Originally published on EV Obsession. As you may know by now, I went on a little cleantech tour of the Netherlands last month. Spending a few days in Amsterdam, Holland, I got to see dozens of plug-in cars parked and driving around the city*. If parked, they were generally parked … [continued]
If the very idea of producing a solar bike path has urged a fair share of naysayers to see red — as in too many dollars — it has also sparked a growing positive response. Now, with a little data out, the news is that the Dutch solar bike path is … [continued]
The Dutch city of Amsterdam is going all electric, with regards to public buses that is. The city is planning for the transition from diesel buses (what’s in use now) to electric ones to be complete by 2025, reportedly. As humorously put by the city’s transport alderman Abdeluheb Choho in … [continued]
By Jan-Emile van Rossum. The Netherlands is among the countries with the highest electric vehicle market penetration in the world. As of August 2014, a total of 40,880 highway legal plug-in electric vehicles were registered in the Netherlands, comprising the second-largest fleet per capita in the world after Norway. It’s no … [continued]
Originally published on EnergyPost. By Karel Beckman The EU has set itself a deadline to “complete” the internal energy market by 2014. However, many EU member states have not yet adequately implemented the EU’s energy directives. There is still a lot of scepticsm in Europe about the blessings of a competitive, integrated … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and CTO JB Straubel recently stopped into Amsterdam for a 1-hour townhall meeting with Tesla Model S owners and enthusiasts. A video of the meeting was recorded (natch) and is embedded above. Questions related to navigation, charging in Belgium, vehicle-to-grid technology and … [continued]
Following up on my EV news roundup, here’s a bike news and random fun roundup (15 stories): Bike Culture & Cities — Fun MJ The Bike Cat Rides On Owner’s Shoulder Around The City (VIDEOS) Bike Rap Video — Fun Stuff Holland Video — Biking Is A “Way Of Life” … [continued]
Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular, as people and cities all over the world have started recognizing their advantages and introducing initiatives to promote the use of the plug-in transport option. Although EVs are still largely considered to be somewhat “cars of the future,” there’s a rising global … [continued]
Amsterdam is a beautiful city. It’s also a traffic nightmare and therefore full of particulate emissions, and not happy about any of that. Part of the plan to reduce its emissions is the introduction of Hopper electric scooters. […]
Max Frankel of the Center for American Progress recently had an interesting post on Climate Progress about what top EV-friendly cities are doing to be so friendly to EVs, based on a new report from the Center for American Progress. Here’s the full post from Max/Climate Progress: Sixteen cities … [continued]
