Caltech and the Origins of Electric Vehicles

SESSION 1 (5:30-7:00 pm)

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 EVI

Break 7:00-7:15 pm

SESSION 2 (7:15-8:15 pm)

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