10-15-05  The Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad describes the Whisper one week after the allocation of a €1.8 million budget by the Province of Gelderland (see below) to stimulate the introduction of five such buses in Amersfoort. Fluisterstil door de stad in Dutch (Microsoft Word - 45 KB)

7-10-05  The Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad announces the allocation of a €1.8 million budget by the Province of Gelderland to stimulate the introduction of five Whisper buses in Amersfoort.  Provincie Utrecht steekt geld in fluisterbus in Dutch (Microsoft Word - 29 KB)

8-9-05   Report from the Whisper on Dutch radio. NOS Radio 1, on August 9th at 08:34 hrs: AUDIO (in Dutch)

On March 30th 2005, the Whisper was unveiled in the market square in front of the city hall of the community of Apeldoorn.

A video of the events of that day can be viewed by clicking on this link: VIDEO

Photographs of the same day can be viewed by clicking on: IMAGES

Below you will find a number of links and a brief description of recently broadcasted news features or published articles concerning either the Whisper, e-Traction® Bus, or the Whisper 1:

3-31-05 The Apeldoornse Krant published a photo of the Secretary of the Environment of the Netherlands unveiling the Whisper.

‘Het milieu’ is weer eventjes een sexy onderwerp in Dutch (Microsoft Word - 83 KB)

3-30-05 The Leeuwarder Courant published an article about the technology embodied in the Whisper.

Uitvinders The Wheel zoeken nu een koper in Dutch (Microsoft Word 104 kb)

10-27-04 The Apeldoornse Krant published an article about the remarkable fuel savings and reduced emissions of the e-Traction® Bus as measured by TNO, a leading research institute in the Netherlands.

    TNO meet laag gebruik fluisterbus in Dutch (Microsoft Word - 37 KB)

9-28-04    RTL4 broadcasted on 18:00 and 19:30 the following feature about, as it was dubbed, the "Whiperbus" but actually showed only the e-Traction® Bus:

    Whisperbus in Dutch (streaming video 3.8 MB)

9-28-04    Television Gelderland broadcasted a news feature on both the e-Traction® Bus and the Whisper 1. The following link is to the source material produced by NEOS and located on the news site of planet.nl:

    Stadsbus met motor in wiel  in Dutch (Windows Media Player 15 MB)
 

9-28-04    The "Apeldoornse Krant" as well as other newspapers part of the Stentor Group published the following article by Bert Felix:

    Ontwikkeling stille en zuinige bus lastige klus in Dutch (Microsoft Word - 96 KB)

9-28-04    The "Telegraaf" publishes small article indicating the anticipated use of the Whisper in 2005.

    Fluisterbus zuinig en stil door Apeldoorn in Dutch (JPEG file - 62 KB)

10-1-04    The "Technisch Weekblad" (received by fax) publishes positive article with negative headline.

    Fluisterbus wel stil maar niet zuinig in Dutch (JPEG file - 70 KB)

July 2004    "Lastauto Omnibus" had a feature article about the Whisper and the e-Traction® Bus.

    Neuer Impuls in German (JPEG file - 705 KB)

The below photos of the 3-30-05 unveiling ceremony may be reproduced with a copyright or source reference to e-Traction®:

The below photos of the 9-28-04 press event may be reproduced with a copyright or source reference to e-Traction®:

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