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Electrifying Amsterdam Schiphol Airport — Tesla Taxis, Electric Buses, Etc. (#CleanTechnica Original)

March 29, 20179 years rogiervanrooij 0 Comments

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is incrementally electrifying transportation on, from, and to the aviation hub. Being the largest airport in the Netherlands and the 3rd largest player in Europe, with 63.6 million passengers handled in 2016, Schiphol has expressed an ambition to become the most sustainable airport in the world. An important means of reaching this goal is by switching over to electric drivetrains for vehicles operating on the airport itself, as well as for transportation of passengers to and from Schiphol Airport.

Energy Startup Vandebron Bids €1 Million On Dutch Coal Power Plant To Turn It Into…

March 24, 20179 years rogiervanrooij 0 Comments

The small Dutch energy company Vandebron, which allows consumers to buy their renewable energy directly from local producers on an online marketplace, has offered utility Nuon €1 million for its coal-fired power plant in Amsterdam. After the purchase, the energy startup wants to shut the plant down and turn it into a theme park.

Energy Giant Engie Buys EV Charging Leader EV-Box (Exclusive Interview)

March 15, 20179 years Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

As you probably saw, I was one of the keynote speakers at EV-Box’s inaugural rEVolution summit. I noticed ahead of time that the inspiring Engie exec Thierry Lepercq was going to be one of the other speakers, but I did not anticipate the huge news that was to come. At the very end of the summit, EV-Box CEO Kristof Vereenooghe slow-walked us through the announcement, somewhat teasing the audience as he unveiled that EV-Box had just become a part of Engie.

Loved Dutch Bikeway Design Manual Now Updated!

February 28, 20179 years Cynthia Shahan 0 Comments

Word of mouth is a way of education that continues to be powerful in the midst of societal and technological change. In the impassioned subcultures I frequent, activities growing fast because of word of mouth include bicycling, urban farming, and organic farming. For those subcultures, word of mouth seems more powerful than anything else. The word comes from someone doing rather than telling, and that is largely the force of change.

What Will Drive The rEVolution?

February 25, 20179 years Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

I’ve been covering the electric vehicle industry obsessively for several years now. I’ve published thousands of articles on this tech. Yet, a few old articles from years ago still stand out to me and often come to mind.

rEVolution (in Amsterdam)

February 13, 20179 years Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

The rEVolution will not be televised …
but it will be blogged and perhaps Facebook livestreamed.

Electric Drivers, We Need Your Opinion (New Survey!)

December 16, 201610 years Guest Contributor 0 Comments

We’ve now hit the 1 million mark of electric vehicles on the roads across the globe. Those EV teenage years of “messing around” are officially behind us. Yet, despite the market maturing, EV-related jobs growing, and governments adopting more EVs and stimulating more sales, consumers’ concerns about electric driving are still a tough nut to crack.

10 Cleantech Solutions Your City Should Implement

December 8, 201610 years Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Cities are where most of the world’s people live, and they can make the move toward cleantech and away from burning up the planet go much, much — much — faster. In fact, some policies could trump critical levers like ZEV mandates, and if adopted broadly, make the ZEV transition happen faster than most of us think possible.

ViriCiti Adds Intelligence & Insights To Electric Bus Fleets

October 9, 201610 years Kyle Field 0 Comments

While in Europe on a recent media tour, I took a few personal days to relax in Amsterdam (not like that!) and made one exception to my attempt at a vacation to stop by the offices of Transitions Now to get the lowdown on Maxem. Because the team there is … [continued]

MIT & AMS Partnering On Fleet Of Autonomous Boats For Amsterdam’s Canals

September 29, 201610 years James Ayre 0 Comments

Amsterdam will soon be home to a fleet of autonomous canal boats, if a new collaboration between MIT and the Netherlands’ Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) goes well. The flagship project of the collaboration between the two organizations (ROBOAT as it’s been dubbed), the autonomous canal boat fleet project … [continued]