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Auke Hoekstra

Bollox: eTrucks aren’t too heavy for European roads

In this column (originally published as twitter thread) Auke Hoekstra debunks a paper that claims electric trucks are too heavy for the European roads.

Travel and Telepresence post COVID-19

In human history, our travel habits have changed enormously. I think that we are on the cusp of a new breakthrough. COVID-19, our awareness of […]

Responding to COVID-19: a plea for more creativity and less caution

I am not an expert on the coronavirus at all. But like many of you the topic has been distracting me lately. In this post […]

Electric trucks: economically and environmentally desirable but misunderstood

By Auke Hoekstra This blog first appeared on the currently defunct site Living Lab Smart Charging in September 2017. In this blog we will calculate […]

Producing gasoline and diesel emits more CO2 than we thought

Many of you know that I regularly debunk the claim that diesel vehicles emit less CO2 than electric vehicles. But one thing that I hadn’t […]

Tomorrow is Good: Will we recognize 2020-2030 as the decade when we’ll all be able to live in abundance?

For me, the past decade has made many dreams come true. Solar, wind and electric vehicles broke through. I’m building a beautiful energy-positive house. Plus […]

Tomorrow is Good: a wild, improbable idea I woke up with has come true!

How can scientists – together with companies and societal organizations – accelerate the transition to renewable energy and mobility? And how can you help? My […]

Tomorrow is Good: why German automobile club study is the anti-electric lobby at its finest

I make models for electric vehicles and the transition to renewable energy at the Eindhoven University of Technology and that means I follow electric vehicle […]

Tomorrow is good: Let’s move beyond eating animals

Last month a new movie came out, packed with celebrities and world class athletes. It drives home the message that a plant-based diet makes you […]

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ÖAMTC, ADAC, Fraunhofer ISE & IFO – are all spreading misinformation on electric vehicles: What’s going on here?

Is there a German-speaking bubble of experts spreading anti-electric vehicle propaganda? Yesterday I had to debunk the fourth study which was giving out misinformation on […]

Fraunhofer ISE was wrong: hydrogen cars are not cleaner than battery-driven electric vehicles and diesel cars are not even close

A new study on the positive sides of hydrogen and diesel was presented by the Fraunhofer ISE Institute on 13-7-2019 and this blog is my […]

Tomorrow is Good: Making sustainable energy beautiful and desirable

We are the generation that switches from fossil energy to sustainable energy coming from sun, wind and various smaller energy sources. Technically a wonderful story, […]

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No, diesel is not better for the environment than electric

A rebuttal to the German research article:  Fossil fuel Engines, Wind Engines and Diesel Engines. What does the CO2 balance sheet reveal?”, written by Christoph […]

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Tomorrow is Good: Verified data behind the use of Electric Vehicles

We all know Auke Hoekstra from his relentless struggle for correct, verified data about electric driving. He often writes about it at Innovation Origins. Recently […]

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Correcting misinformation about greenhouse gas emissions of electric vehicles: Auke Hoekstra’s response to Damien Ernst’s calculations

I show how in Europe, an electric vehicle becomes greener after 20 to 40 thousand kilometres of driving, not 700 thousand as a famous Belgian […]

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Tomorrow is Good: #Freethemodels: we need open source energy models

The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is arguably the biggest operation in human history. But it’s increasingly based on secret models with a […]

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Tomorrow is Good – How to find truth in the climate change debate?

After another tumultuous post-truth fake-news year, I would like to present some do’s and don’t for truth finding in 2019. The example I take is […]

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Tomorrow is Good: Entropy Pessimism and Techno Wars

My personal mission is to accelerate the transition to renewable energy so we can make this world a happier place. I have many wonderful fellow […]

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Tomorrow is Good: Looking for scientific future tellers

In a weekly column, alternately written by Maarten Steinbuch, Mary Fiers, Carlo van de Weijer, Lucien Engelen, Tessie Hartjes and Auke Hoekstra, Innovation Origins tries […]

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Tomorrow is Good: the incredible potential of batteries

In a weekly column, alternately written by Maarten Steinbuch, Mary Fiers, Carlo van de Weijer, Lucien Engelen, Tessie Hartjes and Auke Hoekstra, Innovation Origins tries […]

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