Take Charge EV Conference

Thank you for attending Take Charge! on October 15, 2010

Presentations from the conference are available on the speaker biography page

URI Graduate School of Oceanography

URI Department of Chemistry

URI College of Arts and Sciences

RI Office of Energy Resources

NAFTC Odyssey Day

Providence Business News

National Grid

Inskip Nissan/ Smart Center Warwick

Ocean State Clean Cities

DATTCO

ALT-e, LLC

A Special thanks to our Co-hosts:

The Aperiron Institute
Brown University
Converdant Vehicles
ENE (Environment Northeast)
The Essex Partnership
FleetMaster
Project Get Ready Rhode Island
RI League of Cities and Towns
RI Science & Technology Advisory Council
RI Trucking Association
URI Energy Center

Press for Event

NBC Turn to 10
Providence Journal October 16, 2010
Providence Journal October 20, 2010
EcoRI

Program Objectives

Policy Forum:
Discuss legislation to promote plug-in vehicles and EV infrastructure development. Explore case studies of progressive EV policy and implementation initiatives. Examine the impact that Low Carbon Fuel Standard will have on the adoption of plug-in vehicles.

Fleet Outreach:
Increase interest and awareness among state officials, municipalities and private companies of the benefits of plug-in vehicles. Highlight case studies of early fleet adoption.

Research and Development Overview:
-Highlight URI and Brown University collaboration on lithium-ion batteries research, jumpstarted by the RI Science and Technology Advisory Council.

-Showcase regional and national corporate research and development efforts to improve plug-in vehicle technology

Vehicle Display:
Display commercially available electric vehicles, plug in hybrid electric vehicles, electric vehicle supply equipment (charge points), and emerging vehicle technologies.

Final Schedule

9:00-9:30 am
Registration, Poster Session, Coffee and network (Hazard Room)

9:30 am-10:00 am
Welcome and Overview
Wendy Lucht, URI and Ocean State Clean Cities
Winnie Brownell, URI College of Arts and Sciences

10:00 am - 11:15 am
Managing Expectations: Research, Policy, and Deployment
Kristin Zimmerman, Volt Infrastructure Team, General Motors
Jim Hall, Public Relations Consultant, Mitsubishi
Ron Brost, Vice President of Electrochemical Research, CODA Automotive

Dan Davids, President, Plug In America
11:15 am -noon
Utilities Perspectives and Updates
Moderator: Albert Dahlberg, Project Get Ready RI
Ron Gulmi, National Grid

Watson Collins, Northeast Utilities
Noon-1:00 pm
Lunch (Nautilus Cafe)
Lunch-and-learn with ALTe in Room A. Brian Polowniak

Lunch-and-learn with Inskip in Room B.
1:00-2:10 pm
Policy Forum (Room A)
Moderator: Dan Sosland, Environment Northeast (ENE)

Ken Moraff, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1
Peter Fontaine, Cozen O’Connor Attorneys
Arthur Marin, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM)
Luke Tonachel, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
1:00-2:10 pm

Research and Development (Room B)
Moderator: Clyde Briant, Brown University
Brett Lucht, University of Rhode Island
Pradeep Guduru, Brown University
Christopher Bull, Brown University

Steven Suib, University of Connecticut
2:10-3:20 pm
Public and Private Fleet Outreach (Room A)
Moderator: Wendy Lucht, URI and Ocean State Clean Cities
Mike Payette, Staples, Inc.

Gino Porter and Michael O'Connell, Frito-Lay, Inc.
Dan Davids, Plug In America
2:10-3:20 pm
Research and Development (Room B)

Moderator: Brett Lucht, University of Rhode Island
Frank Puglia, Lithion Yardney
Joseph Dicarlo, BASF
Ron Brost, CODA Automotive

3:20 pm - 4:00 pm (Room A)
Want to open a Charging Station?
Questions and Answers about installation and permitting
Albert Dahlberg, Project Get Ready
Jim Fink, Thielsch Engineering

3:20 - 4:00 pm(Parking Lot)
Vehicle Demonstrations, ride-n-drives
DATTCO E-Star Electric Vehicle
Plug-in Toyota Prius (Converdant Vehicles)
Ford Escape Plug-In (National Grid)

Electric Smart Car (Inskip)
Xtreme Green Vehicles
Coulomb ChargePoint Level 1 Charging Station (Green Power Technology, LLC)

Sponsorship

Take Charge! offers generous benefits to sponsors of the EV event. The chart below summarizes these benefits. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, email Wendy Lucht at wlucht@uri.edu.

Thank you current sponsors! Your generosity will help make this event a success.

Location & Direction

Take Charge! will be hosted in the Coastal Institute Building at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. The Coastal Institute is the first building on the left in the URI Bay Campus complex. It is adjacent to the EPA and NOAA facility. Use the map and tools below for directions from your location.

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Questions

Ask an Energy Fellow:
Have an energy-related question?
Email your question to the Energy Fellows at rachel@uri.edu. Our students will research your question and respond promptly.