EDTA Capitol Hill Briefing

EDTA's Capitol Hill Event for 2010 was a great success with around 150 attendees. This timely and informative briefing has produced an excellent road map for the next 10 years on how to achieve and accelerate vehicle electrification. Please check back next year for further information on our briefing topic and event details next March!

Panel: Electric Drive Today
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Mike Dixon, Product Line Manager, Emerging Markets and Technology, Electrical Sector, Eaton Corporation

Michael Rowand, Director, Advanced Customer Technologies, Duke Energy

Don Karner,President and CEO, eTec

David Vieau, President and CEO, A123 Systems

Original Event Details:

 Join EDTA in Washington, DC for our annual Capitol Hill Briefing.

There is no pre-registration--just show up!

Featuring EDTA Members and Congressional Champions, the briefing will set the stage for the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.

Date: April 21, 2010

Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building - Room 106

Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm

EDTA Members and Congressional guests will discuss electric drive technologies and policies that are changing transportation as we know it.  The briefing will feature two panels. The first panel, “Electric Drive Today”, will include EDTA members focusing on what the market can expect in the next year and detailing their current electric drive manufacturing investments, vehicle deployments, and the grid preparedness efforts.  The second panel will be a moderated roundtable discussion with EDTA members focusing on what can be achieved in the next decade.

Congressional Guests will provide remarks on their expectations for electric drive and insights into possible Congressional action on energy policy this year.   

EDTA's Capitol Hill Briefing is free and open to all, including media.

Confirmed Congressional Guest Speakers: Senator Byron Dorgan (ND), Senator Orrin Hatch (UT), and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

Panel: Electric Drive Today

Mike Dixon, Product Line Manager, Emerging Markets and Technology, Electrical Sector, Eaton Corporation

Michael Rowand, Director, Advanced Customer Technologies, Duke Energy

Don Karner,President and CEO, eTec

David Vieau, President and CEO, A123 Systems

Roundtable Discussion:

John Clark, Managing Director, Electric Vehicle Management, GridPoint

Edward B. Cohen, Vice President, Government & Industry Relations, American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Charles Gassenheimer, CEO & Chairman, Ener1, Inc

Doug Kim, Director, PEV Readiness Program, Southern California Edison

Tony Posawatz, Vehicle Line Director for the Chevy Volt, General Motors

Tom Stricker, Director, Technical and Regulatory Affairs, Toyota Motor North America

Brian Wynne, President, Electric Drive Transportation Association (Moderator)

Additional speakers will be added to the program!