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Project (ongoing): Cargohopper (Utrecht, NL)
Since April 2009, a new system for the distribution of goods around inner cities has been introduced to the Netherlands, known as Cargohopper.
Cargohopper in action in Utrecht's streets.
Cargohopper is a miniature, 13-metre long electric train riding on pneumatic tyres that city distributor Hoek uses to deliver goods around Utrecht’s inner city quarters.
Articles at MindsinMotion.net
- Solar power to the hopper - Only last April was the premiere of the electric urban cargo distribution system, now it has already evolved.
- Environmental + profitable = sustainable - Bert Roozendaal speaks with Jacques van der Linden, transport manager of Hoek, the company that operates Cargohopper.
Carghopper now running completely on solar energy!
bert@roozworks.nl
Wednesday 26 August 2009