| EV confab this weekend is about more than cars The electric car might not be enjoying a good moment as the Electric Vehicle Symposium, EVS26, powers up for its run this weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center. To that end, Wynne's organization changed its name from the Electric Vehicle Assn. "That takes a long time. That change is going to blow hot and cold too: After record sales in March, GM cranked up Volt production a week ahead of schedule and kept on with the revolution. The symposium is meant to be a place where technologists, the auto industry, policy wonks, start-up companies and unforeseen players come together to talk about electrifying the car and its components and also public transport, industrial vehicles and processes, the roadways, government policy and our energy future. It is about the electrification of a complete transportation culture. But we're going to be forced to do it. of America to focus instead on electric drive - which can be configured a whole bunch of ways we haven't imagined yet. EVS26, which runs Sunday through May 9 but is open to the public only on Sunday, isn't a car show. "What's it going to take to make a meaningful difference in our dependence on oil?" he said over tea at the JW Marriott in downtown L. But the transition is inevitable, believes Brian Wynne, president of the Electric Drive Transportation Assn. The EDTA represents such members as carmakers, smart-grid technologists, fleets such as UPS and lithium miners. |
Friday, 4 May 2012
EV confab this weekend is about more than cars
