VERDENS LÆNGSTE ELBIL-PARADE VED SILKEBORGMOTORVEJENS ÅBNING

Vejdirektoratet har stillet en del af Silkeborgmotorvejen til rådighed for et spektakulært rekordforsøg ved åbningen af silkeborgmotorvejen søndag d. 11. september. Her vil deltagerne blive vidner til det, der skal blive verdens længste parade af elbiler.  

Forenede Danske Elbilister FDEL* gennemfører i samarbejde med CO2 Green Drive samt projektpartnerne Bent Vistisen, Jan Meier-Larsen og Jørn Grønkjær et Guinness World Record forsøg med verdens længste elbil-parade. Alle elbilerne placeres sidst i den store bilkortege, der efter snoreklippet bliver de første biler på den nye motorvej.

”Vores mål er omkring 300 elbiler fra Danmark, Norge, Sverige og Tyskland. Det bliver en helt unik oplevelse at opleve fremtidens bud på miljøvenlig kørsel med elbiler” siger formanden for FDEL, Martin Messer Thomsen.

Den hidtil største elbil-parade er på 241 biler og blev gennemført i Montreal i Canada den 18. april 2015. Den 21. september 2014 satte vi i Danmark Guinness rekord på Øresundsbroen med 160 elbiler i kortege over en bro.

”Motorvejsåbningen i Silkeborg er en enestående mulighed for at profilere elbiler og elbilernes udbredelse. Og det tilmed i et af de smukkeste områder i Danmark” siger Bent Vistisen fra styregruppen. Foruden kortegekørslen vil der blive udstillet elbiler fra bilfabrikker over hele verden. 

Der bliver præsenteret helt nye og spændende bilmodeller, og der er allerede tæt kontakt til forhandlere og importører. Ved FDEL´s stand bliver der dagen igennem arrangementer, der sætter fokus på bl.a. teknik, design, energi og afgifter.

Som ekstra profilering af elbilerne afsluttes rekordforsøget med en elbil-parade gennem Silkeborg i en rute, der former symbolet ”CO2”. Det sker som en del af det globale klima- og teknologiprojekt 

CO2 Green Drive, som er startet af kunstneren Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen. 

Projektet blev første gang opført under COP15 i København. Paraden slutter med en ”Cat Walk”, hvor elbilerne vises frem som modeller på en scene. Alt sammen for at give de mange gæster, turister og elbilentusiaster en involverende og fælles oplevelse.

Elbilerne er højaktuelle på den politiske dagsorden, og Klimarådet har netop offentliggjort sin rapport Afgifter der forandrer med to klare anbefalinger til regeringen om snarest at sænke afgiften på elbiler og afgiften på el.

”I Danmark ønsker vi at fastholde vores førerposition som det mest innovative og grønne land i verden, og verdens længste parade af elbiler vil være et godt signal at sende i forbindelse med indvielsen af den nye motorvej,” understreger Jørn Grønkjær fra styregruppen.

Forberedelsen af Guinness World Record forsøget og det store praktiske arrangement foregår i samarbejde med bilimportører og -forhandlere samt en række andre virksomheder og sponsorer.

Hvis du har en elbil o vil være med, så kan du tilmelde dig rekordforsøget HER!

Yderligere oplysninger:

Partner og styregruppemedlem Bent Vistisen – mobil 2490 6575

FDEL bestyrelsesmedlem og partner Jan Meier-Larsen – mobil 6110 8412

Partner og styregruppemedlem Jørn Grønkjær – mobil 2462 0266

*Forenede Danske Elbilister FDEL blev stiftet i maj 2013 som forbrugerorganisation for elbilister, med det formål at udbrede kendskabet til elbiler og påvirke samt understøtte løsninger, der får flere elbiler på vejene – og dermed aktivt hjælper til med at fremme den grønne omstilling i Danmark. FDEL er anerkendt som talerør for elbilister blandt de forskellige aktører og interessenter i elbilverdenen

CO2 GREEN DRIVE IN KIEV FOR UKRAINIAN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE - AND MORE!

