Remove Concept Remove Monaco Remove Personal
article thumbnail

Bertrand Piccard’s Big Hydrogen Adventure

Cars That Think

In 1999 he was the first person to circumnavigate the globe non-stop in a balloon, called Breitling Orbiter 3. Besides being the first person to see the curvature of the Earth, Auguste was the inspiration for the Professor Cuthbert Calculus character in The Adventures of Tintin series of comic novels. This is the concept of the plane.

Hydrogen 135
article thumbnail

Volvo Car Corporation intends to lead in field of autonomous driving technology; targeting the next-generation of consumers

Green Car Congress

Our aim is to gain leadership in the field of autonomous driving by moving beyond concepts and pioneering technologies that will reach the customers. The necessity for a successful carmaker to please the next-generation consumers was the main topic for CEO Stefan Jacoby’s presentation at the 2012 Automotive News Europe Conference in Monaco.

article thumbnail

Nico Rosberg collects the first production Rimac Nevera

EV Central

The 2016 F1 champion and ‘sustainability entrepreneur’ Nico Rosberg has collected the first production Rimac Nevera EV , prior to it being sent to his Monaco home. Rimac stated Rosberg had: “Been a part of the Rimac journey since he first saw the C_Two concept – which would become Nevera – in person several years ago.