It is with great pleasure that we today can launch Elbil Norge’s new company identity. From today, the name Elbil Norge AS will be a part of the company’s history. A new identity has been chosen to underpin our vision, to provide the market with Pure Mobility.
For a long time the mobility market has been in transition. People are starting to demand more from the companies they do business with and they are also starting to demand more from themselves. Being responsible is becoming a character trade that is looked up upon. Making sustainable choices is finally something that gives people a real sense of satisfaction.
We want to provide people with a solution for mobility that is simple and pure, and the Buddy is our answer.
9th November, 2009
10 års batterigaranti!
Den nye Buddy lanseres i januar 2010 med Buddy Advanced Energy System (BAES). BAES teknologi bygger på robuste Nickel-Metal Hydrid (NiMH) batterier kombinert med et unikt elektronisk styringssystem som gir nye Buddy en kjørelengde på inntil 12 mil og en batterigaranti på hele 10 år eller 100.000 kilometer. Gjennom den nye og revolusjonerende BAES teknologien er også kuldeegenskapene vesentlig forbedret, selv for tøffe nordiske vinterforhold.
16th October, 2009
Autogruppen Dist. Agreement
Autogruppen Norway AS consists of 65 brand dealerships that represents a total of 36 car brands in Norway. Autogruppen and Elbil Norge have now signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the new METROBuddy in Norway, starting January 1st 2010.
The news was launched on the very same day that the last CLASSICBuddy left the production hall in Oslo. In the picture: Chairman, Elbil Norge, Mr. Terje Nakstad (left) and Chairman, Autogruppen, Mr. Stig Morten Nilsen (right).
Elbil Norges last CLASSICBuddy waiting to leave the production hall
Founder of Elbil Norge, Jan Petter Skram, enter the production hall with the new METROBuddy, symbolizing a new era.
14th September, 2009
Walk to school day
The environmental agents (Miljøagentene) arranged the walk-to-school day the 10th of September. Erik Solheim, Minister of the Environment and Liv Signe Navarsete, Minister of Transport were present to show the importance of this day. Ways to reduce CO2 emissions were the main topic, which made Buddy electric vehicle a natural participant in the event.
After a quick interview with Tv2, each ministers drove a Buddy electric vehicle directly to meet the children walking to school.
Heidi L. Neilson, CEO (Miljøagentene (left) and Erik Solheim, Minister of the Environment (right)
Liv Signe Navarsete, Minister of Transport (left) and Erik Solheim, Minister of the Environment (middle)
1st September, 2009
KRF visited the Buddy Factory
Kristelig Folkeparti (KRF) is one of several political parties in Norway that actively support smaller electric vehicles for city use. Krf's political leader, Mr. Dagfinn Høybråten, visited today the Buddy Factory and was greated by Elbil Norges CEO, Mr. Kjell H. Strøm. As a part of this autumns political campaign, KRF suggests a 25.000 NOK direct contribution when purchasing an electric vehicle.
Elbil Norge uttered the importance of having political promises and suggestions to be viable, also for EV purchasers buying their new electric vehicle today.
5th August, 2009
Buddy on Twitter!
After our newly launched website in May this year, many of you have contacted us and asked "But where is the Buddy-blog"? So from this day we will start to "Twitter". We will on Twitter.com tell you about the more every-day-updates and things that is going on with Buddy and the Buddy Company. So, if you want to be the first one to get our updates, then log on to:
Monday 29th of June was Portugals official starting point for electrifying Portugal. To demonstrate each regions commitment, a treathy was signed by the Governors of each region.
Portugals Prime Minister, Mr. José Sócrates de Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, led the ceremony and held a speach to remind Portugal of the important environmental challenges ahead both on a national and international level.
The new METROBUDDY developed together with CEIIA-CE was present to symbolize the electric vehicle and Portugals MOBI. E program.
Prime Minister, Mr. José Sócrates de Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, in the METROBuddy (underneath)
Prime Minister of Portugal, Mr. José Sócrates de Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, & Elbil Norges Vice President of Business Development, Mr. Jan Otto Reimers (underneath)
25th June, 2009
METROBUDDY at the Innovation days in Portugal
Lighter, smaller, better electric vehicles. The MetroBuddy was presented at the Eureka exhibition as a part of the Innovation Days in Lisbon, Portugal. Numerous people came to see the MetroBuddy displayed for the very first time in Portugal. A reported 10.000 visitors came to the innovation days, in only one day.
8th June, 2009
Hotel stay and electric ride!
The Danish King Arthur hotel, a part of the Brochner hotel chain, is probably the first hotel in Europe to offer you both hotel rooms as well as an opportunity to explore the city of Copenhagen by an electric Buddy.
What better way to explore the city of Copenhagen than in an all-silent and emmision free Buddy? Rumours has it that the solution is catching on, and that more hotels will offer you this solution in the near future.
27th May, 2009
Elbilmarkering på Youngstorget
Mange Buddy- og andre elbileiere stilte i går opp til en viktig markering for Norsk elbilindustri. Politisk ledelse i Næringsdepartementet fikk overlevert et brev fra NORSTART. Brevet skisserer en løsning som kan gi norske elbilprodusenter en garanti for produksjon av elbiler. Les mer om arrangementet på Norstart sine hjemmesider..
Rune Gerhardsen (AP), Erling Folkvord, (Rødt), og tidligere miljøvernminister Knut Aril Hareide (Krf) har engasjert seg for å få fart på norsk elbilindustri. Bellona, Greenpeace og Norges Miljøvernforbund støtter forslaget og deltok i arrangementet.
16th May, 2009
METROBuddy stand - Attention
The EVS number 24 is now coming to an end. The symposium and the exhibition have both turned out to be a huge success! The Buddy Stand received attention both from royals, celebrities and customers and the first orders for the METROBuddy have been placed.
PS: We can also mention that the CLASSICBuddy took part in the EVS Viking Rally going from Oslo to Stavanger. Not usually the task to be handled by a city vehicle, but our pilot and co-pilot made sure we ended up in 4th place out of 12 competitors!
Picture series underneath:
HÅKON MAGNUS - THE CROWN PRINCE OF NORWAY
MORTEN HARKET
THE EVS VIKING RALLY CLASSICBUDDY Magne Storebø og Trond Tveitan
13th May, 2009
METROBuddy Launch
Both international and national press were represented when Norway's most famous meteorologist, Siri Kalvig, launched METROBuddy at EVS24 in Stavanger today, 13th of May. With Erik Solheim, the Minister of the Environment, by her side, Siri Kalvig revealed an orange matt metallic and a green matt metallic METROBuddy. During the next hours stand B201 were visited by almost everyone at the fair, a lot of questions were asked and pictures taken of the electric vehicle METROBuddy available from December 2009.
