Joel Makower talks green mobility

There's a great article on Joel Makower's two steps forward blog, currently, talking about the greening of mobility, and how the auto industry finally seems to be getting the message when it comes to environmentally friendly, efficient products. Or as Makower suggests,

"The push to get electric and other alt-fueled vehicles into the market has gone from zero to, well, 20 over the past year — that is, from a standstill to a puttering pace."

Yet it's the systems-led approach we've long talked about that seems to really fire Makower up. After pointing to Enterprise's newly launched 'WeCar' national car sharing programme, it's fantastic to see him talk not only about Shai Agassi's Better Place project, which we've mentioned numerous times on Re*Move, but also Intrago Mobility - headed by Dan Sturges.

Dan is one of the great guys in the future mobility scene, and long time advisor and inspiration to The Movement Design Bureau. It's great to see all of these companies, and the new, exciting approaches they bring to the mobility arena, getting coverage from a highly respected name in the Green arena, and that these solutions are (finally) being talked about seriously, as an important component for the future of movement. Here's hoping that there's more to come.

Read the full article, "The Greening of Mobility" here.

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Posted by Joseph Simpson on 14th October 2008.