De noordelijke samenlevingen van zowel Nederland als Duitsland willen graag hun mobiliteit vergroenen. In dit kader is er een wens naar elektrische mobiliteit. Op het gebied van elektrische mobiliteit vinden momenteel zeer veel ontwikkelingen plaats. Niet alleen op het gebied van voertuig en de laadinfrastructuur …

Automatisering in de kassen is geen nieuwe fenomeen. De bedrijven en eigenaren van de kassen zijn al bezig met het automatiseren van de kassen. Deze groeiende sector levert gigantisch grote en hoge kwaliteit kasproducten zoals groenten en fruit. Er is ook voorkeur voor het verminderen van de ziektehaarden …

Analysis of charging behavior of different type of users within the Amsterdam area. A definition of different type of users is deemed neccesary to forecast charging behaviour. --- Analyse van laadgedrag van verschillende type gebruikers van de laadinfrastructuur in Amsterdam. Definitie van type gebruikers …

Combining electric cars with utility services seems to be a natural fit and holds the promise to tackle various mobility as well as electricity challenges at the same time. So far no viable business model for vehicle-to-grid technology has emerged, raising the question which characteristics a vehicle-to-grid …

In recent years electric mobility has gained a great deal of attention, leading to electric vehicles on the market and development of necessary charging infrastructure. Charging infrastructure is mostly enabled through subsidies by local or national governments to overcome the chicken and egg problem, …

Objectives: Promoting unstructured outside play is a promising vehicle to increase children’s physical activity (PA). This study investigates if factors of the social environment moderate the relationship between the perceived physical environment and outside play. Study design: 1875 parents from the …

In opdracht van het Expertise centrum zal in 2016 een Sustainable Urban Vehicle gebouwd worden. Het is de bedoeling dat er gekwantificeerde groene concepten ontwikkeld worden alvorens een prototype gemaakt kan worden. In dit vroege stadium van het project is gekeken naar de belasting van brandstof, …

A driving cycle defines the speed profile as requirement for a propulsion systems or vehicles. As a single driving cycle can hardly be considered representative for all situations a vehicle will experience, attempts are made to classify driving cycles, using techniques as fuzzy logic, statistics and …

Fuel cell hybrid power trains comprise an energy storage to supply peaks in the power demand and to facilitate regenerative braking. In terms of control systems, the presence of storage provides additional freedom to minimize the vehicle’s fuel consumption. In a previous paper [1] an analytical solution …

International entrepreneurship is an important vehicle for firms to reap benefits from their high productivity levels and from economies of scale by reaching new customers. International enterprises tend to be larger and more innovative, but a key question of causality remains disputed in the international …