“It was brilliant,” said Caroline Seow after her test drive in a Renault Zoe around Edinburgh. So brilliant, in fact, that she decided there and then she wants to buy one when she gets home to Singapore from TEDGlobal 2013.

Caroline, Executive Director of the Family Business Network Asia, sought out Zoe Project Director Simon Luque to find out when the car would be available in Singapore. He told her it would be soon… and he promised she would be one of the first customers.

Inspiring talks, far-sighted thinkers, provocative ideas, light-hearted moments and top-line entertainers. That, in a nutshell, sums up the week that was TEDGlobal 2013.

Held in Edinburgh and with the Renault-Nissan Alliance as a partner, TEDGlobal covered a vast variety of topics, all of which were designed to make every attendee ‘Think Again.’

At least 200 attendees have taken either drives or rides in the fleet of Alliance electric vehicles at TEDGlobal 2013 in Edinburgh.

While the Renault-Nissan Alliance concentrates on developing world-beating electric vehicles, we also work closely with companies like ABB that deliver the infrastructure needed to permit the rapid growth of sustainable personal mobility.

Like the Alliance, Swiss-based ABB is a partner at TEDGlobal 2013 in Edinburgh and it has a thought provoking display at the event. ABB points out a simple truth: the world needs more power. More than that, it needs to be clean power, intelligent power.

Interest in our fleet of electric vehicles at TEDGlobal 2013 in Edinburgh is running high. The short breaks between conference sessions see the Nissan LEAF, Renault Zoe and Renault Twizy out on the streets of the city giving attendees test drives and rides.

Technology rules at TEDGlobal in Edinburgh. Presentations are broadcast live over the Internet and beamed in real time to a simulcast lounge deep in the city’s International Conference Centre where the event is being held this week.

Before Philippe Schulz became Renault’s Expert Leader, Environment, Energy and Raw Materials, he worked for the oil industry.

But he could see the writing on the wall and that led him to his current role at Renault, as one of the driving forces behind its expansive electric vehicle programme.

Some of the world’s greatest thinkers are gathering at TEDGlobal in Edinburgh this week to discuss some of the biggest issues facing the world… and while they’re here they will discover how the Renault-Nissan Alliance has started the electric vehicle revolution with the aim of delivering sustainable zero-emission mobility for all.