As Brazil’s protests become a fading memory, the presidential campaign seems increasingly “old school”

By Arnout Nuijt It’s been months now since we saw a completely unpredicted, rare and wild explosion of mass demonstrations and protests against the authorities in Brazil. The protests were not aimed directly at Dilma’s present PT-led government, but at all parties, state governments as well as municipalities, in short Brazil’s corrupt and inefficient political… Read More As Brazil’s protests become a fading memory, the presidential campaign seems increasingly “old school”

Once Made in Rotterdam: Netam electric vehicles

Now and then Rotterdam Week will focus on historic innovative industries in the greater Rotterdam region. In a first of this series, we take a look at the Netam-L-Car. During the German occupation of the city, in 1941, the Netam company (aka NV Nederlandsche Tank-Apparaten en Machinefabriek “Netam”) developed a number of electrically propelled vehicles… Read More Once Made in Rotterdam: Netam electric vehicles