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Society for Sustainable Mobility

As our consumption of natural resources continues to take its toll on the environment, it has never been more important to explore other means of sustaining our way of life. The Society for Sustainable Mobility (SSM) is a revolutionary movement to develop a much-needed alternative to the conventional automobiles.

The mission of the SSM is to create a three-part solution to our dependency on natural resources:

1. Sustainable Technologies: to improve the energy efficiency of automobiles;
2. Open-design Infrastructure: to accelerate technology insertions;
   
3. Business Strategy: to commercialize our products and bring them to consumers.

The goal is to engage in fair market competition in the most polluting segments with functionally superior products that are cleaner and more affordable; thus, erode the incentives for major automakers to remain in these segments and encourage them to invest more in future technologies.

Often times, the problems with alternative fuel technologies are not with the technologies themselves but with the technology adoption and insertion processes.

Mass-produced 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.

The need for a brand new vehicle platform becomes very apparent - a platform owned and created by a non-profit organization whose charter is to fight global warming. When the mass production of these vehicles begins, the implementations of energy-saving technologies would no longer be hampered by the status quo of the industry.

To get the best of both worlds, SSM's innovative Open Design Infrastructure is capable of maintaining both open and proprietary design data within a single product structure - allowing SSM to represent public interests while protecting private investments.

Led by an international team of elite engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs and top engineering schools around the world, the SSM ensures truly sustainable transportation will reach the general public and makes the world a better place to live.

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Project Website: www.osgv.org
Project Director: Trent Bigelow