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.
