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On the lifecycle, what does emit less an electric car, a diesel or a petrol one?

Apr 21, 2020
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On the lifecycle, what does emit less an electric car, a diesel or a petrol one?

You can find plenty of articles related to this topic. Transport & Environment (T&E) published a comparison tool to compare both in a specific case. This lifecycle analysis (#LCAA) takes into account the car size, the battery production country and the electricity mix in the country where the car is used. One element is not included: the recycling cost and impact of batteries (because still unknown and unclear) This tool will be useful when considering fleet electrificatio

How and where bicycles are used in Brussels?

Apr 1, 2020
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How and where bicycles are used in Brussels?

Bike Citizens published on their website a heat map of the bicycle usage in Brussels (first picture). We can clearly see the axe Tervuren-Montgomery-Loi which is (in normal time) quite crowded. On the other side, #bike is used everywhere, most of the streets are used in the city centre. And what about the shared bikes? JUMP Bikes published also a heat map with the use of their #ebikes. In both cases, it is the pentagon and the south-east zone (Ixelles, Etterbeek) which is the