EVIM International Project is an initiative aimed to the creation few national EVIM events and holding them on a regular basis in few different countries with emerging EV markets. EVIM target geography includes: Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Turkey

The EVIM, The Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Meeting, is founded by joint efforts of GreenClinic LifeScience Global OÜ (Estonia) www.greenclinicglobal.com and Green Clinic Scientific Research Centre, Ukraine www.greenclinic.com.uaEVIM is also permanent organizing committee for all the EVIM and related events with common mission.EVIM events mission is to bring sustainable transport in a wide everyday usage by developing the market and expanding the infrastructure.

The General Agenda of all the EVIM events for 2016 year includes:

• The Market
• The Infrastructure
• The Business environment
• The Best practices and examples of success
• The Technology

The experience of the sustainable business practice of the EVIM organizers allows erase the distances and break the barriers on the way to the EV market. EVIM is created to reduce carbon footprint from human activity. The events itself supports these principles by maximizing achievement of the impact from the goals through a vast number of modern instruments. That is a reason we almost do not use the paper and provide high-end remote participation facilities in events. These features also allow EVIM to cut the miles of distances to milliseconds of high speed video-conference, so that everyone who cannot physically attend the event has a chance to participate, take a speech, make a presentation and take part in panel from any place of the world.

The CO2 Green Drive Stand Up Show will also be presented at various locations around Kiev, such as the above with the super cool people from NIICE who produces the Creative Management Camp.

Check out the above video!

Creative Management Camp is run by the Co-founder of Public Science and CEO & Founder at NIICE Arianna Khmelniuk, seen above holding Warhol's banana in the air.

CO2 Green Drive's participation in Kiev is supported by The Danish Embassy in Kiev. Their statement about the support: "Projects about sustainable transport play directly into the ambition of Denmark to become independent of fossil fuels by 2050. This ambition is backed by an ambitious policy framework and a multiple-solutions approach. One of the approaches is the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ and the Danish Culture Agency’s backing of sustainability projects – Sustainabilitybeing one of three major focus areas besides Children and Young People and Dialogue, Democracy and Participation".

POLITICAL LAB ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS

The first ever Political Laboratorium about Electric Cars was held on May 18th 2015 at Kattesunder 12, in the centre of Copenhagen City. 

The Alternative believes that together we can create much better political solutions than we do today. That is why we invite everyone both in Denmark and abroad to send questions, ideas and input for developing The Alternative’s political proposals.

The Alternative will generate policies together with citizens of all ages and in all parts of the country through events and workshops. We will focus on challenges, opportunities and good examples. Ideas will be gathered which can be developed into solid political proposals and serious sustainable scenarios for the future.

From the website of the new Danish Green Party "The Alternative", who hosted the day.

Per Jørgensen Møller from The Danish Electric Car Commite gave a presentation

The citizents and specialists was gathered around a table with a cup of coffee and colorful papers and pens.

Open Discussions and interaction

Kåre Albrechsen from Copenhagen Electric, the Region of Copenhagen Regions Electric Car Department.

John Krøll 

Please notice the screen of Kåre's PC showing images from the Guinness World Record that he was part of in September 2014.

Thomas Knudsen

More about that lovely memory HERE

Martin Messer Thomsen from EV TEST. One of Denmarks most knowable men when it comes to Electric Cars, the most optimal way of driving them and where new laws about Electric Cars can be implemented so it makes most possible sense for Denmark. To the left of Martin is Christian Poll who is the lead candidate for The Alternative within the areas of Green Technology and ECO living.

Jon Seemann Pedersen from The Alternative talked about Self Driving Cars and how it is key to also include this new element to the future of transportation.

Notes from a participant.

David Morrow 

Members of The United Danish Electric Car Owners was present

David Morrow 

The initiator of the event Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen is in the above image wearing a T - Shirt from the Guinness World Record attempt in September 2014. He is the current holder of the World Record in "Largest Parade of Electric Cars".

David Morrow 

The Future is Not What it Used to Be - The Electric DeLorean from New York, turned into artwork as part of The Alternative election campaign.

