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Foto van een VR-bril met "DRI-VR" erop.

Training student drivers more safely thanks to Virtual Reality

Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen will investigate how future drivers can be trained more safely with the help of Virtual Reality. Young, novice drivers are disproportionately often involved in road accidents. Virtual Reality (VR) has recently been introduced to experience relevant, complex traffic situations more quickly. How can these existing products, which are still in their infancy, be further improved?

Fietser bij ingang Zernike Campus Groningen.

Mobility Challenge: Campus Groningen and Hive.Mobility are working together with TripService

Last year, startups could register for Startup in Residence Noord-Nederland. This is a program with which the government gives startups the opportunity to come up with innovative ideas and solutions for societal challenges. Campus Groningen submitted a challenge together with Hive.Mobility under the heading Campus Mobility. What is the status of this challenge? We talked to Irene Amsing, community coordinator of Campus Groningen.

Fietser van Dropper in Groningen.

University of Groningen puts Hive.Mobility in the picture during Impact 2021

On 20 January, the Association of Universities (VSNU) and the Dutch Federation of University Medical Centers (NFU), together with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and the VU Amsterdam, organized the online event Impact 2021.

Foto Dick van der Plas en Roeland Hogt Noorderpoort.

Five questions for… Dick van der Plas & Roeland Hogt (Noorderpoort)

Every month we ask one of our partners 5 questions. Read bellow what they do, how important mobility and innovation is to them and how they see the future of mobility. This month Dick van der Plas (director technical education Groningen and Delfzijl) and Roeland Hogt (innovation manager automotive education) Noorderpoort

Autonome Renault Twizy op landingsbaan Groningen Airport Eelde.

Autonomous car reaches 70 kilometers per hour on test track

With a small passenger car that can drive up to 72 kilometers per hour without a driver and is stopped remotely, the province and partners are taking a new step in the development of autonomous transport on the road this autumn.

Automatisch bestuurde trein van Arriva op snelheid.

First results of tests automatically controlled train positive

Automatic Train Operation (ATO) allows more trains to run on the existing track. This is because these automatically controlled trains run more punctually. Research into ATO in Groningen shows this.

Foto van Betty de Boer

Five questions for… Betty de Boer (Regio Groningen-Assen)

Every month we ask one of our partners 5 questions. Read below what they do, how important mobility and innovation is to them and how they see the future of mobility. This month Betty de Boer, director Regio Groningen-Assen.

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Search for the ideal Smart Mobility Campus 2030 in full swing

What does the ideal Zernike Campus look like in the field of mobility in 2030? This is the central question within the research that the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) is conducting on behalf of Hive.Mobility, Campus Groningen and Groningen Bereikbaar. Under the title 'Smart Mobility Campus 2030', the search for the ideal Zernike Campus started in the beginning of September.

Ten companies join innovation center Hive.Mobility

Ten companies have signed an agreement, officially joining the Hive.Mobility network. Hive.Mobility is the innovation center for smart and sustainable mobility. A large network of partners in the Northern Netherlands is working together within Hive.Mobility on the transition to a more sustainable and smarter mobility of goods and people.