lot of electricity, the Dutch grid is starting to get saturated. According to the electricity grid management company, Liander, there is no room on […]


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‘Mankind emits 100 times more CO2 than volcanoes’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 2, 2019


The activities of mankind emit 100 times more CO2 – one of the main factors for global warming – than the volcanoes of the planet. That is the conclusion of a study published on Tuesday in the magazine ‘Elements’. A […]


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New figures confirm e-bike causes more accidents with seniors
Luc Joris Posted On October 1, 2019


Never before have so many people over 65 been killed on Belgian roads. At least if we look at the figures for the last ten years. For example, more than one in four road deaths in Belgium are over 65 […]


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450.000 clients against Volkswagen in monstrous class action
Félix Bouland Posted On October 1, 2019


On Monday, the Brunswick court opened its doors to the first-ever class action in German history. Representing 450.000 owners, the consumer association, VZBV, is asking the Volkswagen Group reparation for the engine emission fraud enlightened by the dieselgate scandal. This […]


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Canadians confirm Tesla’s ‘million-mile battery’ might come true
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 1, 2019


A group of researchers at the Canadian Dalhousie University have published a paper about a new type of lithium-ion car battery. Managing 4.000 charge cycles, they should allow a vehicle to rack up 1 million miles while only losing 10% […]


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Switch to hybrid and electric car deepens social gap
Félix Bouland Posted On September 30, 2019


Higher taxes and increased fuel prices are pushing Belgians out of diesel cars toward petrol and hybrid vehicles. However, lower incomes are most affected by the measure, as they can’t always afford a cleaner but more expensive hybrid or electric […]


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French to merge Eurostar and Thalys
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 30, 2019


The French railway company, SNCF, is planning to merge its subsidiaries, Eurostar and Thalys. “We want to create a European company that is ready to compete with car traffic and aviation,” explained SNCF CEO, Guillaume Pepy on Sunday during a […]


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Elektra EV: new ‘Belgian’ brand in e-mobility
Joris Van Roy Posted On September 20, 2019


Belgium has a new brand in electric mobility on two and four wheels: Elektra EV. It starts offering China-made e-scooters, mopeds, and microcars that are assembled to European specs, and have been homologated for the EU market. The ambition is […]


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‘LNG truck emits more nitrogen than diesel truck’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 19, 2019


The Dutch authorities are again appropriating a budget for cleaner trucks driving on liquefied natural gas (LNG), but they emit up to five times more nitrogen than diesel trucks. That was the conclusion of some driving tests the Dutch authorities […]


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Dutch Carver is back: electric and affordable
Joris Van Roy Posted On September 19, 2019


Ten years after its failed introduction, the Dutch three-wheeler Carver is back, now in an electric version for the city. And it should be affordable with a price tag five times lower than the one on the initial ICE version: […]


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Valeo CEO: ‘20% electric cars in 10 years, hybrid for the rest’
Félix Bouland Posted On September 18, 2019


At the 2019 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, Jacques Aschenbroich, CEO of French OEM Valeo, gives his views on the evolution of cars’ powertrains. While most carmakers believe that the electric car will replace ICE, the French CEO puts forward the […]


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Antwerp police wants to be able to eliminate drones
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 18, 2019


The Antwerp police are the initiator of Skyfall, a European project to eliminate dangerous drones. The police will buy special devices that can take control of the drones and even capture them in a net. Skyfall is a cooperation between […]


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SeaBubbles: final tests to ‘fly’ over river Seine
Joris Van Roy Posted On September 17, 2019


The French start-up SeaBubbles was granted a license for final testing of its hydrofoil water taxis on the river Seine in Paris (France). If this week’s tests are conclusive, SeaBubbles will get the green light for commercial exploitation starting in […]


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Will Wallonia push Brussels toward urban toll?
Félix Bouland Posted On September 17, 2019


The new Brussels government’s plan A to reform road taxes is to introduce the much-talked-about kilometer tax. After the Brussels Environment Minister wished openly to introduce it in collaboration with the other two Regions, Walloon Green party president, Jean-Marc Nollet […]


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Emblematic BMW i3 won’t have a successor
Tony Verhelle Posted On September 17, 2019


BMW sales boss, Pieter Nota, has declared to the Financial Times this weekend that there will be no successor for the emblematic and full electric i3. Instead, the electrification of the whole range is now the priority. When it was […]


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Cambio: after 15 years the only one to make money
Joris Van Roy Posted On September 16, 2019


Car sharing service, Cambio, born in 2000 in Germany, is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary in Flanders. Serving 21.000 people with a fleet of 722 cars, it manages at least to break even, while the free-floating car-sharing companies in Belgium are […]


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Renault CEO Thierry Bolloré: ‘We’re working on a 10.000 euros EV’
Tony Verhelle Posted On September 15, 2019


At the IAA motor show in Frankfurt, Thierry Bolloré, CEO of the French car manufacturer, Renault, presented the new Captur. At the same time, he commented on some hot issues regarding the company, the Alliance with Nissan and the automotive […]


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Californian law floors Uber-like economic model
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 12, 2019


A newly introduced bill in California will make platforms, like Uber or Lyft, to requalify their independent employees as fully paid. The new law that was introduced by the democrat governor of California, Gavin Newsom, and just approved by the […]


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Frankfurter Motorshow IAA opens in gloomy atmosphere
Tony Verhelle Posted On September 12, 2019


Today, the Frankfurter International Motor Show (IAA) edition 2019 opens its doors for the public. The visitors will be slightly flabbergasted. The glamorous and exuberant days of earlier shows are clearly over. More than 20 different brands have chosen to […]


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D’Ieteren’s Skipr to offer mobility budget management
Joris Van Roy Posted On September 12, 2019


Skipr, the multi-modal travel app of D’Ieteren’s Lab Box, is making a move to the business market by offering companies a solution to manage the mobility budget for their employees. Key is the ability to provide one invoice and VAT […]


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‘Driver’s license revoked for using cell phone while driving’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 12, 2019


The Belgian province of Flemish Brabant is planning action against ‘killers in traffic’. From Monday, local and federal authorities will check on the use of alcohol, mobile phones, and tablets while driving. The Public Prosecutor will also impose a driving […]


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Mercedes bets on Belgian-Dutch pilot team in Formula E
Joris Van Roy Posted On September 12, 2019


At the IAA Motorshow in Frankfurt, Mercedes has presented on Wednesday the team to make its entrance in the Formula E: former Belgian Formula 1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne (27) and Dutch Formula 2 driver Nyck De Vries (24). It will […]


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