Astypalea: Smart, sustainable island

Greece and the Volkswagen Group have started a pilot project for sustainable mobility and energy supply on the island of Astypalea. A campsite owner talks about the opportunities and challenges of the plans, and the main importer provides insights into public electric car sharing. Scientists are involved in the project. ...

SEAT MÓ and its eScooter 125 arrived today to Astypalaia, a Greek island that is on course to become green and smart thanks to the intiative taken by Volkswagen Group and the Greek Government. ...

The Greek island of Astypalea is set to become an electric island. This was agreed on by Volkswagen and the Greek government. Now, Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis have handed over the first electric cars. ...

Astypalea is on course to become a smart, sustainable island. The first electric vehicles, including the first fully electric police car in Greece, were taken into service today in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess and Deputy Foreign Minister Kostas Fragogiannis. ...

The Volkswagen Group and Greece have agreed to establish a groundbreaking mobility system on the Mediterranean island of Astypalea. To that end, the current transport system on the island will transition to electric vehicles and renewable power generation. In the long run, Astypalea will become a model island for climate-neutral mobility. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed in Wolfsburg and Athen today ...

Astypalea up until now is probably only known to insiders. The small island is located in the Aegean Sea, it belongs to Greece and is especially known for its butterflies. This is likely to change in the future: Astypalea will become a model for smart, emission-free mobility. The island wants to prove that a purely electric transport system is already possible today – without any restrictions on the mobility of its inhabitants. We explain the details. ...

Volkswagen Group and Greece want to make the Greek island of Astypalea in the Aegean Sea a model for climate-friendly mobility. New mobility services, the conversion of the island’s vehicle fleet to electric vehicles and the transformation of the energy supply are planned. In an interview, Konstantinos Fragogiannis, Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece, and Maik Stephan, Head of Business Development at Volkswagen Group, explain the details and objectives of the flagship project. ...

The Greek island of Astypalea is to become a model for climate-friendly mobility and energy supply. This was agreed by the Greek government and the Volkswagen Group. In an interview, Margo Tsirigotis Oge, former director at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), explains the tasks that politics and business must take on when it comes to climate protection. Oge has been a member of Volkswagen’s independent Sustainability Council since 2016. She was born in Athens. ...