Hill Briefing: Plug-In Electric Vehicles

Lunch will be served
Russell Senate Office Building
Room 385

Senators Richard Lugar, John Kerry and Jeff Bingaman invite you to attend a policy briefing organized by 2020 Vision and the Heinrich Boll Foundation to explore transatlantic perspectives on deployment of plug-in electric vehicles. Plug-in vehicles have achieved major policy victories, including consumer tax credits and funding for advanced batteries, charging infrastructure and renewable energy. These vehicles receive broad bipartisan support, and President Obama has set a goal of reaching one million such vehicles by 2015.  But to reach the goal of mass deployment, more must be done. Come hear the latest US and European thinking on where federal policy should go and get your copy of the new 2020 Vision/Boll Foundation report, One Million Plug-In Electric Vehicles by 2015: Top Ten Policies for the U.S. to Get Plug-ins on the Road to Energy Security, Carbon Reductions, and Green Jobs.

Program Panel 1: Administration, Hill and European Perspectives

• Patrick Davis, Program Manager, Vehicle Technologies, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
• Michael Carr, Majority Staff, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
• Dr. Uwe Lahl, German Ministry of Environment
• Moderator: Tom Z. Collina, Executive Director, 2020 Vision Education Fund

Panel 2:  NGO and Business Perspectives

• Tom Z. Collina, Executive Director, 2020 Vision Education Fund
• John Waters, CEO and President, Bright Automotive
• Jack D. Hidary, Chairman, SmartTransportation.org
• Michael J. Granoff, Head of Oil Independence Policies, Better Place
• Moderator: Till Kotter, Heinrich Boll Foundation

This project has been made possible by funding of the European Commission. The European Commission is not responsible for the content of the project.