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What's holding back electric cars in Amsterdam? Bicycles

There are a lot of hurdles to getting people into electric cars. There's the cheaper price of gasoline, worries about range anxiety, and those cancer fears. Who would've thunk it that another problem is people are too in love with their bicycles? This is the situation in Amsterdam, where decades of bicycle promotion have resulted in a population that happily gets around on two wheels. Who wouldn't, considering that bikes have the right-of-way over cars? Some people in the city really don't like cars. Now that the Dutch government is ... Read more →

Smart Tipping: Amsterdam villains reportedly pushing fortwos into canals for fun Jeremy Korzeniewski

Note to Smart Fortwo owners: Don't park your itty-bitty city cars near easily-accessible bodies of water. If you thought the car's errant transmission and its rough-and-tumble shifts were your biggest ...

Amsterdam gets the first Coulomb EV charging stations in Europe Sam Abuelsamid

The Dutch city of Amsterdam is the first European city to install networked charging stations provided by Coulomb Technologies. The first 45 Chargepoint stations (neé Smartlet) are being ...

Amsterdam wants to be all-electric by 2040 Xavier Navarro

You might think that Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, couldn't be a more environmentally friendly city. Today, it's a city that has an incredibly high ratio of bike use in Europe and lots of canals, ...

What's holding back electric cars in Amsterdam? Bicycles 10 hours ago on Autoblog Green

There are a lot of hurdles to getting people into electric cars. There's the cheaper price of gasoline, worries about range anxiety, and those cancer fears. Who would've thunk it that another problem is people are too in love with their bicycles? This is the situation in Amsterdam, where decades ...

Smart Tipping: Amsterdam villains reportedly pushing fortwos into canals for fun 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Note to Smart Fortwo owners: Don't park your itty-bitty city cars near easily-accessible bodies of water. If you thought the car's errant transmission and its rough-and-tumble shifts were your biggest concern, you've likely never heard of the latest craze sweeping Amsterdam: "Smart Smijten." That's ...

Amsterdam gets the first Coulomb EV charging stations in Europe 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Dutch city of Amsterdam is the first European city to install networked charging stations provided by Coulomb Technologies. The first 45 Chargepoint stations (neé Smartlet) are being installed as part of a two-year demonstration project. Amsterdam plans to have 200 of the Chargepoints by ...

Amsterdam wants to be all-electric by 2040 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

You might think that Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, couldn't be a more environmentally friendly city. Today, it's a city that has an incredibly high ratio of bike use in Europe and lots of canals, and seems to be almost car-free. In the future, the city wants to go a few steps further. There is an ...


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