Maarten Vinkhuyzen Grumpy old man. The best thing I did with my life was raising two kids. Only finished primary education, but when you don’t go to school, you have lots of time to read. I switched from accounting to software development and ended my career as system integrator and architect. My 2007 boss got two electric Lotus Elise cars to show policymakers the future direction of energy and transportation. And I have been looking to replace my diesel cars with electric vehicles ever since. And putting my money where my mouth is, I have bought Tesla shares. Intend to keep them until I can trade them for a Tesla car.
November 21st, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
The inhabitants of the Tesla fanboy echo chamber have heard regularly about the Tesla Dojo supercomputer, with almost nobody knowing what it was
October 21st, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
Elon Musk has previously expressed his concern that there is a lot of demand for Tesla autos from people who don’t have enough money to buy one. This was met with some laughter
October 17th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
When Japanese automakers entered the European market over half a century ago, then Korean automakers did so in the '80s and '90s, and lastly Indian brands did so hardly a decade ago, they started at the bottom with low-priced and low-quality products
October 17th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
Sometimes there are really surprising emails in my inbox. A few days ago there was a newsletter from one of the largest car leasing companies in the world, LeasePlan. It advised its clients to not choose a plugin hybrid (PHEV) for their next car in the Netherlands
October 17th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
After years of hardly any new electric models from most carmakers, we see in Europe a large number of new “electrified” models
October 15th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
Years ago I wrote about my expectation, based on simple logic, that around this time, in the C-segment (e.g., Volkswagen Golf) and the lower-cost models of the D-segment (e.g., Skoda Superb), fully electric autos would become price competitive with their fossil fuel ancestors
October 15th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
As many know by now, the EU has put in place a regime that punishes carmakers that pollute “too much” — called Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards
October 13th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
Today, Fastned reported 54% growth in revenue year over year (YoY) in the 3rd quarter
October 13th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
There are several terms that we frequently use on CleanTechnica which are not particularly common among the broader population, so I decided to create a glossary to help out with this
October 10th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
In most of the world, the charging infrastructure — or, better, the lack of a charging infrastructure — is a big obstacle to the acceptance of electric driving
October 2nd, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
Without getting in the way of my two colleagues, José Pontes and Maximilian Holland, who are providing you with monthly electric vehicle (EV) market updates, I'd like to share my excitement for my home market with you. Fully electric vehicle (BEV) sales are reaching early majority buyers
September 23rd, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
For years, in discussions about future batteries, fanboys have touted the big breakthrough that would make batteries better, cheaper, safer, lighter, etc. — as if touched by a magic want. That is not how progress in science or engineering is made. It is always the dwarf standing on the giant's shoulders that sees new possibilities beyond the old horizons
August 21st, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
Tesla has decided to make the stockholder meeting and battery day on September 22, 2020, mainly virtual. Because of the ongoing health concerns and restrictions, the events as planned had to be changed
August 17th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
Around the pool of the CleanTechnica worldwide virtual headquarters on top of Mount Elonpus, we did celebrate Zach's 300 Tesla Jedi Masters masterpiece. This led to a discussion about the safety of Full Self Driving (FSD). It is often said that FSD needs to be 10 times better or safer than a human driver
July 26th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
On the Tesla earnings call last Wednesday, July 22, Elon mentioned the renewable energy stack for the home. Tesla was focused on the big three: collection (solar), storage (Li-on batteries), and consumption (transport). These are indeed three defining parts of the renewable energy cycle for private persons
July 16th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Yokohama, Japan, the first big EV news from Nissan in about 10 years was shared with the world. Am I over the top with this statement? Probably, but I have forgotten how many years we have waited for this companion to the Nissan Leaf
July 3rd, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
I keep writing biased articles. First it was Fastned, then the Citroën MPV, and now my current love and daily driver, the
