@north-event: save the date, 6 april 2023
April 6th is the day! The second edition of the @north event: the event with all developments about autonomous transport in the Northern Netherlands. You will see and experience the developments that have…
The perfect region for autonomous transportation
The provinces of Drenthe, Fryslân and Groningen see autonomous transport as a way to maintain and improve accessibility and quality of life in the Northern Netherlands. This includes all transportation modalities: road, rail, water and air. The provinces work together with the aim of becoming the key (pilot) region for autonomous transportation.
April 6th is the day! The second edition of the @north event: the event with all developments about autonomous transport in the Northern Netherlands. You will see and experience the developments that have…
Through a contribution by the Nationaal Programma Groningen (NPG) and in collaboration with Hive.Mobility and the Provincie Groningen, a Hydrogen Drone has been purchased from the HyFly company by Drone Delivery Services (DDS).
The engineering and consultancy firm Antea Group and DroneQ Robotics have almost completed their preparations for their Xpedition New Horizons: a drone flight from the Frisian City of Oranjewoud (in the Municipality of…
‘Autonomous transportation is in essence merely a veiled way of cutting costs.’ By posing daring arguments like this, five panellists with an expertise within different transportation modalities were invited to the New Energy…
The provinces of Groningen, Fryslân and Drenthe see self-driving transport as a way to maintain and improve accessibility and liveability in the shrinkingregions. The provinces are working together to become the region for autonomous transport. They call on carriers, producers and knowledge institutes to come up with affordable, smart, flexible and sustainable concepts in the field of self-driving transport. This includes all transportation modalities: road, rail, water and air.
The three provinces offer carriers, producers and knowledge institutes space and support in finding solutions for topics. These include, for example, door-to-door transport (‘last mile‘), care, tourism/recreation, improving mobility for the disabled, the elderly or children, or connecting to trains during rush hour, parcel delivery with drones or piloting ships. Ways are also being sought to strengthen the economic structure of the North and stimulate activity.
The Provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Fryslân jointly constitute a ‘living lab’ of over 11,000 km2 with a population of nearly 2 million, which is as many as, for example, the cities of Amsterdam, The Hague and Utrecht put together. The three provinces offer AT projects plenty of – literally – working space as well as opportunities to conduct all kinds of specific pilots. In this, they are prepared to take a flexible position and thereby facilitate innovative projects. The Northern Netherlands offers a peaceful and safe environment for the development and testing of concepts in both urban and rural areas. Subsequently, the concepts can also be applied elsewhere in similar situations.