Healthy living, a sustainable planet on two wheels
It was a roughly one-hour ride between Praça do Comércio, in Lisbon, and Praia da Torre, in Oeiras. The 2022 World Bike Tour brought together hundreds of participants once again and was backed by Galp for the second time in a row
Competing with electrical energy
André Gonçalves, one of the two engineers behind the Portuguese prototype T3EV, hopes that it will be able to compete in the National Off-Road Championship next year, thereby paving the way for a new, exclusive electric vehicle category
Portugal and Spain connected through an electric vehicle charging corridor
The project consists of 18 charging stations in Portugal and 40 in Spain and aims to facilitate travelling by electric vehicle and to increase adherence to this type of mobility
Cycling for a greener planet
This year´s World Bike Tour, of which Galp is a sponsor, marked the debut of the electric bicycle category and the new Galp urban mobility concept, Galp Ryde
“Electric vehicles can be a source of revenue”
The vehicle-to-grid project developed by Galp in partnership with Electricidade dos Açores and Nissan represents a change in the paradigm for the use of electric vehicles. In addition to savings, efficiency and the guarantee of sustainable mobility, the investment can actually be profitable.
CycleAI: the app designed to make cities bicycle-friendly and safer
What do a data scientist and a doctor have in common? Apparently little or nothing more than a love of bicycles, the means of transport that has brought them together in a project that has sparked enormous interest and has already won several entrepreneurship awards, including the Hackathon Building the Future Award, promoted by Microsoft and Galp
Lisbon ranked among the European cities with the best urban mobility
Among the 29 cities surveyed in the Intelligent Mobility Index conducted by Microsoft, the Portuguese capital stands out for the level of success of the smart urban mobility measures implemented, but there are still a series of complex challenges to be dealt with.
Portugal is at the forefront of electric mobility
Electric vehicles account for 4.2% of global car sales, a figure that rises to 5.5% in Portugal, which once and for all dispels the idea that electric mobility is a concept for the future and shows that it is already a reality
“Mobility will be different in the post-pandemic world”
Consumption habits will have changed forever once the Covid-19 crisis is over. Mobility will be given fresh momentum due to the fact people and companies want to be more sustainable. Partnerships, good data management, discipline and long-term vision will be essential factors in the management of smart cities