This is the program for the symposium presenting the SparkCity (formerly ABCD) model. It takes place from 12:30 to 17:00 at ElaadNL Utrechtseweg 310, 6812 AR Arnhem (026 312 0223). You can sign-up (it’s free!) by sending an email to info@elaad.nl. On the afternoon of the 13th of November we will present the SparkCity model … Continue reading
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Better Predictions in Renewable Energy (by Auke Hoekstra)
We must fight our biases to see the solutions This is a guest blog by Auke Hoekstra, senior advisor electric mobility at the Eindhoven University of Technology and developer of agent-based models for electric vehicles and renewable energy adoption. You can contact him at a.e.hoekstra@tue.nl or @aukehoekstra. The International Energy Agency has just released its … Continue reading
Cijfers Elektrisch Rijden NL t/m september 2017
Hierbij de nieuwe Nederlandse cijfers elektrisch vervoer t/m september 2017. Het aantal verkopen in september was 946 (aug: 461), (dus 946+371=1317 nieuw verkochte, want 371 EVs zijn uitgeschreven vanwege export) en het totaal is nu gekomen op 116.817 personenauto’s met een stekker in Nederland op kenteken (eind aug: 115.871). Totaal zijn er nu 18.299 volledig batterij elektrische personenwagens … Continue reading
Dutch go 0-emission in 2030, the EVS30 and the new Nissan Leaf 40kWh
Today the EV news in the Netherlands is that the goal of the new government is to have only zero-emission vehicle sales from 2030 onwards. And yesterday I joined the EVS30 in Stuttgart. It has never been so large before, with over 5000 participants. The various talks were interesting. Daimler made the statement that … Continue reading
Morgen Beter: Een Zonnige Toekomst
This blog was published before by e52. The English version can be found below the Dutch version and here. Het wordt herfst en toch voel ik me blij en zonnig. Afgelopen week las ik dat in Saudi-Arabië de prijs van zonne-energie nu op een historisch lage waarde is gekomen van 1,67 eurocent per kWh. Ik … Continue reading
World’s first super-microsurgery operation with ‘robot hands’
MAASTRICHT, 2 October 2017 – Plastic surgeons at Maastricht UMC+ have used a robotic device to surgically treat lymphedema in a patient. This is the world’s first super-microsurgical intervention with ‘robot hands’. The surgeons used the robotic device to suture vessels of 0.3 to 0.8 millimeter in the arm of the patient. The robotic device, … Continue reading
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