http://www.osgv.org SSM - the Home of the Open Source Green Vehicle (OSGV) Project Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:13:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.osgv.org/2007/10/25/mission-success-ssm-osgv-at-santa-monica-alt-car-expo-2007/ October 24th (Los Angeles, CA): Many of our members and affiliates in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas have been threaten and/or displaced by the wildfires that are happening all over Southern California. (Photo Courtesy: Jeff Turner) http://www.osgv.org/2007/10/24/fires-in-southern-california/ 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, ... http://www.osgv.org/2007/10/17/upcoming-preliminary-design-review-pdr-for-ssms-kernel-hybridelectric-crossover/ 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, ... http://www.osgv.org/2007/10/09/santa-monica-alt-car-expo-preparation-underway/ Riley Spencer will lead a very important undertaking to create the technical library, tentatively named the "Sustainable Mobility Knowledge Base". The name suggests, the library will covers everything that is related to our mission: sustainable mobility, and how SSM can integrate these technologies into our product line. The technical library will ... http://www.osgv.org/2007/10/07/creation-of-a-sustainable-mobility-knowledge-base/ Visit us on our new Squidoo "Lens". http://www.squidoo.com/ssm-osgv/ Recognizing the importance of online social networks, we've implemented a homepage on Squidoo, which could potentially bring in significant amount of visitors. If you are interested in volunteering and maintaining this site, please let us know immediately. Thanks. http://www.osgv.org/2007/10/04/new-osgv-homepage-on-squidoo/ No matter what method you select for donating, contributions of $50 or more will be acknowledged with a receipt sent via USPS within 6 to 8 weeks after IHCenter/SSM receives the contribution. Federal EIN of the International Humanities Center is 33-0767921. Please visit the International Humanities Center website for more information ... http://www.osgv.org/2007/09/25/thank-you/ August 3rd, 2007 (Los Angeles, CA): A lot has happened in the past few months. It must have been our most busy quarter ever. I am glad to tell you that the interests in OSGV is really taking off! Our web server has registered 1200 to 1800 page hits per ... http://www.osgv.org/2007/08/03/member-update-august-07-newsletter/ Our staff and teams of volunteers are working hard to bring you the TRUE sustainable mobility through a profound change in philosophy in automotive engineering. Most of us are unpaid. What’s holding us together is nothing but our belief that our effort will one day benefit all mankind. So, please… ... http://www.osgv.org/2007/08/02/what-others-say/ PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDownload Press Kit here. 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 ... http://www.osgv.org/2007/08/01/open-source-team-to-compete-for-automotive-x-prize/