sunday, after a full day skiing in austria, i travel to sissach with my youngest daughter to pick up the TWIKE. a brilliant but freezing cold day @ -15°C -> we find the twike fully charged and ready in front of dreifels’ offices. with some serious winter gear TWIKEing in winter can be fun, too – we’re ready! our route will take us through some very rural parts of northwestern switzerland, we then cross into germany to finally cross back into switzerland close to the beautiful rhine falls to then conclude our 105kms trip (with a small detour to drink […]
mmm…TLC, TW560 feeling better now!
after just 3 days at dreifels’ workshop, TW560 emerges feeling much better and refreshed 🙂 no major problems were discovered by ralph schnyder (creator of TWIKE in 1986, middle) apart of the travel-related ones which already had emerged during the wave. (even the shock absorbers seem to be ok!!) equipped with the newest software version and a dump of all controller data for the duration of the WAVE, TW560 is looking forward to the next step in its rehabilitation for swiss roads: deep cleansing (inside and outside) at the TWIKE workshop i usually bring my TWIKE to. a quick check of […]
first WAVE presentation
4feb12 the twike-club had one of its three annual meetings in churwalden, switzerland. traditionally, at this churwalden meeting we gather to have some fun during the day, build up some hunger and then converge onto a converted stable in a 400 yr old building where we eat a fondue, a typical swiss dish in a very rustical and authentic environment. this year, jc and myself chose to drive there with TW231 despite the very low temperatures of -15°C during the day. jc is very proud to have upgraded his TWIKE to the same technical level as TW560 except for the GSM connectivity […]
TW560 back in Switzerland
last friday, jc flew to bremen to oversee the TWIKE being released from our container. he arrived just in time to see the TWIKE being unloaded with all the other cars. since walti will be arriving in about 2 days, jc was asked to plug in the twingo, in order for it to be ready for pick up. the drive from bremen to hamburg was uneventful but very, very cold. jc endured -18°C, which in the TWIKE equals to -18°C interior temperature. during the charge the cold seems to have gotten to the TWIKE computer at last – the display […]
TWIKE leaves Mumbai 28dec11
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WAVE India Day16: Final Stage to Mumbai
our last day on the WAVE india. this last stage will take us from the pune plateau down to hot and steamy mumbai. we first set out to pick up the think-driving part of the WAVE at another hotel close to pune. very spontaneously we decide that this might be a good time to take some group photos. the roads today promise to be beautiful, since jean-claude and i have decided to use the expressway. we even are ready to negotiate with police and toll plaza operatives… three-wheelers are NOT allowed on the expressways in india! coming from mumbai we […]
WAVE India Day14: Goa – Belgaum – Kolhapur
we leave early and drive towards the hills. we decide not to charge at the first stop where everyone else just eats breakfast but to press onwards, albeit very slowly. we are sure that with very economic driving that we can make it or that we just need to charge for 15-30 mins somewhere. the climb is very steep but the road is mostly ok, we therefore even have some time to concentrate on our surroundings which are stunning. lush green forests and palm plantations. we get to the plateau and quickly do some maths – we are about 1.7kWh […]
WAVE India Day12: Honavar > Goa
after a short night in a hotel which was built along the lines of maximum sound propagation inside and maximum sound absorption from outside, we arrive at the lobby to be greeted by a local who wants to invite us to his house for breakfast. just a few kms down the road we arrive and are greeted by the extended family. the food is exceptionally tasty – a far cry from what we get at the restaurants! the rest of the trip is uneventful – the state of goa seems to have much more money to spend on road maintenance […]
WAVE India Day11: Chickmagluru > Honavar
today we start out at 6.30 am. the guys at the hotel promise us again, that the road will be beautiful. our next destination is the jawaharlal nehru national college of engineering in shimoga. but before we need to negotiate some 103kms of roads through the mountains down to a the plain on which shimoga is situated. the road was pristine! small it might be but more than 90% was perfect tarmac, allowing us to complete our most efficient stage yet: 32Wh/km @ 45km/h! (granted, we decended some 400m of altitude, too) the landscape was beautiful, too. early morning with […]
WAVE India Day8: Bangalore
today we can get up slightly later, since we – in theory – have a drive-free day. our first good news item for today: the red think car has finally cought up to us and can be shown at the press conference organized on the grounds of the IITB! it was a hero’s welcome for team interlaken! everyone on the team was happy to see them again! after the press conference, and thanks to paul schweizer, who is one of the engineers working for mahindra reva, we get to visit the brand new reva factory which will be producing up […]