On April 10th, quite literally at the 11th hour before Tesla’s self-imposed deadline, the Dutch road authority (the RDW) posted a press release that they have finally granted Tesla approval for Full Self Driving in the Netherlands. However, no one knew when the update would start rolling out. The picture … [continued]
Equinor’s decision to halt its blue hydrogen project in Groningen is not a story about engineering failure or lack of public support. It is a story about the absence of customers. The H2M project secured support from the EU Innovation Fund and was positioned as a cornerstone of industrial decarbonization … [continued]
When KG Motors handed over the first customer MiBots on December 30, 2025, it did more than complete a ceremonial delivery. It quietly placed a fully engineered, road-legal micro-EV into real-world use — and set the stage for a production ramp beginning in April of 2026. In one particular case, … [continued]
It has taken several years (nearly a decade) for Tesla to get from initial hype around “Full Self Driving” (FSD) and offering it as a consumer add-on when buying a Tesla vehicle to actually delivering a door-to-door supervised full self driving package. It is still something US consumers have to … [continued]
AMSTERDAM — On the cobblestone streets of this anciently beautiful city, between the choreographed chaos of well insulated pedestrians, clattering chains of bicycles, and the stately glide of electric trams, a peculiar vehicle weaves through the urban fabric. It’s smaller than a Smart car, quieter than a whisper, and legally … [continued]
A few months ago, I was invited by Dr. Sebastian Husein of the Battery Centre Twente to speak at the University of Twente’s 2025 Climate Event, a hybrid discussion with multiple speakers engaging with an audience of academics in the Netherlands and neighboring countries. That event occurred on November 5th, … [continued]
Excess electricity from an existing solar farm in the Netherlands will anchor the new H2 Hollandia green hydrogen project, using an electrolyzer system from the US firm Plug Power.
I am now in this wonderfully cultural city that floats on piles embedded centuries ago. I am here for the Bentley Systems Year of Infrastructure and will report on how clean energy is compelled by good infra later. Now I want to talk about walking through Amsterdam’s narrow streets when … [continued]
From Midi To Mammoth Buses In Service Transdev just placed an order that perfectly captures the chaos of electrifying regional transit: 55 electric buses from Solaris, split between the smallest and largest vehicles the company makes. Forty-two will be compact 9-meter city-crawlers. Thirteen will be double-articulated 24-meter behemoths. Nothing in … [continued]
This is part 3 of some extended thoughts on the Dutch grid and where it’s headed. Read part 1 of this discussion here and part 2 here. The Dutch Grid in 2050 — Conclusions The Dutch grid transition is going from a grid managed by a few local energy monopolies … [continued]
