Starting this year, Imbema has obtained exclusive representation of Ehrle’s full range of professional pressure washers and car wash equipment in the Benelux. Ehrle, a German family business, is a global player in the self-service car wash field and has already installed more than 6,000 wash bays.
As far as Europe’s gas supply is concerned, things are going to get tense in the near future, but fossil drivers should not worry for the time being. Thanks to the stable oil market, cheaper refuelling awaits them.
Logistics service provider LCW Groningen recently acquired its own charging station for its electric trucks. While the company currently operates with three fully electric trucks, a tenfold increase in that number should eventually be possible thanks in part to the charging facility.
Two stations were recently added to the portfolio of OK filling stations in the Netherlands. In Doetinchem, Shell remains on the awning for a while, while OK has immediately started remodelling its new filling station in Rotterdam.
A petrol station at a junction where dangerous traffic situations regularly arise has prompted the local political party BurgerBelangen Hengelo to question whether it is at all desirable to have petrol stations in residential areas. The extra traffic to these locations “increases the risk of traffic unsafe situations and affects the liveability in the neighbourhoods…
Emergency services had to turn out at several petrol stations in recent days. In Zwolle and Bergen op Zoom stations were robbed; in the latter case a suspect has already been arrested. At a petrol station in Windraak, Limburg, someone drove his car into others. At an unmanned location in Apeldoorn, shots were reportedly fired.
British oil group BP is cutting thousands of jobs. According to Bloomberg, top executive Murray Auchincloss made this known to staff this week in an e-mail, also in the hands of the news agency. At stake are 4,700 jobs within the company and the jobs of 3,000 hired employees. With the reorganisation, BP aims to…
Fastned has downgraded its forecasts for 2025 due to smaller growth in the number of electric vehicles and longer lead times for building charging stations. The company is downgrading its revenue target of 400 thousand euros per charging station.
British multinational EG Group, a major operator of petrol stations and convenience stores, is considering an IPO on Wall Street. Analysts estimate that the company’s value in an IPO could reach over $14 billion.