David Morrow 

There is no doubt that Nikola Tesla would have supported the Electric Car today. Allready over 100 years ago he had the solution for a Fossil Free Future. He is the Godfather of the CO2 Green Drive Project and should be canonized as a Green Saint.

Now we will see what the brainstorm will turn into in the official politics of The Alternative and later into Danish politics in the near future!

Thanks to David Morrow for joining us during the day and documenting the moment!

UPDATE:
After this POLAB was held, we sent out the working paper to several of our friends and partners. Not long after that, the Danish political party "Radikal Venstre" went out in the Danish media and announced several of the concepts and proposals we had come up with during the day. This including a "Green Licence plate" for electric cars. All we can say about this is that The Alternative is all for tranceparency and sharing, but we also like to get credit for the ideas, but we also like to say "You are Welcome!"

Read the announcement HERE

OFFICIALLY AMAZING - LARGEST PARADE OF ELECTRIC CARS - NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

The Guinness Word Record attempt held on September 21st 2014 has been officially recognized!
KPMG found 160 Electric Cars that was part of the parade, to live up to the rules set for the record.



The Video

The above photo by John Krøll shows the parade as it enters Peberholmen as part of Øresund Bridge.

The above banner was displayed as part of the event.

On that very same day in New York City, the People's Climate March took place. The above spread is from the newspaper called "Planet News" that was distributed during the march, by the people behind Center for Planetary Culture. If you click on the above image you can read more about CO2 Green Drive, under the image of the Electric DeLorean and Intentional Art headline.



The above video about Cool Construction/Byens Hegn that is a Copenhagen Urban Street Art Initiative.

On October 10th 2014, there will be an Awards Ceremony on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. It happens to be on the same day as Copenhagen's "Night of Culture", where many thousand people roam the streets to engulf themselves in Culture. The above image is the artwork created by Will Gurley and Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen, and will be created in collaboration with Svend Sømod, Lasse Bentzen, Anna Vibe and Christian Rømer Riis of Grounded Craft Work. The Award Show will be hosted by Hollywood actress and Film Producer Kristina Korsholm and Sharing Copenhagen's own Jacob Hartmann.

The CO2 symbol was initially created by nearly 100 Electric Cars for the first CO2 E - Race/CO2 Green Drive Performance in connection to COP15 in 2009. In above image you can see the CO2 GPS tag that was shown LIVE on the Globe on Rådhuspladsen. More HERE.

The 3D CO2 painting will be placed in the above spot, where the event will also be held.




The colors of the KNOxOUT Paint that will be used for the artwork is "A Breeze of Grey" and "Purifying White". The painting is 4 x 4 meters and according to the producers of the paint, it will be equal to planting 16 threes. See more in below video.



See the above paint LIVE and Come and Join the event!

More about the Facebook event page HERE

UPDATE! 

Will Gurley in front of the 3D CO2 Painting

The CO2 3D painting next to The Electric Bridge Banner 

See how it all went down HERE!

PRESSRELEASE FOR LARGEST PARADE OF ELECTRIC CARS OVER A BRIDGE - IN DANISH

Onsdag d. 17. september 2014                                                                                    

PRESSEMEDDELELSE

Verdens længste elbilparade krydser Øresund

Elbiler i kortege fra Malmö til København over Øresundsbroen: Som et arrangement i forbindelse med ”Sharing Copenhagen/København Europæisk Miljøhovedstad 2014” vil over 130 elbiler fra hele Øresundsregionen krydse Øresundsforbindelsen den 21. september. Arrangementet skal illustrere bestræbelserne på at skabe en grøn motorvej, der forbinder Øresundsregionen med Hamburg via den kommende Femern-forbindelse.  Og så er kortegen et Guinness-rekordforsøg med titlen ”Flest elbiler i en parade”. Alt tyder på, at en ny rekord vil blive sat på broen mellem Malmö og København.

Søndag den 21. september sker det: Over 130 tilmeldte elbiler fra hele Øresundsregionen og Norge mødes om eftermiddagen i Malmö for i samlet kortege at krydse Øresundsforbindelsen med Fields´s på Amager som mål. 

