The Rise of the EREV
Regular readers have seen my posts with the data from Agentschap NL on the electric vehicle statistics for the Netherlands. I’ve recently toyed with a new App by the name of Perspective on the iPad...
View ArticleElectric Vehicles in the Netherlands: Closing in on 7000 now
The recent data from Agentschap NL got in, showing again a strong increase in the EREV category; the Opel Ampera is still going very strong. Sales of the Opel Ampera are pushed heavily by the tax...
View ArticleBetting against Tesla?
I’m not an expert on the financial market and do not provide advice on where to invest money. Some people however are going short on Tesla’s stock for quite some time now. Even though, in my humble...
View ArticleCharging for Charging
With the disappearance of charging your electric vehicle for free in the Netherlands last year time has come for a more mature EV charging market. One where consumers can pick a service provider with...
View ArticleElectric Vehicles in the Netherlands: 7410 EVs in 2012
The data for the electric vehicles in the Netherlands for december 2012 is in! There is still a strong pace in the field for the Opel Ampera’s and the Prius Plug-Ins, while the rate of new EVs has...
View ArticleElectric Vehicle – Automatic Shutters
In the quest for ever more efficient and aerodynamic cars, automatic shutters have made their appearance in car grilles. Applying the same to wheels is new, where shutters ensure the surface area of...
View ArticleTesla: The Electric Vehicle Megafactory
In many ways to me this is like Willy Wonka‘s factory, only churning out 400 Model S sedan’s a day now. If you haven’t seen it, go check out this documentary from National Geographic on Tesla’s...
View Article2012 Electric Vehicle News in the Netherlands
A lot has happened in 2012 in the Netherlands in the area of electric vehicles. The biggest news is that the Dutch electric vehicle fleet grew from 1679 electric vehicles to 7410 by the end of the...
View ArticleFisita 2014
On behalf of Kivi Niria, the Royal Institute of Engineers, of which I am a member, I will be involved with organizing the Fisita World Automotive Congress in 2014 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The...
View Article8k Electric Vehicles now in the Netherlands
A new update from AgentschapNL with their monthly statistics on our electric vehicle population here in the Netherlands. It has picked up quite some attention thanks to a link put in the New York Times...
View ArticleElectric Vehicle Data for the Netherlands – Feb 2013
The latest statistics for the electric vehicle fleet in the Netherlands are in today, now updated up to february. The growth seems a bit less this month, it could be partly the economic situation,...
View ArticleBack to the Future with Siemens and Scania?
Trains have used overhead wiring and pantographs for decades now, how come Siemens and Scania can think to call it ‘The Future’? If they really want to focus on building an electrified highway of the...
View ArticleGeared towards electric, not fuel
With the arrival of BMW’s first electric vehicle that was designed from the ground up approaching, there is a lot of discussion on the range extender that will be implemented in the BMW i3. The range...
View ArticleRobot Soccer?
What do soccer-playing robots and our future mobility have in common? When you watch the robots from TU Eindhoven play, you see coordination among the robots who play this match autonomously. There is...
View ArticleAutomotive Common Practice, or Fiskers?
Fisker has been having a rough time lately, troubles with their battery supplier A123, a significant number of cars lost in super storm Sandy, the departure of founder Henrik Fisker himself, to name a...
View ArticleElon Musk @ TED
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View ArticleSustainability: Buildings and Disasters?
Last activity of Kivi Niria I organized was hosted at the Hogeschool Utrecht, where they have some really great sustainable examples in their labs and even on their roof! Sustainable Buildings and...
View ArticleFormula E – 2 More Cities?
So far 8 cities have been selected to host a race in 2014 for the Formula E Championship. They are 8 great cities for sure, but I’m really hoping that one of those last 2 spots will feature a Dutch...
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