stumbled across the techfest website a minute ago and liked the fact that the TWIKE was mentioned in the first banner rollover. if you click a little further you will find a detailled description of the tour. there are many workshops i’d love to participate, but, alas, i will be not only one of the last to arrive, but also one of the first to leave india, since my company earns about a quarter of their yearly earnings during the last few weeks of every given year. and as a regional sales manager…well, you get the idea. 🙁
india, i’d like a visa, please
quick update: finally, i got the requested information from the sponsors in india regarding my flight to india. this means that i can finally go to the embassy and apply for my indian visa. it is quite interesting, that i, as a uk citizen do not get any preferential treatment regarding visas – unlike hong kong for example. anyways, after parting with 138 CHF, the visa center in berne accepts my application and i can wait for louis palmer to complete his visa application with walther. today, i really am in a hurry: leave home at 6, meeting in berne, […]
Road-side repair course
although i am fairly familiar with most components of the TWIKE, i have always left repairs to thomas möckli from möckli elektrofahrzeuge in marthalen. he has been able to accommodate most of my special modification requests – be it a better distribution of breaking power between front and back wheels, or my bluetooth sound streaming to the TWIKE or everyday tasks such as changing the tyres > thomas makes it happen. since the announcement of TW560’s taking part at the WAVE in india on www.twikeklub.ch, the usual suspects related to TWIKE vehicles have been in touch and have offered their […]
new blog theme
i met with nico yesterday to discuss my needs re. emissionless.ch/emissionslos.ch. the decision was taken to change the main domain to emissionless.ch since most readers were from english-speaking regions and no-one in switzerland would take offence if the blog was in english. nico and i decided on which premium template we want to go ahead with crisp from woothemes is what you are looking at now.
Team Images for WAVE2011 India Website
We’re ready! just a few days ago, the indian organizers wanted an image with the team and vehicle. very difficult, if the vehicle in question is 800km away, tucked into a container! with the help of thomas möckli from elektrofahrzeuge möckli and an exceptionally beautiful friday afternoon, we were able to take some pictures and the image above is the one we chose for the international WAVE2011 site. jean claude’s avatar andrew’s avatar
vienna > bremen > container
the WAVE meeting yesterday was interesting, but left me with just 7 hours to empty my suitcase and get ready for yet another flight – this time to the middle east: tel aviv. after 4 hours flight i arrive in tel aviv early afternoon and am greeted with 30°C and sunshine – a very welcome change to the cool autumn weather we’ve been having lately. everytime i travel to a country far away, i very quickly miss the freedom (…and attention) the TWIKE offers. this time it is different, however. i’ll be without the TWIKE until end of november! on […]
it’s a *yes*
i’ve spoken with my boss and although it’s the busiest 2 weeks during the year, he’s agreed to let me go on the WAVE2011 india! HURRAY!!! it’s not like i’m going to be on vacation, though. i’m going to be working and connected to the web via an indian data sim. thankfully, india is 4 1/2 hours ahead of switzerland and therefore i will be able to drive the morning stages of the WAVE2011 myself. during the lunch break and the afternoon, i will be using my laptop and the data connection to take care of anything going on back […]
first steps – can i take part?
after a friendly email exchange the eligibility of TW560 was established… TW560 hat ein einmaliges feature – es lädt schneller, als es fährt… (TW560 has an unique feature – it charges at a higher speed than its v-max) louis then met with me in person – we knew eachother already: we had met 2009 during an event when he returned with his solartaxi – and we spoke about the challenges around the rally, namely that i would need to fight a very steep uphill battle to get an ok from my workplace to be away during the busiest 2 weeks […]
Wave India 2011 for TWIKE; how it all began…
WAVE2011, a rally for electric cars from paris to prague, a much noticed event – won by none other than the TWIKE IV was the start of all of this. louis palmer, organizer, launched a CFV (call for vehicles) for WAVE2011 in india 3 weeks ag the stringent technical pre-requisites attached to this special WAVE stage are hard to comply with. since no roadside assistance is available, only the most robust ev’s are taken into closer consideration. furthermore, sub-stages up to 160kms will test the range of most participating ev’s to the limit. i spoke with my wife about this […]
let’s get this started
welcome to the first post on emissionslos.ch emissionslos translates to emissionless and this is exactly this blog is about. we’re going to be looking at emissionless mobility and related topics here.