#clean motion

The Zbee meets Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Clean Motion Advisory Board Member, Göran Lindbergh, meets President Obama. Prior to these events encounters have already occurred with the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

I am biased for sure, but when I reflect over the last couple of months with the Zbee and the company behind, Clean Motion, I must say I am both proud and impressed about both the product and the people involved with the company.

Let's start with the disclaimer. I am a board member, investor and also married to the Marketing & Communication Manager of Clean Motion. So more biased then that is hardly possible to be.

Still I would not write about all of these things if I would not honestly believe in the Zbee and Clean Motion. I think that the product is sincere and has a good purpose, to make urban transportation more efficient and more environmental friendly.

The President of Indonesia and Zbee

Two weeks ago, with extremely short notice the opportunity to show the Zbee at an event in Jakarta appeared. It was for government people and not many outsiders where invited. The Zbee got a last minute invitation. After an extremely long drive from Banyuwangi on east Java to Jakarta (app 800km away) and almost no sleep for the team, the Zbee stood there in a booth (well done John, Peter amongst others).

Hard work is often rewarded and this day the President of Indonesia wanted to see the by now well known Zbee. 

Clean Motion also posted a blog post about the event, including when Clean Motion / Zbee and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had it's first encounter, that event included another State Chief, The Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

If the Zbee could talk, my guess would be that it would say something like this.

 I am Zbee, who are you?

Clean Motion Advisory Board Member meets President Obama

Göran Lindbergh is a Clean Motion Advisory Board Member and his area of expertise is chemical engineering. During President Obamas visit to Sweden, Göran was one of the few outside of politics that actually got to meet President Obama. So pretty cool that it was an Advisory Board member of Clean Motion that got the honour. In his more daily job, Göran Lindbergh is working at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm with Chemical Engineering.

With this behind us, what is next to come?

As some might have noticed in my activity stream on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc I have recently posted quite a lot about a three-wheeled-electrical vehicle called Zbee. Zbee is made by Clean Motion, a company who wants to battle the notion of us travelling in 1.5 ton cars to transport on average one person at 80kg 3-5km. Yes, that is according to statistics how we use our cars today. Instead travel a lot more energy and climate friendly in a Zbee.

Why all of these posts about the Zbee?

Well, first Jenny (my partner in life) joined as head of marketing and communication and when we realized that we constantly talked about the Zbee and both became very engaged in the vision and the product, we caught the moment when it was given to us and SiXX seed-invested in Clean Motion. For me, that meant  a place as board member, an honour!

Please do follow and become a fan on Facebook and on Twitter if you are interested in following the journey of the Zbee and climate friendly urban transportation.

Zbee launched in Asia

Currently the Zbee is being launched in Indonesia and production will start  this summer in East Java, Indonesia. The first production facility is in Kungshamn and Trollhättan, both on the Swedish west coast. 

It seems that Asia and the Zbee have found love and it should be an interesting and great journey to see the Zbee grow in Asia as well as in other regions.