About Revolve

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Our mission is to accelerate the market for efficient and sustainable transport services, technologies & fuels such as hybrids, batteries, biofuels, hydrogen & fuel cells through high profile events.

 

Revolve is an events producer and consultancy based in London UK, with a mission to accelerate the market for efficient and sustainable transport technologies, fuels and services through high profile events. We produce The Annual Eco-Rally and static events like the Green Motor Expo and Investing in Future Transport Conference.

 

Our name is inspired by the revolutionary vision of zero emission transport for all, and the evolutionary steps that must be taken to get there. Our events aim to inform and educate people about the issues that revolve around sustainable transport and prove that it is actually possible.

Revolve Directors

Photo Steven Glaser, Founding Director, Revolve
After graduating in physics Steven became a researcher, consultant, lobbyist, project manager and now he is an events organiser! He hopes that others also see him as a communicator of ideas. Steven works with new sustainable technologies in the transport and power sectors, and...>>
Photo Mike Whelan - Creative Director, Revolve
Mike spent much of his early youth in Africa - often helping his father make cars & motorcycles go quickly round a track - and dreamed of one day becoming a car designer. Now living in London, he prefers the speed of the bicycle through the city streets. He has a degree in...>>

Revolve Advisors

Photo Quentin Willson, Journalist & TV presenter
Quentin Willson is one of Britain's best-known motoring authorities. He spent over a decade presenting BBC's Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson (and "VBH") and was largely responsible for bringing the once scandalously high prices of new cars in the UK down to the same level as...>>
Sean Roberts- Consultant & Project Manager
Sean is a business consultant and project manager with 15 years experience specialising in the deployment of market leading Enterprise Applications into UK and European blue-chip companies implementing major business change programmes within a variety of industry sectors...>>
Photo Robert Evans - CEO, Cenex
In his role at Cenex, Robert is responsible for overseeing Cenex’s project brokerage supporting technology demonstration and public procurement. These activities are designed to simultaneously support the UK supply chain actively developing low carbon automotive technologies,...>>
Photo Prof Gary Acres OBE, CEng, FIChemE
Since 2000, Gary has been a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor on Sustainable Development at the University of Birmingham. Awards include the Queen's Award for Technology and the MacRobert Award for the development of automobile emission control catalyst systems...>>
Photo Jonathan Murray
Jonathan is deputy director for the LowCVP, having run the Energy Saving Trust’s transport programme for several years. The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership is an action and advisory group promoting the reduction of Carbon Emissions with alternative fuels such as Bio-Diesel,...>>
Photo Emma Whelan - Marketing, PR & Information Specialist
Emma is a strategic marketer and information specialist with two decades of experience within the private and voluntary sector. She has worked on a number of environmental communication and education projects, and was Director of Marketing for the Energy Saving Trust (2001-'03...>>
Photo Dr Greg Offer, Imperial Racing Green
Dr Gregory Offer is a Research Fellow at Imperial College London. As a young academic he is involved in research investigating hydrogen fuel cells, batteries and hybrid and electric vehicles, from fundamental electrochemistry to the engineering challenges involved in developing...>>
Photo Colin Harley - Solicitor
Colin is a corporate finance lawyer for a leading corporate law firm, where he advises clients in a variety of industry sectors on debt financing, corporate restructuring & recovery and corporate borrowing. He is however quite a nice chap really and, being Steven's neighbour...>>

Get Involved

Oxfordshire County Council Leader Keith Mitchell said: "We are delighted to be supporting this exciting event. The city has a proud history of car manufacturing and Oxfordshire is home to a wide range of research and business interests in the development of low carbon...

Oxfordshire County Council
Eco-Rally Partner/Sponsor
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally
"We are not purely optimistic, nor do we underestimate the challenges that lie ahead. We acknowledge that living sustainably will require us all to make real changes to the way we live. But we also believe that these changes can bring immense rewards to us as...
Start Initiative
Eco-Rally Partner/Sponsor
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

"Infineum's raison d'etre lies at the very heart of the objectives of the Bridgestone Eco-Rally, that being to pursue technological innovations that reduce the environmental impact of transportation. Infineum is delighted to support and take part in an event...

Infineum UK
Conference Partner/Sponsor
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

For motorists who want cheaper fuel and energy choices this is only event in the world that showcases just how clever, usable and desirable green cars have become. I'm proud to be celebrating how the technological ingenuity of F1 and the global motor industry has made cars the...

