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The Driving Sustainability Conference is produced by FTO, short for Future Energy or Framtidarorka in Icelandic.Iceland is unique in the sense that the country’s usage of energy is already 80% sustainable. Removing fossil fuel vehicles from the roads would make Iceland’s energy usage 98% sustainable and therefore the most sustainable country in the world. The conference was born out of that dream and with 3 conferences under our belts, it is beginning to happen. More importantly the issues and ideas discussed at the conference are catching on elsewhere.

This years conference resulted in identifying 5 areas that would reduce 55% of the oil used by vehicles today in 10 years through:

A set of clear goals of replacing oil with sustainable locally produced energy and fuels
Creating harmonized incentives that create a demand for low and zero emission vehicles
Developing new business models that power the high capital costs of battery powered electric cars
Cooperation of key stakeholders
Public campaigns that alter the people’s travel behavior

It was also concluded that the best solutions for sustainable mobility in the next 3-5 years are:

The plug-in hybrid vehicles
Biogas vehicles
Electric vehicles
Mixed fuel vehicles
And continued lifestyle changes and better planning