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Peter Staal, director of KNAC: “There is certainly a future for our classics in the energy transition”

In order to achieve the climate objectives, substantial investments are made in the development of sustainable energy. But the envisaged energy transition is more complex than expected. The electrification of our vehicle fleet is going quite slowly, the development of hydrogen as a fuel is still in its infancy and the production of synthetic fuels is still far too expensive. Peter Staal, director of the KNAC, therefore sees a sufficient future for classic and modern petrol and diesel cars.”
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The Dolf-o-Saurus and the Time Machine – column

When I was sixteen I bought a Norton 99 Dominator. For 75 guilders… Later and more legally I continued to ride cheap motorcycles. First out of poverty. Then out of a kind of endearment. Then out of conviction. Because they were fast enough for me. Because I could maintain (and repair) them myself. And that those oldest and cheapest motorcycles I had are now very expensive classics? That's funny isn't it?

Everything will be different… - column

As a classic enthusiast, I think there are very few fellow passionado m / f who are younger than forty years old. If you came to trade fairs for the Coronakriebels, the gray crests or high foreheads were seriously in the majority there. It seems that the love for classics is not something of all times, but only of a few generations.  

Electric cars: nothing new under the sun

No matter how new and innovative the idea of ​​an electric car is, nothing could be further from the truth. More than a hundred years ago, thousands of electric cars were driving around the world. After 1925, however, the electric car quickly disappeared from the streets. Where did those electric vehicles come from and why did they disappear?
Traction Électrique is a collaboration between ZEVparts (Leen de Bodt), 2CV électrique (Ruben Stern) and Knooppunt Everdingen (Jos van Oosten). Together, the two electric ducks were developed in accordance with the new regulations and presented for inspection as a series at the RDW in Lelystad.

Traction Electrique

At the ICCCR we saw an electrically powered DS. But energizing Citroëns continues. “Traction Electrique” converts Ducks and Ducks, DSs and IDs and Hys to battery-powered vehicles. Traction Électrique is a partnership between…