The European Commission organised a public consultation on reducing CO2 emissions from road transport in order to prepare the revision of Regulations EC No 443/2009 and 510/2011. You can find below the summary of the position's paper submitted as additional comments to the consultation. More...
On 22 and 23 November, Daimler, Linde, Honda, Intelligent Energy, Opel and Toyota organised the fourth annual edition of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) Drive ‘n’ Ride in Brussels. Manufacturers plan to launch FCEVs on the market from 2014 onwards, but more infrastructure is needed for the market success of hydrogen fuel cells. More...
The Plug-in EV Infrastructure Europe 2011 was organised on 11-12 October 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany. 200+ EV experts attended the conference, including 25 senior level speakers who shared their views on electromobility. More...
The Plug-in EV Infrastructure Europe 2011 was organised on 11-12 October 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany. 200+ EV experts attended the conference, including 25 senior level speakers who shared their views on electromobility. More...
The European Automotive Aftermarket Symposium (EAAS) was organised on 26th May 2011 in Bologna and was part of Autopromotec, the most specialized exhibition in the world for the assistance to the automotive industry, which represents a benchmark of the international automotive aftermarket, with 125,000m² of exhibition. Jacques de Selliers, Managing Director of Going-Electric, made a 20 minutes presentation titled “Electric Vehicles: Opportunities & Threats for the Aftermarket”. More...
Brussels, 17 May 2011 – The European CARS 21 High-Level group organised on Friday 13 May 2011 a public hearing bringing together a wide group of stakeholdersinto presenting recommendations for the CARS 21 Final Reports. Jacques de Selliers, Managing Director of Going-Electric, Association for Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Europe, gave a presentation during which he highlighted four key points for a competitive EU automotive industry and sustainable mobility, and submitted a Position Paper, which is summarised hereafter.More...
April 2011: Participation to EV conferences
in China and Barcelona
During April 2011, Jacques de Selliers, Managing Director of Going-Electric, participated at two majors EV conferences: Green Fuels and Vehicles in China, 7-8 April 2011 and EV battery Forum in Barcelona, 12-14 April 2011. Going-Electric summarises the key messages. More...
The 81st Geneva International Motor Show, taking place from 3-13 March 2011, is the scene of an incredible 170 World & European vehicle premieres. Yesterday, during the first press day, major carmakers unveiled a total of more than 40 new alternative and ecologically-powered vehicles and concepts. More...
According to a recent study by the French Embassy in Japan, European companies are investing far less in EV battery manufacturing plants
than
Asian and American companies. More...
shecco and Going-Electric have decided to tighten their partnership: from January 2011, shecco is in charge of running Going-Electric’s daily operations. Both organisations will continue developing together projects for the promotion of electromobility. More...
The PEV Infrastructure 2010 brought together top EV automakers and electric utilities to build a sustainable and profitable charging infrastructure! Jacques de Selliers, Founder and Managing Director of Going-Electric, was a speaker on topic “Keeping the Consumer in the EV Equation”, focusing on the need for EV industry to be aware of EV user needs in order to win and retain early EV adopters. More...
The exhibition at EVS25 welcomed electric cars from all over the world, but the exhibition was largely dominated by Chinese electric cars. Jacques de Selliers, Founder and Managing Director of Going-Electric was there: “I saw more models of Chinese electric cars than I thought that there was models of Chinese cars” he said. More...
Going-Electric, jointly with two of its members, sent in June a request for a meeting to the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the Transport, Environment and Industry commissions, proposing to exchange views on electric vehicles (EVs). We already met around this quarter about 30 MEPs. More...
July 2010: CEN-CENELEC Focus Group on Electro Mobility
Going-Electric is part of the CEN-CENELEC Focus Group defining standards
for charging electric vehicles.
Going-Electric targets to ensure that the mains need of EV users is met: being able to safely charge on domestic sockets. More...
Going-Electric answers a few questions from Blogactiv TV on 29 June 2010, after a Euractiv Workshop which topic was: 'Electric cars: On the road to greener transport?’. More...
Going-Electric and AVERE have issued today a written contribution regarding the public consultation of the DG - Enterprise and Industry about the Europe competitiveness of the car industry. More...
The European Commission issued yesterday a Communication concerning the European strategy on clean and energy efficient vehicles. While Going-Electric praises the Commission's Communication for recognizing electric technologies as clean options, we deeply regret that it does not focus all available financial resources on Electric Vehicles. More...
The upcoming Belgian EU Presidency consulted the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) for an exploratory opinion on the topic “Towards a widespread use of electric vehicles”.
The EESC Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society organized on 12 April 2010 a hearing in view of completing the Committee’s work on the subject. Going-Electric presented its views at this hearing. More...
Going-Electric is the guest speaker for the April 2010 Comment:Visions broadcast on Euronews, answering the question "If the transition to electric vehicles is so important, then why isn’t it happening faster?" in a six minutes interview. More...
DG-Enterprise and Industry organised a consultation on an European strategy on clean and energy-efficient vehicles, in view of drafting a European Commission’s Communication and possibly of reviewing the vision agreed in the "CARS 21 mid-term review". Going-Electric made a presentation at the public hearing on March 11 and submitted a written contribution on March 15 providing innovative answers to questions raised by the Commission. More...
After an EU meeting on 9 February, the Spanish EU presidency has announced its intention to boost the Electric Vehicles industry in Europe. While congratulating the Spanish EU Presidency for this excellent initiative, AVERE and Going-Electric highlight some points that now need to be taken into account. More...
Belgian State Secretary Bernard Clerfayt has announced the new financial incentives for new EV buyers voted effective Jan. 1 2010 by the Belgian federal government. For individuals, it consists of a tax reduction reaching 30% of the purchase cost for electric cars and 15% for electric quadricycles, tricycles and motorcycles. More... Read the Press Release in French.
