Accomplished public arrangements, July 2009:

Information on electric vehicles, biogas investments and Green Highway at SÖT-seminar at Trondheim 13-14 October 2008.
Electric vehicle seminar at Jämtkraft with 67 participants, 27 January 2009.
Lecture by the Municipality of Trondheim on their commitments around electric vehicles and Green Highway at international seminar on electric vehicles in Stockholm 2-3 of April 2009. The Municipality of Östersund and Jämtkraft participated.
Biogas seminar with focus on the creation of the Biogas Nord network in Sundsvall, 21-22 April 2009.
Exhibition and seminar on electric infrastructure, electric- and gas vehicles and Green Highway at the Spring Market of Östersund’s open air museum Jamtli, 16-17 May 2009.
Green Highway exhibition and showing of Jämtkraft’s converted electric Saab at Östersund’s Car Fair, 30-31 May 2009.
The Municipality of Sundsvall lectured on Green Highway, 25 June 2009, at Green Week in Brussels.
Green Highway exhibition and showing of Jämtkraft’s converted electric Saab at the Almedalen Week 28 June – 3 July 2009, also participation in electric vehicle motorcade.

Upcoming planned public arrangements autumn 2009 – spring 2010:

Exhibition of Green Highway and electric cars at EU-seminar at Östersund 21-22 July 2009.
Exhibition of Green Highway and electric cars at exhibition at the meetings of EU Energy and Environment Ministers in Åre, 23-24 July 2009.
Inauguration of charging poles in Åre, 23 July 2009. 
Electric vehicles seminar in Trondheim, August 2009.

The Municipality of Östersund and Jämtkraft arrange breakfast on charging infrastructure, 17 September 2009.

Inauguration of charging poles in Östersund, 17 September 2009. 
Climate seminar 18 September 2009 and exhibition of Green Highway 19 September 2009 in Östersund.
SÖT-seminar in Östersund 21-22 October 2009 “Co-operation at Green Highway”
Green Highway and Clean Tech in Sundsvall November 2009.

Seminar on electric vechicles in Sundsvall during 2010

Accomplished working meetings:

Electric vehicles kick-off in Trondheim with lecture by  Mattias Goldmann from Gröna Bilister (the Swedish Association of Green Motorists), 1-2 December 2009
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Electric vehicles meeting in Östersund with PowerCircle and Elforsk, 7-8 January 2009.

SÖT-workshop on Green Highway at Arctura, 27 January 2009, with Powercircle, Elforsk and the Municipality of Åre.

SÖT working group meetings on electric vehicles and Green Highway, 28 January 2009, 30 March 2009 (video) and 6 May 2009.
Meeting with Östersund’s electric vehicles group with näringslivskontoret (the municipal office for trade and industry), VTC (Vehicle Technical Center) and vehicle companies 11 February 2009, 26 March 2009 and 23 June 2009. 

The Municipality of Östersund, VTC and Jämtkraft, meeting in Östersund with Test Site Sweden 15 April 2009.
Telephone meeting 23 April 2009 on procurement of 4WD Volvo V70, Saab, new or used including follow-up by TC
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Workshop with VTC in Östersund on the companies’ interest for participation in Green Highway 24 April 2009.

Meeting in Åre with Powercircle and the Municipality of Åre 26 April 2009. Jämtkraft participated.
Participation at the hearing at the Swedish Energy Agency 4 May 2009.

Presentation of an expanded Green Highway concept for the executive group in Sundsvall 7 May 2009.
Working meeting on Green Highway in Storlien, 16 June 2009. The concept of the transport axis Green Highway presented for the key municipalities along the corridor, resulting in a common declaration of intentions.

Planned working meetings:

Study visit at biogas plants in Östersund and Sundsvall.

Information activities about Green Highway
and the Buyers Guide for Electric and Plugin Hybrid Cars – accomplished activities up to July 2009:

Logotype designed.

Green Highway –trademark protected in Sweden and Norway.

Homepage, www.greenhighway.nu opened in July 2009.

Buyers Guide for Electric and Plugin Hybrid Cars with technical data about electric and plugin hybrid vehicles published in February 2009. The guide was supplemented with information on which vehicles are currently possible to buy and updated in April 2009. 

English version of the Buyers Guide for Electric and Plugin Hybrid Cars developed. 

Exhibition about Green Highway developed.

English version of the exhibition developed.

Green Highway sticker on cars in Trondheim.

Planned information activites:

Common Green Highway sticker for Green Highway placed on cars, charging poles and fuel filling infrastructure. 

Charging poles opened in the Green Highway-region. By autumn 2009 it should be possible to drive the entire distance Sundsvall – Trondheim with possibilities of charging at a maximum distance of 120 km. 

Quarterly updatings of the Buyers Guide for Electric and Plugin Hybrid Cars.

Development of Buyers Guide for Biogas Cars.

Development of presentation material in Swedish and English on Green Highway.

Projects in Green Highway:

Electric bus project in Trondheim.

Electric cars project in Trondheim’s municipal administration.

Elbilstaxiprojekt i Trondheim. Electric vehicles taxi project in Trondheim.

Transnova (Norway) – applying for funds for transport project and testing of electric vehicles.

Charging poles and parking places reserved for electric vehicles in the cities. 

Electric vehicles tour by changing electric vehicles in the cities.

Investigation whether the electric vehicles stretch can make it into the Guinness World Records book.

Investigate the possibilities of subsidies for electric vehicles and charging infrastructure.

Technical activities within Green Highway, accomplished up to June 2009:

Study visit at Electro Engines electric vehicle conversion in Uppsala.

Telephone meeting about TSS testing pole with participation from Jämtkraft.

Jämkraft participates in Swedenergy’s electric vehicles group.

Planned commitments:

Joint development project about development and testing of converted electric car, preferably 4WD. 

Joint procurement of electric vehicles within the Green Highway region and / or together with other clusters.

Testing of vehicles in urban winter city environment.

Conversion of available Prius-cars.

Charging poles along Green Highway.