December 9th, 2007 (Santa Monica, California): On its anniversary, the Open Source Green Vehicle (OSGV) Project is awarded the Runner-up status at the Santa Monica Alternative Car and Transportation Expo (Alt Car Expo).  Held by City of Santa Monica, the Alt Car Expo attracted thousands of environmentally-aware visitors.

Alt Car Expo is held on December 9th and 10th, 2006. Exhibitors includes household names, such as Honda, GM, SAE, California Air Resources Board and many more. OSGV is also given a free space at the City of Santa Monica’s own booth.

The award is granted to the concept that is the most creative, practical and feasible in the near future.

“Often times, the problems with alternative fuel technologies are not with the technologies themselves but with the technology adoption and insertion processes,” says OSGV Founder, David Lee. The group alleges that mass-produced vehicle platforms are currently owned by only a handful of major corporations around the world. The proprietary natures of these platforms are hindering the commercialization of the latest sustainable technologies - technologies that could have major effects on our environment.

OSGV, the pioneer of Open-Design / Open-Source Technologies in automotive applications, could one day revolutionize the industry by introducing a public infrastructure and vehicle platform for technology insertion. Soon enough everybody who has a bit of technical knowledge in cars will be able to contribute to the design of these “open source cars”.

Other winners include Mark Barbush (Grand Prize) for his innovative mobile office concept, which depicts a vehicle with the capability to “dock” with a specially designed commuter train and becomes a mobile office for the individual until he/she arrives at the destination.

Winning entries also include Todd Bank’s (Runner-up) for his removeable battery module concept. Already deployed in some of Todd’s off-road scooters, the battery modules open up a commercial opportunity. Battery hot-swapping at a battery service station is now possible - thus eliminating the range limit of these scooters. Deployment to the up-and-coming Electric Vehicle fleets is also possible.