planning our next adventure > TDE2012

jc and i have started planning our next adventure. we’ve been travelling with the TWIKE for about 7-8 days once every year for the last 4 years. last year, besides travelling to india for 3 weeks, we took the TWIKE to denmark for a 1900km roundtrip. this year, we’re going to test JC’s TW231 in very hot environments and try to combine this with crossing a major mountain range: we’re taking TW231 from northern switzerland to southern spain. our current plan is to draw a straight line from southern spain to andorra and from there to glattfelden, our starting point, […]

next WAVE presentation: 14apr12

quick update: i have been alotted a 2 hour slot for a WAVE INDIA presentation at the TWIKE club general assembly on 14apr12. this will give me the opportunity to go into much more detail than during the last few presentations. anyone interested in being there and participating please get in touch with me.

Geneva auto show 2012 – some got it, some not

i’ve been visiting this show for the last 7 years – i expected after all the hype 2011 to see electic cars center stage. i expected cars ready to be ordered or at least to be able to be on a waiting list. only 2 car makers were able to really deliver on this exepectation: renault and tesla all other major brands center staged their even more powerful models (plus maybe a hybrid / one electric model at the far end of the booth or a prototype to be released someday) i was extremely impressed by renault’s enormous booth – […]