How One Greek Island Could Unlock CO2-neutral mobility

With climate change threatening environments across the globe, a small Greek Island may hold the key to realizing future mobility that is carbon neutral: Astypalea.

Located just south of the island of Mykonos and home to 1,300 local residents, Astypalea is becoming the world’s first community to rely solely on smart and sustainable mobility.^⁠1 Enabled by local government’s expansion of renewable energy infrastructure, Astypalea’s smart and sustainable island project, which kicked off in 2020, is leveraging Volkswagen’s zero-direct emission, all electric ID. Buzz and ID.4 vehicles—alongside e-bike and e-scooter technologies—to transition the island toward a fully integrated, eco-conscious  transportation system.