Quentin Willson, Journalist & TV presenter
Press
2007 Revolve Eco-Rally

Sustainable transport is one of the most pertinent issues we face. We can become world leaders in this field, and if we really take advantage of the opportunities, we will benefit economically, environmentally and socially. I applaud the aims of the Eco-Rally and am proud to...

Zac Goldsmith MP
Eco-Rally Guest Driver
2007 Revolve Eco-Rally

I believe the best way to promote change is to involve everybody, explain things and then show them something they can see & touch (but hopefully not smell!).

Steven Glaser, Founding Director, Revolve
Event Organiser/Staff
2007 Revolve Eco-Rally

“Climate change is not something any of us should take lightly... The Bridgestone Eco-Rally fits perfectly with our policies and ideals.”

Bridgestone UK
Eco-Rally Partner/Sponsor
2010 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

This is a great event confirming the viability of electric vehicles in the 21st century. The Eco-Rally underlines the need for smart charging points like our CP200 unit to be installed literally all over the country, in every location where drivers might need them.

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Charge Point Services - Complete Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions
Exhibitor/Participant
2010 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

"London has become one of the most successful cities in the world, but its best days are still to come."

Kit Malthouse, Deputy Mayor of London
Guest Speaker
2012 Investing in Future Transport Conference

The MIUS electric scooter is our response to Barcelona's vision of an emission-free city centre. We are now using the 2012 Eco-Rally to launch this big-wheel electric scooter in the UK.

Rieju UK Ltd
Exhibitor/Participant
2012 Eco-Rally

“Forward Thinking” means always looking to the future for a better way. Making environmentally friendly new cars that are fun to drive. It means never ceasing in our search for excellence. It means focusing not on our competitors, but on our customers. And it is...

Vauxhall Motors UK
Exhibitor/Participant
2012 Eco-Rally

"We started with a blank canvas and asked ourselves this question: what does a person really need to get around a city?"
- Murat Günak, Head of Corporate Strategy, mia electric

Mia-electric UK limited
Exhibitor/Participant
2012 Eco-Rally

Our ambition is to develop a ‘whole system’ model in the way we believe will deliver the tools to investigate realistic transport policy instruments. For any model to be truly useful it must take account of the interactions between technology and society – this is...

Institute for Carbon and Energy Reduction in Transport, Oxford University
Eco-Rally Partner/Sponsor
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

"I have long been very concerned with our environment and to be involved in something like this to raise awareness is a must. We all have to think about future generations".

Samantha Fox
Eco-Rally Guest Driver
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

“We are proud to be BS 8901:2007 certified as we recognise how important it is for event suppliers to ensure reduce their environmental impact and increase sustainability."

Eve Trakway
Eco-Rally Supplier
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

"This rally is a fantastic way to highlight the amazing advances which have been achieved in eco-friendly technology."

Kim Woodburn, TV Presenter
Eco-Rally Guest Driver
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

"We are delighted to be supporting the 2011 Eco-Rally. Sustainability affects every aspect of our lives and to make a real difference, we must work in a joined-up and holistic way. Transport and the built environment are inexorably linked and this is a great opportunity to...

Quote by Building Research Establishment
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

"I am not the fittest person in the world and will be fifty in a few weeks, so I was a bit nervous about cycling all the way from Oxford to London - but we made it in good time – and with plenty of power left so I could have asked more of the electric bicycle without...

David Gibbs, Blue Door Bicycles
Eco-Rally Guest Driver
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

"Climate change will affect us all and local authorities have a responsibility to lead by example firstly by reducing their own environmental impact and then encouraging others to do likewise. We also need to prepare for the climate changes that will happen over the next 30...

Oxford City Council
Eco-Rally Partner/Sponsor
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

"We all know that our cars and the energy they use to get us around play a huge part in releasing harmful emissions into the atmosphere. We also know that most of us cannot live without them."

OxTreeGen
Exhibitor/Participant
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

Building a car that consumes significantly less energy will allow us to consider a wide variety of choices for energy storage, from to batteries. We’re not ruling anything out however – we’ll also consider gasoline and diesel... The most important thing is to get the...

Delta Motorsport
Exhibitor/Participant
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

Peugeot is leading the race to find solutions to current economic and environmental challenges. Mu by Peugeot is a ground-breaking service in the world of transportation that enables customers, irrespective of whether they own a vehicle or not, to have access to a...

Peugeot UK
Exhibitor/Participant
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

With 60 million vehicles being scrapped to landfill annually and over 950 million vehicles on the roads of the world, future challenges revolve around the very sustainability of the automotive industry, with a focus on legislative drivers, forecasting, education, design and...

