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- February
2012
3 Smart Green Startups from Germany Poised to Conquer the Global Market
As a warmup for ECO12, I would like to present 3 smart green startups from Germany that are in a unique position to be successful on the global Cleantech market. They have unique technology, achieved major milestones and look for strategic investors, partners and clients to enter new markets and grow faster. Let’s take a closer look at SolarFuel (Power to Gas), Heliatek (Organic Photovoltaics) and Flinc (Realtime Ride Sharing). All 3 startups are nominated for the ECO12 Award and join Ecosummit 2012 on 22-23 March in Berlin.
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- September
2011
Weniger Autos ist mehr – Intelligent in die automobile Zukunft
Mein Gastbeitrag für den Daimler Blog vom 06.09.11: Reduce to the max, finde ich, ist auch heute noch ein gutes Beispiel visionärer Kreativität, gerade weil dieser Werbeslogan bereits 1997 von Smart erfunden wurde. In meiner Vision ist die Mobilität der Zukunft nachhaltig und sozial, denn immer mehr Kunden konsumieren ökologisch und ökonomisch zugleich. Sozial ist, wenn wir Autos gemeinsam effizienter nutzen. Nachhaltigkeit verpflichtet uns, unsere Autos mit erneuerbarer Energie anzutreiben. Das englische Zauberwort dafür ist Sustainable Social Mobility und beschreibt einen intelligenten Weg in die automobile Zukunft.
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- April
2011
Ecosummit TV – ECO11 – Young Future Mobility Leaders – Panel
At Ecosummit 2011, Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit) moderated the panel Young Future Mobility Leaders with (from the left) Konrad Erzberger (Tamyca), Michael Kuhn (car2gether, Daimler Business Innovation), Beres Seelbach (Lautlos), Klaus Dibbern (Flinc) and Knut Hechtfischer (Ubitricity). We all agreed that the Sharing Economy will change the automotive industry.
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- April
2011
Ecosummit TV – ECO11 – Konrad Erzberger – Tamyca – P2P Car Sharing
Konrad Erzberger pitches his German startup Tamyca to investors at Ecosummit 2011. Tamyca offers peer-to-peer car sharing in Germany. This means that the shared cars are owned by private people and not professional fleet operators. The trick is an insurance tariff that covers any damage happening when you rent your car to another driver to make some money. Tamyca is first mover in Germany but already has 2 competitors. The business model is executed in several other countries by competitors, too. We believe it’s a hot business model and worth investing in.
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- April
2011
Ecosummit TV ECO11 Mix 1.0
Ane Mari Aakernes, Gernot Toegel and Jan Michael Hess have been busy producing Ecosummit TV during the last 10 days. Our first Ecosummit TV ECO11 Mix offers you some funky 10 minutes of ECO11 experience including many speakers, startups, investors and participants. A great opportunity to relive Ecosummit 2011 on 24-25 March in Berlin. The groovy Jazz music you can hear is the song “Lost in Bogota” by Erik Truffaz on his new album “In Between”. When shall we do the next Ecosummit to celebrate and accelerate the Smart Green Economy?
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- December
2010
Sustainable Social Mobility with Car and Ride Sharing
Based in Spain’s Basque country, Hiriko is the first company to build the electric City Car developed by MIT’s Medialab. Hiriko sounds Japanese but it is in fact a mix of Basque and Spanish: hiri = urban, ko = short for coche (car). Hiriko’s networked urban cars are designed to be used only as shared cars. Imagine a future where you can take any car when you leave your home or office. Imagine a future where all shared cars are electric. That’s where we have to be.
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