Caltech and the Origins of Electric Vehicles

REGISTER: https://forms.office.com/r/ec823as1qt

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