On May 27th RTEC and the NC Solar Center held a one-day event featuring the technological, economic, and societal implications of fueling our transportation fleet with electricity. The topics for discussion were :
- Essential advancements in vehicles, batteries, and storage
- Interface with the electric grid, including dynamic balancing of supply with demand and renewables)
- Research in consumer choice of green alternatives
- The requirements for preparing a community or state for widespread electric transportation
The speakers included:
- Daniel Sperling, founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis.
- Alan Taub, the Executive Director of Research and Development at General Motors.
- Chelsea Sexton, the co-founder of Plug-In America, an electric car advocacy group, and was a key individual in the 2006 film Who Killed the Electric Car?
- Dave Larson, Chief Economist, PFC Energy
- Reid Heffner, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Tony Markel, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratories
- Mark Johnson, Industrial Liaison, FREEDM Systems Center/NCSU
- Vikram Rao, Executive Director, Research Triangle Energy Consortium
- Mark Perry, Nissan
- Laura Schewel, Rocky Mountain Institute
- Julian Prosser, City of Raleigh
- Lyle Shuey, VP Marketing and Sales, Bright Automotive
- John Langston, Duke Energy
Thanks to a generous donation from Progress Energy to NC GreenPower, the Electrifying Transportation Conference will be carbon neutral! To join us in making this event sustainable, you can offset your travel to and from the conference at NC GreenPower.
The first 250 registrations also received a free copy of Daniel Sperling's new book, Two Billion Cars.
A special thanks to Chelsea Conover who was the point person for organizing this very successful event!