Arrangementet sker i forlængelse af det årlige svenske ”Öresund Electric Car Rally”, der allerede dagen forinden starter på Frederiksberg, og som kører via Helsingør/Hälsingborg mod Lund og Malmö. Her mødes de svenske deltagere med flere elbil-entusiaster fra Danmark og Norge for at krydse Øresundsforbindelsen.

Dette sker som led i ”Sharing Copenhagen/København Europæisk Miljøhovedstad”, som i disse uger fokuserer på bæredygtig og grøn transport. Desuden skal den lange kortege slå en fire år gammel Guinness-rekord. Her skal i alt skal mindst 101 elbiler bryde rekorden ”Flest elbiler i en parade”. Den gældende rekord blev opstillet i Japan i 2010, hvor 100 biler deltog.

Politisk deltagelse med grønt fokus

I kortegen deltager den amerikanske ambassadør i Danmark, Rufus Gifford, der er med på turen i en Tesla Model S.

Desuden deltager næstformand i Københavns Borgerrepræsentation og politisk ordfører Lars Weiss (S) samt Jakob Hougaard (S), næstformand i Teknik og Miljøudvalget, Københavns Kommune.

- Dette initiativ er en fantastisk måde at illustrere bestræbelserne på at skabe og videreudvikle grønne transportløsninger i regionen mellem Øresund og Hamburg. Og det understreger behovet for udviklingen af en sammenhængende grøn infrastruktur, hvor der er fri og uhindret adgang til fossilfrie brændstoffer på begge sider af henholdsvis Øresund og Femern Bælt, siger Lars Weiss

- Vi skal have folk til at opdage elbilen, for den er forureningsfri og lydløs. Før sommer var der registreret ca 400 elbiler i Københavns Kommune ud af i alt ca. 160.000 registrerede biler, svarende til en andel på 0,25 procent. Det er alt for lidt, siger Jakob Hougaard (S), næstformand i Teknik- og Miljøudvalget, der selv kører med i sin Nissan Leaf.

En af initiativtagerne, kunstneren Jacob Fuglsang, siger:

- Vi håber at rigtigt mange flere elbilister tilmelder sig, så vi kan vise, at København og Øresundsregionen er i front på grønne initiativer. Udviklingen går stærkt og moderne elbiler er både hurtige, sikre og lækre biler, der kan klare kørselsbehovet for de fleste af os i hverdagen. Vi har alle en stor udfordring i at forbedre luft- og lydkvaliteten i vores byer, og det er noget elbilerne kan være med til at løse. Og med forsøget her vil vi gerne vise, at København og Region Hovedstaden er med i front.

Bred støtte

Også energiselskabet E.ON er med for at skabe god energi om elbilen:

 - Vi arbejder for at gøre det nemt og bekvemt at køre elbil. Derfor sørger vi også for opladning til deltagerne ved Fields. Eventen er meget mere end en søndagshyggeklub for elbilister. Udover at tage del i en verdensrekord er det i høj grad deltagernes ønske at signalere, at skiftet mod bæredygtig transport er ved at ske. Både private, virksomheder og kommuner begynder at se elbilens fordele. Infrastrukturen er på plads; det er bare at hoppe med på vognen, siger Susanne Tolstrup, kommunikationschef i E.ON Danmark.

Med på turen er også et svensk vagtselskab, der kører på elmotorcykler. De mødes ved Øresundsbroen med danske motorcykelbetjente og PET, som sammen eskorterer paraden til målet ved Field´s på Amager. PET skal undervejs sørge for sikkerheden omkring den amerikanske ambassadør i Danmark, Rufus Gifford.

Öresundsbron sponsorerer eventen med fri passage over broen for de deltagende elbiler.

E.ON, Clever, og Clean Charge stiller gratis opladere til rådighed. Elbilproducenter og Elbilforeninger i både Danmark, Norge og Sverige har meldt deres støtte til rekordforsøget, mens shopping centeret Field’s sponsorer strøm til elbilerne, både før og efter eventen.

Region Skane og Malmö Stad er også med som samarbejdspartnere, udover at flere af deres medarbejdere kører med i både Öresund Electric Car Rally og rekordforsøget.

