SWOMM 2009 HIGHILIGHTS
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East Forum 2010 focusing on sustainability – Rome, 8 July 2010
SWOMM’s main scope is to foster the sharing of scientific knowledge and relevant experiences as well as creating partnerships among institutions and companies which may be involved at different levels in the development of sustainable mountain mobility. With this regard, we thereby signal the 5th edition of East Forum 2010,... »
Africa is opening to cutting-edge technologies for mobility with Solaris Elettra, the new Ethiopian electric car
The Company “Freestyle PLC” is launching Solaris Elettra, an electric car for Ethiopia. In fact, the production and sale of the two versions of Solaris Elettra (costing around $12,000 and $15,000) will take place in Addis Ababa. The cars will finally take off for Africa and Europe’s markets. ... »
Electric fuelled cars: towards a quantum leap?
Few months ago – on the eve of the 2009 Frankfurt motor show – The Economist dedicated a detailed article to the electrification of motoring, where technical options and details are presented both for carmakers and batteries’ producers. Of the three most common interpretations of newer electric vehicles ( 1-design small vehicles for city... »
ZoE’s future quality of life
At the moment it can be referred to only as a public initiative of a particularly protective dad, but in the worst case it could become a formal legal action. Renault Inc. has been formally accused to have put at risk the integrity and value of the name of a remarkable number of French... »
ICT could affect mobility in mountain regions
At SWOMM 2009, Mr. Riccardo Genova from the CIRT – Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Trasporti is going to introduce the role of technology innovation for urban mobility, focussing in particular on low and zero emission vehicles in Local Public Transport (LPT). In the future of Alpine tourism and more in general of mountain regions, private... »
What Role for the Electric Car?
The environmental debate has traditionally been characterized as a conflict between economic progress and preservation of the planet. Though, most TED speakers, insist that economic growth and progress and preservation of the planet can live together. This interesting intervention of Shai Agassi during the TED “A Greener Future” event tries to give an answer... »