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Today Superbus visited the city of Groningen. Groningen is the city that Wubbo Ockels, the inventor of the Superbus concept, considers his home town. The website 112Groningen.nl made an impression of the day including many pictures and a video:
RTV Noord made the following video coverage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1oTs9mqmGo&feature=related
Oogtv.nl made the following impresson:
http://www.oogtv.nl/2011/11/superbus-wubbo-ockels-bezoekt-stad/
Today Superbus was featured in CNN International's program "On the Move"
November 15th Sir Richard Branson visited the Netherlands. For that occasion he was driven from the airfield of Rotterdam to the city Centre by Superbus. The video in the link gives an impression of the journey. The Rotterdam police was very helpful in making this a success. The video was made by Multi Media Services of TU Delft.
Superbus was shown on Daily Planet of Discovery Channel. You can find the show on http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/#clip555332 The Superbus feature starts at 7 min 20 sec.
This Saturday Superbus visted the national open day of the police and the fire brigade. Suparbus was escorted by the police form its garage to the poice station and on the way back. A video impresson can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWn96Zo7fbY
Sunday August 7th marked the day of the yearly racing event on the TT circuit of Assen in the Netherlands. This is an event that attracts over 60,000 persons. The day is filled with all kinds of automotive activities. There are many races scheduled, one can visit the paddock and some very special vehicles are displayed. Superbus was asked to perform the opening run at 10 AM. Later that day Superbus drove several laps. This gave the opportunity to take some passengers onboard to have them experience the smooth riding experience of Superbus. Down below you can find a photo impression of the day. A video impression (in Dutch) made by the local news agency can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJgCONKr848
Superbus passing the finish during the opening round can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js_e4JOHeGk
Monday July 11th TU Delft had the honour of hosting the European Commissioner of Research, Innovation and Science, Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn. She was accompanied by the Dutch deputy minister of education, Mr. Zijlstra. They visited several sites on the TU Delft campus. Transport over the campus was done by Superbus. Thereby they became the first official passengers of Superbus.
Superbus was driven by its Chief Vehicle Designer, Antonia Terzi. Furthermore Wubbo Ockels, the inventor of Superbus and Dirk-Jan van den Berg, the chairman of the board of TU Delft and several other members of the visiting delegation joined as well. The first part of the drive took place on the part of campus where some think there must be running a tram in the future. We have a better suggestion.....
The pictures below give an impresson of the ride. Some interesting footage of the visit can be seen in these two videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyG6P_P2958 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxuzy8XH4tw.
At the end of our trip to the UAE Superbus was brought to Sharjah Airport to be loaded on the dedicated aircraft pallet. The pictures below show you how this was done.
At the end of the journey we can say that we are looking back on a very successful three week stay in the Emirates. We would like to thank many people and organisations for making this a succesful visit:
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and many other representatives of the UAE government for visiting us at the UITP Exhibition.
The UITP and the RTA for inviting us to come to the UITP exhibition in Dubai.
KLM Cargo for sponsoring the flight back and forth to the Middle East.
All the people at Masdar City for hosting us for two days and giving us the possibility to charge our vehicle in a fully sustainable way for the first time.
The Dubai Autodrome for hosting us for two days as well and giving us the possibility to perform very valuable testing in hot weather conditions.
Superbus had the honour of the FIA Vice-President Mohammed bin Sulayem driving it around the Dubai Autodrome.
The following pictures give an impression of the drive.
Superbus inside the technical area of the autodrome being prepared for the day.
Mohammed bin Sulayem arrives at Superbus.
Superbus was invited to visit Masdar City. Masdar City is a fully sustainable city. The initiative for the development of the city was taken by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company. It is located near the airport of the city of Abu Dhabi. The Superbus team was invited to come over and show Superbus. Therefore the team transported Superbus to Masdar City and put it on display at several locations in the city. The attention it got was beyond expectation. Apart from the local community a lot of press showed interest in the visit. Next to that a number of representatives of the Dutch embassy in Abu Dhabi was present.
The following movie made by Masdar city gives an overview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8r5PC-NP7Q&feature=related
The following pictures also give an impression of the day.
Superbus at the entrance of Masdar City
