The international Electric Drive Transportation Association
<http://www.electricdrive.org/> is holding its North American Conference &
Exposition 2005 in Vancouver , British Columbia on Tues-Thurs, December
6-8. This is the first year that plug-in hybrids are centrally included in
the actual event, rather than being a "related workshop" the day before
(details below). It's a great opportunity to hear and meet many of the
people most involved with PHEVs. I'll be there from mid-day Dec 7 through
Dec. 8, speaking on the 8th.

The entire event is worth attending. The concluding speaker is Barry
Penner, Premier of British Columbia. You can see the program from links at
http://www.edtaconference.com/agenda.html

At <http://www.edtaconference.com> you can see the sponsor list and
exhibitor list (both also reproduced at the end of this email). CalCars
material will be available at the booth of Electro Energy (we explain our
joint project to evaluate industry-standard NiMH batteries for PHEVs at
<http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/message/513>).

Here's the program for the Thursday, December 8 "Concurrent Learning"
sessions on PHEVs:

Connecting to the Grid: Benefits and Viability of PHEVs
In Partnership with EPRI and EV World

9:00 am - 9:30 am
Plug-In Hybrid Overview - Potential, Benefits, Impacts, Markets
Ed Kjaer, Southern California Edison

9:30 am - 10:15 am
New Federal and State Level Interest in Plug-in HEV
Bob Graham, EPRI
Roger Duncan, Austin Energy

10:15 am - 11:00 am
Daimler Sprinter Van Project
Dominique Portmann, DaimlerChrysler

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Update on Batteries for Plug-in HEVs
Dr. Mark Duvall, EPRI
Dean Taylor, SCE


2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Update on PHEV Projects
Efrain Orneles, PG&E EPRI UtilityTrouble Truck
Andy Frank, UC Davis, Future Automotive Technology & Engineering
Felix Kramer, CalCars
Mike Saft, Saft America

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Advance Hybrid Vehicle Development Consortium
David West, Raser Technologies
Brian Stokes, Pacific Gas & Electric
Richard Smith, Maxwell Technologies
Sankar Das Gupta, Electrovaya


CONFERENCE SPONSOR PARTNERS
American Public Power Association
BC Hydro
BC Transit
California Electric Transportation Coalition
Canadian Urban Transit Association
Edison Electric Institute
EV World
Fleet Challenge/Fraser Basin Initiative
Fuel Cells Canada
Government of British Columbia
HybridCars.com
Power Technology Alliance
South Coast Air Quality Management District
U.S. Air Force APTO
U.S. Army TARDEC
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Navy


EXHIBITORS listed as of Nov. 18 at
http://www.edtaconference.com/exposition_floorplan.html

Advanced Hybrid Vehicle Development Consortium
Advanced Transportation Technology Institute
American Honda Motor Co.
Analytic Systems
Azure Dynamics
Ballard Power Systems
Boshart Engineering, Inc.
BC Transit
Cobasys
CT&T Co. Ltd
Delta-Q Technologies
Dynasty Electric Car Company
e-Power Synergies
Electric Drive Transportation Association
Electro Energy Inc.
Electrovaya
Fuel Cells Canada
Global Electric Motorcars
Globe Foundation of Canada
Lexus
Michelin North America
National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium
Opal-RT Technologies
Q Electric
Raser Technologies
Ridek Corp.
Saft
SatCon Power Systems
Toyota
U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Vehicle Testing
UQM Technologies


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Felix Kramer fkramer@...
Founder California Cars Initiative
http://www.calcars.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus
http://www.hybridcars.com/blogs/power
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