Revisionsselskabet KPMG skal verificere rekorden, som sidenhen skal optages i Guinness Book of Records.

FAKTA:

Elbilkortegen er planlagt af de samme folk, som i 2009 stod bag CO2 Green Drive. Sammen med Det Danske Kulturinstitut arrangerede de dengang en elbil-parade, formet som et CO2-tegn gennem Københavns gader i forbindelse med den amerikanske præsident Obamas besøg i København under COP15.

TIDSPLAN FOR DELTAGERNE:

12:00 - Danske deltagere mødes på Field's udendørsparkering, med indgang fra Arne Jacobsens Alle i Ørestaden.

12:00 - 13:30 - Alle deltagerne bliver filmet af et videoteam og fotograferet af den danske fotograf Jesper Hyuk Larsen. De får også en deltagerstreamer sat på bilen og får tildelt placering i paraden. Der er mulighed for at oplade elbiler ved Fields om formiddagen, inden turen går til Malmø.

13:30 - Deltagerne kører i samlet gruppe over til Malmö/Emporias parkering (Hyllie Boulevard 19, Malmö), hvor de slutter sig til deltagerne fra Öresund Electric Car Rally, der ankommer fra Lund.

14:00 - 16:00 - Alle deltager i afslutningen af Oresund Electric Car Rally ved Emporia. De elbiler der ikke er med i Rallyet skal køre op på taget af Emporia, hvor de skal dokumenteres og få tildelt pladser i rekord-paraden over Øresundsbron.

16:00 - Et privat svensk vagtselskab på elmotorcykler eskorterer paraden fra Emporia til Øresundsbroen, hvor de mødes af motorcykelbetjente fra Københavns Politi. Når alle deltagere er oppe på broen i en lang række, skal rekorden sættes. Kortegen skal samlet køre 3.2 kilometer, for at rekorden er gyldig.

16:30 - 18:00 - Alle deltagerne samles på Field's parkering for at fejre verdensrekorden med mad og drikke. Alle elbilerne stilles i en Spiral formation på parkeringspladsen, for at siden filmes af en drone fra oven. Et billede for oven af alle deltagende elbiler er et af mange krav fra Guinness World Record. Her er der også mulighed for at lade elbilerne til turen hjem og tale med andre elbils ejere fra Øresundregionen.

Det er gratis at deltage, Öresundsbron er en af sponsorerne, og eventen er en god måde at støtte arbejdet for en grønnere og mere bæredygtig fremtid og fejre Københavns pris som Europas Grønne Hovedstad.

TILMELDING:

Tilmeldinger sker på Region Hovedstadens Elbilsekretariat Copenhagen Electric hjemmeside:
www.regionh.dk/elbiler/verdensrekord

Facebook side:

www.facebook.com/electricparadecph

  

KONTAKT:

Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen, Facilitator, CO2 Green Drive
+45 60 85 16 75

Kåre Albrechtsen, Sekretariatschef, Copenhagen Electric/Region Hovedstaden
+45 24 63 88 68

Susanne Tolstrup, Kommunikationschef, E.ON Danmark
+45 30 386112

EARTH DAY NEW YORK 2014 IS TAKING SHAPE

Above video from Union Square of the Earth Day New York 2013 HARLEM SHAKE.



I AM E



CO2 E Drive from 2011 on Times Square

Stay Tuned for more info on the annual CO2 E Drive.
For more info on Earth Day New York 2014, take a look at the website HERE

THE CAR MANILA SPEECH BY JACOB FUGLSANG MIKKELSEN

The Video from the Meralco Theater

And in the Electric MD...

PLANS FOR ST. PETERSBURG 2013

The Nordic Weeks is a joint initiative of the Nordic diplomatic representations and institutes in St Petersburg.  More than 20 events on promotion of Nordic culture & literature, architecture & city planning, climate & environment have been held in 2012.

