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Utrecht to start parking meter revolution with cell phones, GPS and green credentials

While paying for your parking meter using a cell phone is not a new thing, the Dutch city of Utrecht has announced a program that goes a step beyond. From April 1st 2010, citizens parking their cars in this city will need only a cell phone and their registration number connected to a nation-wide database. What's the database for? To download information into your GPS system to find the closest empty parking space to your destination, saving time and fuel, for one thing. For another, Utrecht has announced that the system could potentially be ... Read more →

Fiat launches pricy new special-edition 500 Abarth Competizione Noah Joseph

Cars may be getting smaller, but that doesn't mean they're necessarily getting cheaper. As if to prove that point, Fiat has thumbed its nose at the Tata Nano with a special 500 that packs a big ...

Think City might cost $49,500 (U.S.) in Holland, without leasing the battery Sebastian Blanco

A few more details about the 500 Th!nk City electric vehicles that are headed for Holland. AutoblogGreen reader Matthijs wrote in with the following: This morning (11:00 CET) I contacted ElmoNet ...

Th!nk to sell 500 EVs to Dutch leasing company, if they get cash to build Sam Abuelsamid

Th!nk may be struggling financially but that doesn't mean they aren't trying. After announcing last week its intention to set up U.S. manufacturing next year, the Norwegian company has just inked ...

VIDEO: Awesome Mobility ReCharge concept is awesome! Domenick Yoney

While a future with electric cars on the roads seems quite certain now, the charging infrastructure being put in place is mostly of the slow variety. For those in a hurry, though, help may be on the ...

Neste oil to build $1 billion biodiesel plant in Rotterdam Holland 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Neste Oil has announced plans to build a new biomass-to-liquid diesel plant in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The plant will produce what the company calls NExBTL renewable diesel fuel at the rate of 800,000 tonnes per year after it begins operating in 2011. Neste will spend about €670 million ...

Satellite-based road tax in the Netherlands in 2011 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's easy to argue that road taxes are quite unfair because they're flat: You pay fees to drive around; it doesn't matter how much you actually use the car. The Netherlands has decided to improve the country's road tax by taxing according to the vehicle type, usage, hour and roads the vehicle is ...

Ford calls Dutch DPF retrofitting program a success 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ford in the Netherlands has declared its campaign to retrofit older cars with DPFs (Diesel Particulate Filters) a success. More than 9,000 motorists chose to install the soot-reducing devices in their vehicles, and they got them almost for free: Ford reduced the price of the DPF so it would match ...

GPS system for bicyclists 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

A common charge car drivers hurl at GPS systems is that they're unnecessary for anyone with maps and the brains to use them. But what about cyclists using unfamiliar bike lanes? The Dutch cyclists union ENFB has started a volunteer effort to map the numerous bike lanes for GPS, many of which are ...


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