R2D2’s little brother: Volkswagen unveils mobile charging robot
Nach rund einem Jahr Entwicklungszeit hat Volkswagen den Prototypen eines Laderoboters vorgestellt, der Elektroautos künftig mit neuer Energie versorgen soll.
Nach rund einem Jahr Entwicklungszeit hat Volkswagen den Prototypen eines Laderoboters vorgestellt, der Elektroautos künftig mit neuer Energie versorgen soll.
In this column (originally published as twitter thread) Auke Hoekstra debunks a paper that claims electric trucks are too heavy for the European roads.
Electric vehicles could also send their stored electricity surplus back to the home so that green electricity is optimally utilized.
On June 3, 2020, the German government decided to increase the subsidy for e-vehicles as part of a corona economic stimulus package. Purchasers of electric […]
Many people see Nikola as the new Tesla. Nikola itself sees a great future for the fuel cell in trucks.
The Dutch road construction company BAM Infra has built on-site the world”s first electrically powered road roller. The 10 to 12 metric ton roller is […]
Each week we take a look with EV specialist and Innovation Origins columnist Auke Hoekstra at what caught his eye on topical issues or what […]
Sutherland Avenue in the London borough of Westminster is the first street in the United Kingdom to have its lampposts converted into charging stations for […]
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 […]
It’s simple on paper. Just make sure that only emission-free vehicles are allowed to deliver goods in cities and then you’re well on your way […]
Each week we take a look with EV specialist and Innovation Origins columnist Auke Hoekstra at what caught his eye on topical issues or what […]
The Netherlands is struggling with nitrogen emissions. Dutch lawmakers are trying to work their way towards compliance with the agreements made earlier in Paris. Nevertheless, […]
Last week Auke Hoekstra’s column scored more than 7000 readers. Hoekstra used it to tear into the German research institutes which regularly put the advantages […]
Is diesel really cleaner than electric? Yes, and for the most part, no. It all depends on how you look at it, but perhaps also […]
The ‘strict’ environmental objectives for 2021 are rapidly approaching. In that year, the average tank-to-wheel CO2 emissions for an automobile concern’s entire fleet are permitted […]
“We still have ten years before the earth warms up by another one and a half degrees. Then a lot of what we love will […]
Hydrogen as an energy carrier for the propulsion of vehicles is on a steady rise. This seems strange because the Toyota Mirai or Hyundai Nexo […]
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 […]
TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research, was founded by law in 1932 to enable business and government to apply knowledge. As an organisation regulated […]
In Sweden, the eRoadArlanda has been put into service. This is the first of its kind to recharge both electric commercial vehicles and passenger cars […]