See above Video about the 2012 version of Nordic Weeks

In 2013 Nordic Weeks will be held in St Petersburg for the fourth time and Green Growth will be among the main topics. This joint initiative draws a lot of attention to the Nordic region and cooperation and attracts lots of visitors. St. Petersburg Government officially supports the event and the Nordic Weeks usually starts by a joint event with the EU Delegation in Moscow (Europe Day) – and a Bike Ride on Nevsky Prospect (main street in St Petersburg, planned by Peter The Great) is a part of it.

The above image was the banner for the 2012 version of Nordic Weeks in St Petersburg

We are now planning a trip to St Petersburg in late January 2013 for research and meetings along with figuring out if "CO2" is the right TAG to make in Russia. In China we learned that "CO2" is too abstract, but "AIR" made more sense since it was something that could actually be seen by the eye being polluted.
If you have any suggestions for a TAG in St Petersburg, we are all ears!

For more information on Nordic Weeks go HERE (google should be able to translate the page)

CLEAN AIR DRIVE - HONG KONG

Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities Center (CAI-Asia) and Clean Air Network (CAN) in Hong Kong’s plans to produce the CO2 Green Drive project in connection with the Better Air Quality 2012 (BAQ) Conference held in Hong Kong on 5-7 December 2012.

So, instead of making a "CO2" tag, an "AIR" tag has been produced.
Read more about the event that is called "Clean Air Drive" on the official BAQ page HERE

The conference is co-organized by the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia), Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (above image), in partnership with the Asian Development Bank and World Bank.

BAQ 2012 (www.baq2012.org) is the leading event on air quality in Asia, covering transport, energy, industry and climate change, with a particular emphasis on government policies and measures.

The above image is of Hong Kong's "Zero Carbon Building", where the Tagging Performance will start. See more HERE

Policy makers and practitioners meet at BAQ to network, learn and share experiences. Past BAQs have proven to influence policies, initiate new projects and establish partnerships. The BAQ 2012 theme is “Growing Cities, Healthy Cities” reflecting the challenge of creating livable cities with blue skies and a low carbon footprint in the face of increasing urbanization in Asia, and ensuring that people’s health is no longer affected by poor air quality.

Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen will also hold a presentation about CO2 Green Drive at  the Danish Exhibition Area’s “Speakers Corner” on December 6th at 15.50, in connection to the Hong Kong Business of Design Week (HKBoDW) 

AROUND THE WORLD IN THREE DAYS

In connection with Earth Day 2012, the CO2 Green Drive Project in collaboration with the Danish Cultural Institute, Earth Day Network and various local partners around the world embarked on a mission to perform CO2 Green Drive in 12 cities on 5 continents.

On 20th April the CO2 "tagging" started with simultaneous events in New York/US and Horsens/Denmark. In New York, the artist behind CO2 Green Drive Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen collaborated with Earth Day New York. The performance was done with a selection of electric & hybrid cars and trucks along with an electric MC and a Bicycle Taxi functioning as "brushes" while in Horsens the "tagging" was performed by 150 bicyclists and 7 Electric Vehicles.

New York E Tag

Horsens CO2 Tag

Two days later CO2 Green Drive continued in Yokohama where global CO2 Green Drive Project Manager, Michael Wolffhechel, singlehanded "tagged" Yokohama with a CO2 (above). 

CO2 tag in Delhi

This was followed by India where CO2 Green Drive was performed by approximately 250 runners in 6 cities, including, Bhopal, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Thane. Above the CO2 "tags" from Delhi and Bhopal.

India was followed by Dakar in Senegal where 130 bikers and 25 roller skaters took part in CO2 Green Drive alongside extensive press coverage and collaboration with City Hall. The CO2 tagging performance was attended and performed by The General Secretary of The Danish Cultural Institute Finn Andersen and CO2 Green Drive's own Aziz Fall.

At the last minute Cape Town in South Africa also managed to get onboard with local Electric Vehicle producer Optimal Energy supplying one EV to perform as "brush". 

Finally in Santiago in Chile, a CO2 tag was carried out by a convoy of bicycles in collaboration with Danish Bicycle brand Biomega

THANK YOU to all the "brushes" around the world, partnering organizations, sponsors and helping hands. This couldn't have been done without you!