Caltech and the Origins of Electric Vehicles
REGISTER: https://forms.office.com/r/ec823as1qt
This event will be live-streamed and recorded.
Please visit: https://www.eas.caltech.edu/events/evorigins
4:00 – 5:30 pm (Beckman Lawn)
- Food truck will be on-site
- Display of the EV1 (courtesy of Petersen Automotive Museum)
- Display of AC Propulsion tZero (courtesy of Scott Sorbé)
- Caltech student electric vehicle demos
5:30 – 7:00 pm SESSION 1 (Ramo)
Wally Rippel (BS '68)
Caltech, MIT, and the Great Electric Car Race
Alec Brooks (PhD '81) and Wally Rippel (BS '68)
The Creation of Modern Electric Cars: Aerovironment, the Sunraycer, the Impact, and the General Motors EV1
7:00 – 7:15 pm Break
7:15 – 8:15 pm SESSION 2 (Ramo)
Tom Gage (former president of AC Propulsion) joins Wally and Alec to discuss:
AC Propulsion, tZero and the Technology Handoff to Tesla
8:15 – 8:30 pm Cars and the Future of Electrification
For more information, please visit https://www.eas.caltech.edu/events/evorigins.
Event Series
Engineering and Applied Science Lecture