June 09, 2022
The Albany, New York-based company Plug Power will build a factory in the port of Antwerp on the former Opel site, NextGen District, to prodThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 09, 2022
Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool has just launched a new model range of zero-emission public transport buses and coaches for local transporThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 09, 2022
Europe has taken a historic step on Wednesday with the Parliament voting a ban on sales of new cars or vans with an internal combustion engiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 09, 2022
Dr. Alexander W. Wehr is moving to Belgium to become President and CEO of BMW Group Belux. He will succeed Eddy Haesendonck, who decided to This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 09, 2022
Nissan decided to skip the plug-in phase for its electrified models. Hybrids, like this Juke, are poised to bridge the transition to full elThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 08, 2022
Flanders is beefing up the subsidies for investments in sustainable trucks for heavy transport and buses. For hydrogen trucks, the subsidiesThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 08, 2022
Toyota and its subsidiary Woven Planet Group have developed a prototype of a portable hydrogen cartridge of 5 kg with 3.3 kWh output. This cThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 08, 2022
Geely’s daughter and Volvo’s sister Polestar has revealed the first entire picture of its Polestar 3, its first SUV. There’s also a date annThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 07, 2022
As of 1 September 2022, Sigrid de Vries will assume the position as the European car and truck manufacturers association’s new Director-GeneThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 07, 2022
May hasn’t brought relief for the car market in Belgium and Luxembourg. Compared to the same month last year, car sales declined by 16,7%, fThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 07, 2022
Renault’s mobility branch Mobilize has delivered 40 units of the Limo model to its first customer, the Spanish ride-hailing brand Cabify. This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 07, 2022
The BMW Group has laid the foundation stone for its new electric car plant in Debrecen, Hungary. The company invests more than one billion eThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 03, 2022
Chinese car group Geely has launched nine self-manufactured satellites into a low orbit around the earth to establish a network to support tThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 02, 2022
Belgian rail network manager Infrabel has the investment plan for the next ten years ready. The federal government must now decide how much This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 02, 2022
Dutch navigation service provider TomTom will be cutting about 500 jobs in the coming period, 10% of the total. The job losses will occur inThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 01, 2022
Not using your own car during the entire month of June, can you do it? This is the challenge that Prof. Cathy Macharis, head of the VUB reseThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
June 01, 2022
Pedestrians and cyclists who encounter a heavy car in a traffic accident face double the chance of losing their lives compared to lighter veThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 31, 2022
As part of a complete network of five hydrogen filling stations, DATS24 opened a second unit in Wilrijk yesterday. The forecourt lies along This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 30, 2022
The startup Vaeridion from Munich wants to build small electric airplanes with space for two pilots and nine passengers. In contrast to the This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 30, 2022
Inhabitants in Brussels who dispose of their vehicles and hand in their licence plates receive a premium through Bruxell’Air or Brussels’AThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 27, 2022
Electrified cars are slowly gathering momentum among company cars. That’s the conclusion from a survey by employer’s organization PartenThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 25, 2022
On Tuesday, the CEO of the French railway operator SNCF, Jean-Pierre Farandou, announced that a new high-speed TGV line linking Paris to BerThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 25, 2022
The Flemish government must pay environmental organization Greenpeace a penalty of 850 000 euros. The Air Policy Plan drawn up after a judgmThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 25, 2022
D’Ieterens ‘Lucien’ bike business has a new, important competitor: Raida. The new group consists of three local chains: Cool Electro CycleThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 24, 2022
Road safety institute Vias advocates the rapid introduction of a driving license based on points to which measures and judicial sanctions arThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 24, 2022
In an objective to renew the airport of Zaventem into a multimodal hub based on a more environmental-friendly strategy, her CEO Arnaud FeistThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 24, 2022
The decision has been made on the almost 18-year-old plans for a tram connection between Hasselt and Maastricht: the Flemish government is sThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 23, 2022
Lancia is resurrecting. It starts its ‘ten-year plan’, which will begin in 2024 with the new Lancia Ypsilon. In 2026, the new flagship is suThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 23, 2022
In 2021, there were 41,1 million trucks, mostly foreign, on Belgium’s roads. Never before has this number been so high. This is evident fromThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 20, 2022
The Brussels government has launched a project call to boost the rollout of charging stations for electric vehicles. All owners of private cThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 20, 2022
