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Lease car drivers experience a lack of charging points in their neighborhoods

63% of lease drivers with an electric car indicate that there are too few charging points in their area, according to research conducted among more than 1,000 lease drivers by ALD ...

Businesses in the Netherlands need to get to the electric car sooner

The number of electric cars in the Netherlands is increasing every year. More and more companies are taking the step towards a fully electric vehicle fleet. Even so, only two perce...

Changes to car taxes 2022 all in a row

January is not only the month of resolutions. It's also the time of year when new regulations go into effect.  This is also true in the field of car taxes. For example, ne...

The Netherlands in lockdown (again), this is the impact

The Netherlands has been in lockdown again since Sunday 19 December, until at least 14 January 2022. Our suppliers and ALD Automotive had already taken many safety measures before....

Vulnerability in commonly used software called Apache Log4j

As you may have heard in the news, the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), part of the Ministry of Justice and Security, is warning about a vulnerability in globally used softwa...

ALD Automotive scores in election best lease company in the Netherlands

ALD Automotive has expanded its trophy collection considerably with its poll results, scoring best leasing company in the Netherlands in the "Large leasing companies" cat...

Frequently asked questions chip shortage

A worldwide chip shortage is causing problems in the delivery times of cars. It has been in the news regularly lately, but what do you notice, and what are the alternatives? We hav...

Longer delivery times through chip shortages, what to do?

There is a global shortage of microchips. These are needed, among other things, to build cars and due to the shortage, the delivery times of new cars can rise considerably to well ...

Budget Day 2021: What are the car plans for next year?

Yesterday was the day. Traditionally, on the third Tuesday of September, the King delivered the speech from the throne and the Budget Document and the Tax Plan for the coming year ...

My EV parked at your filling station

In a series of blogs, Miel Horsten, Group Regional Director at ALD International, describes his experiences as an EV driver.Get acquainted with the daily practice of using an EV in...