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In the first quarter of this year, 230 requests for subsidies for the purchase of a fully electric car were submitted, compared to 415 for the whole of 2018.
Ghent and Antwerp universities joined Leuven nanotech research centre imec for a test yesterday to see if “smart” cars could avoid accidents by communicating with each other.
There are 19,000 vehicles registered in Brussels that do not conform to the low-emission zone (Lez) now that it has entered its second phase.
The Rogier tunnel in central Brussels will be closed every night from today until mid-June for major maintenance and repair work.
Car-sharing service Zipcar has been given a stay of execution in Brussels and will remain open until at least this summer, as talks with a potential buyer are under way.
Brussels has abandoned a plan to introduce a car-free weekend to mark the Tour de France Grand Départ in July.
A record number of cars with automatic gearboxes were sold in Belgium last year, with manufacturers forecasting that manual transmission could be a thing of the past "in the next few years".
Residents of Flanders are invited to register for a group buy of electric cars. This makes the purchase of an electric car, which intimidates some people, more affordable.
Drivers who leaving their car engine running when at a standstill could be hit with a €130 on-the-spot fine under new rules coming into force in Wallonia on 1 March.
