Spijkstaal

Spijkstaal is a Dutch car company from Spijkenisse, South Holland. They specialized in electric cars, especially trucks for industrial usage, and their electric carts are used in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, flower auctions such as those of Royal FloraHolland, and military airfields.[1]

A Spijkstaal van from 1984

History
A ParkShuttle bus in 2005, with the chassis made by Spijkstaal

In 1995, Spijkstaal converted a conventional Volkswagen Caravelle into a fully-electric van that could hold eight passengers, part of a project testing the viability of fully electric consumer vehicles in the Netherlands.[2] Spijkstaal provided the chassis for the ParkShuttle autonomous shuttle service in Capelle aan den IJssel and Rotterdam.[3] Spijkstaal Elektro B.V. declared bankruptcy in 2015 and was acquired in September 2015 by Peinemann Holding, continuing to operate under the new name Spijkstaal International B.V.[4]

See also
  • List of Western European automobile manufacturers

References
  1. "Spijkstaal Elektro Case Study". Siemens. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  2. Schillemans, R.A.A.; Kluiters, E.C.; Weijer, C.J.T. van de (1995). "Development and testing of an electric Spijkstaal VW Caravelle". Delft University of Technology. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. http://www.advancedtransit.org/advanced-transit/applications/rivium/
  4. "Peinemann Holding B.V. neemt Spijkstaal over" [Peinemann Holding B.V. takes over Spijkstaal] (in Dutch). Spijkstaal. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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