Martin Vosseler
Martin Vosseler was a Swiss renewable energy advocate, co-founder of the organisation Physicians for Social Responsibility, who has been a renewable energy advocate since 1981. After giving up his medical practice in 1995, he began working full-time to raise awareness of the benefits of renewable energy use, by travelling around the world. From 16 October 2006 to 8 May 2007 Vosseler and his crew made history by completing the first trans-atlantic crossing in a motorized boat, using solar power only. Vosseler received a special prize from Eurosolar.
Vosseler died on 23 October 2019 after he was struck by a truck while bicycling in Basel. He was 71 years old.
