Global EV traveller among Nordic EV Summit speakers

Dutchman Wiebe Wakker who drove an EV from the Netherlands to Australia and New Zealand relying on the good will of others is a guest speaker at the Nordic EV Summit “Entering the Electric Era” in Oslo on November 10 and 11.

Wakker took 3.5 years for the more than 100,000km journey through 34 countries in a converted Volkswagen Golf station wagon called the Blue Bandit, finishing his trip in Bluff.

The “sustainable adventurer” started on March 15, 2016, aiming to reach the other side of the world and asked people to “Plug Me In” with a meal, place to sleep or electricity for the car.

More than 1800 people from 45 countries offered their help and summit visitors can hear what he has learned about driving an EV across the globe.

Another guest speaker is Petr Dolejsi, mobility and sustainable transport director at The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).

ACEA and its members are key in the implementation and realisation of getting to zero emissions in the transport sector in the EU before 2035.

Dolesji will join a plenary discussion with Transport and Environmental vehicles and e-mobility senior director Julia Poliscanova on achieving zero emissions in the transport sector in the European Union.

Tickets for the 2021 Nordic EV Summit are available online.