The European Commission wants the EU to faster accelerate its endeavor to gain energetical independence. Energy use must be more efficient, This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 19, 2022
Together with Denmark, Germany, and The Netherlands, Belgium will increase the capacity of wind turbines in the North Sea tenfold by 2050, tThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 19, 2022
After more than six years, high-speed train operator Thalys is canceling its IZY low-cost offer. With the IZY trains, you could travel betThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 19, 2022
In a press release, the American EV manufacturer announced that also in Belgium, certain Tesla superchargers would be made available to elecThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 19, 2022
The Dutch charging infrastructure provider Allego, already well introduced and proliferating in Belgium, has entered into a cooperation to iThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 19, 2022
Giant Japanese carmaker Toyota has announced a significant partnership with the French world leader in gas and technologies Air Liquide for This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 17, 2022
In his eagerly awaited report, the intendant appointed by the Belgian government, Guy Vloebergh, concludes that the Ventilus line is best plThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 17, 2022
SOLiTHOR, a spin-off of the Leuven-based research company Imec, will develop and market solid-state batteries under the brand name SOLiTHOThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 13, 2022
On Tuesday, the Norwegian government put forward a proposal to apply taxes to the sales of electric cars, putting an end to their world-renoThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 13, 2022
Flemish Minister of Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), wants to know the effect of lowering the speed on the highways around Ghent. She, thThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 13, 2022
General Motors CEO Mary Barra is ready to return to Europe. The most obvious reason is that electric vehicle sales are booming in the EU. ThThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 13, 2022
During the announcement of the latest quarterly figures, BMW CEO Oliver Zipse confirmed that ‘die Neuse Klasse’, the new New Class platform This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 12, 2022
Both the new and second-hand motorbike markets were hit like the car market. Last month, the number of new motorbike registrations fell by 2This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 12, 2022
More than a third of Belgian companies will not make the switch to a fully electric car park by 2026, the deadline the government is settingThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 12, 2022
Many manufacturers are already sold out of vehicles (especially EVs) in 2022. The delivery delays are getting longer than a year, making somThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 10, 2022
On ‘Mobilize Day’, the Mobilize department has shown its ambitions in services and technology inside the Renault Group. Its target is 20% ofThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 09, 2022
There’s something weird going on in the automotive industry. Even though sales are beating record lows in some regions, the financial resultThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 09, 2022
Luring more people and companies on the train, with a connection every 15 minutes around the big cities. These are some of the spearheads ofThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 09, 2022
A few weeks ago, D’Ieteren CEO Francis Deprez presented its plans for the Group at its investor’s day in the Ixelles headquarters. The four This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 06, 2022
It’s the world’s best-selling van for decades, so if you get the chance to drive some of the first all-new e-Transits coming from Ford’s KocThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 06, 2022
The European car manufacturers association ACEA just released the total European car sales figures for the first quarter of 2022. There’s a This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 05, 2022
In a television interview, Norwegian Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård has unveiled that the government is reconsidering the EV incentiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 05, 2022
According to news agency Bloomberg, insiders report that LG Chem has set its eyes on Antwerp-based materials handler Umicore to quench its tThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 04, 2022
The impact of digital technology on the climate is five times more positive than the total digital footprint by 2030. CO2 emissions in BelgiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 04, 2022
After contradicting that there won’t be enough charging infrastructure for all new electric cars to be built, the Brussels-based environmentThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 04, 2022
The car and two-wheeler manufacturers and importers association Febiac have released the new sales figures for April. But unfortunately, theThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
May 04, 2022
Stellantis’ car-sharing division Free2move announced today it had signed an agreement to acquire car-sharing company Share Now, a joint ventThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 29, 2022
The Brussels Government is raising its ambitions to reduce greenhouse gas from 40 to 47% by 2030 compared to 2005. To this end, subsidies foThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 29, 2022
The new Port of Antwerp-Bruges, a fusion of the harbors of Antwerp and Zeebrugge, wants to become “the green entry to Europe”. Its ambitionsThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
April 28, 2022
Rental cars will remain very expensive this summer. Prices have increased spectacularly – some almost tripled – because there is more demandThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.
