The recycling contribution has existed for a few years as a one-off contribution on top of the purchase price of a passenger car or light commercial vehicle in the Netherlands. From tomorrow, the compulsory contribution applies to all cars for which a Dutch registration number is requested, so from now on also for used cars…
Tesla’s public criticism comes at a time when the company is already in the spotlight in China. During the important Shanghai auto show on Monday, a woman climbed onto the roof of a Tesla in protest. The woman has been campaigning against the company for some time because she and her family had almost died…
According to the data that the company has been able to access so far, the vehicle had not turned on the autopilot, the CEO reported on Twitter. Musk also reported that the car had not been purchased with a fully self-driving option. According to the preliminary investigation by the police, it was “almost 99.9 percent…
A police spokesperson in Harris County, Texas, said that according to initial findings, one occupant was in the passenger seat and the other in the back seat when the car went off the road at high speed, crashed into a tree and caught fire. According to the preliminary investigation, it is ‘almost 99.9 percent certain’…
If a truck or trailer is equipped with such a ‘cat flap’, it usually concerns refrigerated or freezer vehicles. Because the doors of these types of trucks close very well, the air would quickly become stale if the temperature rises after unloading, or if the vehicle is not cooled. This could quickly cause germs or…
Car editor Niek Schenk replies: ,, Not just the headlights, it is usually the combination of headlights, grille and front bumper that reminds us of a human face or the head of an animal. Designers like to play with such associations to give a car more emotion. After all, powerful design helps cars to distinguish…
In both the frontal and side impact tests, the connection between the Isofix chassis and the child seat failed. As a result, the child seat with child dummy in it came loose from the chassis and flew forward. In a collision in practice, a child can be seriously injured as a result, the ANWB concludes….
The threats began when one Jace Craft-Miller picked up his new Mustang Mach-E First Edition. The 29-year-old sales project manager from Ohio wrote on Twitter: “There are all Tesla fanboys who are contacting me and saying how much they hate the Mach-E.” Rodriguez replied, “I’ve received death threats when I wrote about how much fun…
Media like RTL News, Autoblog, TopGear and Autoweek reported it with conviction: Volkswagen would be called Voltswagen in the US, as it would only sell electric cars in the future. Yes, the timing was strange, around April 1, but when asked VW confirmed that this was not an April 1 joke and so it was…
For emergency responders and rescue workers, road users who take pictures or film with their mobile phones after accidents are a growing problem. Not only because the braking motorists cause traffic jams in this way, but also because bystanders filming make it difficult for rescuers to gain access to the injured. In the worst case,…