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The next stop in our World Mobility Tour is Antwerp, a historic city in the north of Belgium, the foremost petrochemical centre of Europe, the second largest port in Europe, and the global diamond trade hub. Our discussion with Koen Kennis, the Deputy Mayor responsible for mobility, tourism, finances, retail and decentralisation enables us to discover the strategy of this city regarding the mobility topic.

Connected vehicles are a given. By 2025, 100% of new vehicles sold will be connected, including new features that will improve safety, enhance on-board entertainment and optimise fleet management.
This article explores these benefits and explains what connectivity means for drivers, passengers and the road users of tomorrow.

The Arval Mobility Observatory publishes its Mobility and Fleet Barometer 2021, showing:

• Companies are more confident in the future than before the pandemic
• The shift towards electrified vehicles is accelerating at a global level
• Alternative mobility solutions are used increasingly often
• A continuous dynamic trend for operational leasing
• More and more connected vehicles are being used

Arval, European leader in full service vehicle leasing and new sustainable mobility solutions, anticipates changes in its sector, society and the market as best it can. With this in mind and in line with the strategic ambitions of its Arval Beyond plan, Arval announces the appointment of Gerry Wagner as its new Director of Institutional Relations at international level.

Arval recently hosted a workshop examining “The Road to Zero-Emission Mobility for Employees” as part of the ground-breaking Movin’On initiative. Ronan Perrier, Head of Mobility for Corporates at Arval, provides his insight into some of the event’s highly significant findings…

Arval Mobility Consulting is being launched as a new answer to rapidly changing corporate mobility needs. It comes as an update of Arval’s successful SMaRT approach (Sustainable Mobility and Responsibility Targets), launched in 2018. Arval Mobility Consulting is a key element of the Arval Beyond strategy within the 360° Mobility offer, a five-year plan designed to enable Arval to become the industry leader in terms of sustainable mobility solutions.

As the global pandemic ground many industries to a halt and lessened the appeal of public transport, bicycles have experienced a renaissance.

Indeed, in 2020, EU bicycle sales grew 23%, and this growth is expected to continue. Europeans are expected to buy an extra 10 million bikes per year by 2030, a 47% increase from the annual number in 2019. To sustain the two-wheel momentum, €1 bn has been invested to create 2,300km of new bike lanes across the EU.

This article explores what these new trends mean for companies and looks at the perspectives of this growing sector.

Despite the health crisis and thanks to the quality of its services, its ability to react quickly and seize new opportunities, the resilience of its business and the solidity of the BNP Paribas Group, Arval Group’s leased fleet grew by 6.4% compared to the end of 2019, reaching 1,381,555 vehicles (+7.3% on an average basis in 2020).

At the beginning of 2020, when fleet manager’s interviews were conducted across Europe for the last Arval Mobility Observatory fleet Barometer, the main barrier against PHEV and BEV raised by companies that were not considering implementing these alternatives was the lack of public charging points. Moreover, 2020 saw a continuing trend across Europe of increasing electrification.

At the beginning of 2021, where do we stand regarding the public charging point’s situation?