The Sustainable Vehicle Engineering Centre, Oxford Brookes University
Eco-Rally Partner/Sponsor
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

"We are delighted to be supporting this exciting event. The city has a proud history of car manufacturing and Oxfordshire is home to a wide range of research and business interests in the development of low carbon transport. More widely we are also leading the way as a hub for...

Cllr Keith Mitchell OBE
Guest Speaker
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

"We are delighted to be supporting the 2011 Eco-Rally. Sustainability affects every aspect of our lives and to make a real difference, we must work in a joined-up and holistic way. Transport and the built environment are inexorably linked and this is a great...

BRE - Building Research Establishment
Conference Supporter
2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

Tackling climate change doesn’t just make moral sense, it makes economic sense too. The shift to low carbon in the UK, and around the world is now largely inevitable. What is not inevitable is that Britain benefits industrially from the transition. We want to...

The shift to low carbon in the UK, and around the world is now largely inevitable
2008 People's Eco-Rally

The Eco Rally has a positive impact on people’s perceptions about climate change and piques interest in how to respond.

- Stephen Tetlow MBE CEng FIMechE CEO, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Imeche quote
2008 People's Eco-Rally

"People driving into London during the day can save up to £2000 a year by driving a Prius - and even those residents who get a 90 per cent discount can save several hundred pounds on council...

Jemca Toyota
Exhibitor/Participant
2008 People's Eco-Rally

"65% of British drivers ‘don’t have a clue’ how much CO2 is being produced by their car. Only 5% of British drivers are able to say precisely how much CO2 is produced by their car, and only 11% know which emissions-based VED band applies to their vehicle. The...

Vehicle Operator Services Agency
Exhibitor/Participant
2008 People's Eco-Rally

With the additional benefit of the satnav's onboard camera, the Eco-Rally drivers will be able to take geo-tagged Navpix of their journey along the way and upload to the Navpix library - making it even easier to share their experience with the world.

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Navman
Exhibitor/Participant
2008 People's Eco-Rally

Our fuel is the best form of energy available. During the Brighton to London run our vehicle will actually improve the greenhouse gas position in the environment and give a whole new meaning to the expression “climate change”.

Organic Power Ltd
Exhibitor/Participant
2008 People's Eco-Rally

Conceptually, If we continue to destroy our natural environment on Earth, it may be necessary for all humans to wear such an EarthMan suit, much as humans must wear a space suit to travel outside of our atmosphere

Earthman
Exhibitor/Participant
2008 People's Eco-Rally

"The Revolve Eco-Rally shows how car manufacturers across the world are getting the green message in terms of their contribution to climate change."

Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister for Science & Innovation '07
Eco-Rally Guest Driver
2007 Revolve Eco-Rally

“I believe we need to make a virtue out of investing in clean technology and renewable energy and not be ashamed to want to make profits out of it. For too long, environmentally-friendly technology and issues about the environment have been seen as a corporate social...

Sir Richard Branson on biofuels, 2007
2007 Revolve Eco-Rally

"It's really important that everybody does what they can to slow down global warming. If we don't, the planet will adapt and survive, but it's us who would suffer."

Lisa Rogers, TV presenter
Eco-Rally Guest Driver
2007 Revolve Eco-Rally

The Eco Rally has a positive impact on people’s perceptions about climate change and piques interest in how to respond.
- Stephen Tetlow MBE CEng FIMechE, CEO

Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Eco-Rally Partner/Sponsor
2007 Revolve Eco-Rally

"When it comes to electric cars, people always say: 'what if the battery runs out?'. It's as stupid as saying, 'what if the petrol runs out?' ...Well let me say something, PETROL IS RUNNING OUT, and we need to do something about it."

Robert Llewellyn, Actor, Presenter & Writer
Eco-Rally Guest Driver
2007 Revolve Eco-Rally

"If we have to drive, let's drive the cleanest cars we can"

Jenny Jones AM
Press
2007 Revolve Eco-Rally

We are committed to supporting innovation and are delighted to welcome this major event that will showcase the latest technology.

Brighton & Hove City Council
Eco-Rally Host
2007 Revolve Eco-Rally

"The scientists tell us we have less than a decade before we trigger runaway climate change, so we've got to accelerate action now. The Revolve Eco Rally '07 was a great success and it was a pleasure to take part and contribute."

Nicky Gavron
Guest Speaker
2007 Revolve Eco-Rally

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