Society for Sustainable Mobility

October 25, 2007 (Los Angeles, CA): Last weekend, thousands of people, including many alternative transportation businesses, gathered at the Barker Hangar of the Santa Monica Airport for the second annual Alternative Fuel Transportation Expo (Alt Car Expo) http://www.altcarexpo.com/ . SSM also showcased our latest concept drawings of the Kernel™ Crossover vehicle, as well as some […]

October 17, 2007 (Los Angeles, CA): Good News! We are almost ready for the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The PDR is an important milestone in our engineering plan and it marks the 25% completion of our CDV1 Project. Although the review comes almost 4 months late from the original schedule, it is crucial for our […]

October 06, 2007 Culver City, CA: As the date of the second annual Santa Monica Alt Car Expo (http://www.altcarexpo.com/) draws near, SSM members in the Los Angeles area are also gearing up and preparing for one of the most important events for alternative fuel businesses in the Southern California area. SSM, a nonprofit alternative fuel vehicle designer […]

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August 1st, 2007 (Los Angeles, CA): The Society for Sustainable Mobility (SSM) officially announces its intention to compete in the Automotive X-Prize (AXP) contest. SSM will have to raise $5 Million USD in public support to develop the 100 MPGe vehicle. AXP has an aggressive schedule that […]

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July 29th, 2007 (Santa Monica, CA): SSM is pleased to announced our sponsorship program for our test/demo vehicle. This vehicle will be retrofitted and utilized by Los Angeles Integration Team to test our state-of-the-art, patent pending Kernel™ electric drivetrain. This same electric drivetrain architecture will compete in the upcoming Automotive […]

Los Angeles, CA. May 18, 2007: Society for Sustainable Mobility (SSM) in Los Angeles, CA., formerly known as the “Open Source Green Vehicle” Project ( http://www.osgv.org ), combines the talents from mainly European Automotive Engineering and American Aerospace Engineering and creates Kernel, the “Barebone” Electric Vehicle.

OSGV Project kick-off meeting has been conducted at Rotterdam University (Hogeschool Rotterdam - HRO - in Dutch). More than 60 engineering students expressed interests to join the project and design work will begin next week, says Mr. Roeland Hogt, Senior Lecturer of HRO and designer of Fabulo Design who is leading the development in the Netherlands.

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.