The Chevrolet Volt and the all-electric Nissan Leaf vehicle will be featured attractions at the IEEE-USA Electric Vehicles & Personal Transportation Workshop on Friday, March 4, 2011 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Texas.
IEEE-USA advances the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of more than 210,000 engineering, computing and technology professionals who are U.S. members of IEEE.
The IEEE-USA Workshop will showcase the opportunities and obstacles endured by electric vehicle transportation as well as the insight from 8 panels of more than 20 technology, academic, industry and policy experts.
Craig Eppling, the General Motors regional communications manager is scheduled to be on-hand to speak about the Volt at the electric vehicle market panel. Eppling will partnered by Mark Perry, the director of product planning for Nissan America and Rob Ferber, the chief technology officer for the KLD Energy Technologies.
Some of the other workshop showcases include controlling the PEV loads, PEVs and the electricity business, EV policy issues, charging infrastructure, customer acceptance, personal electric transportation and the PEVs and electric grid. Electric scooters are also expected to be featured at the event.
The cost for the workshop, which includes a buffet breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and a post-event reception, is $175 for IEEE members and $200 for nonmembers. It will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visithttp://www.ieeeusa.org for more information and to register for the event.
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