May 18, 2012
CALSTART President and CEO, John Boesel, will testify at The Informal Hearing regarding Select Committee on Green Jobs, Solar, Wind, and Clean Technologies on the topic of Electric Vehicle Deployment: Manufacturers Perspective. The event will commence at 10:00 a.m. with Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett in attendance. Download EV Informal Hearing Draft Agenda here.
Recent past events: May 6-9, 2012
On May 7, Project Manager, Whitney Pitkanen, presented at Dialogue Session 1 at the Electric Vehicle Symposium 26
on the topic of "Best Fleet Users, Key Challenges and the Early
Business Case for E-Trucks: Finding and Recommendations of the E-Truck
Task Force." On
May 8, Dr Lawrence Wnuk, Senior Director, gave a Podium Presentation on the topic of “Fuel
Cell Transit Buses - Progress in Performance”. Also on May 8, Fuels Program Manager, Dr. Jasna Tomić and Associate Project Manager, Jean-Baptiste Gallo, presented at the Dialogue with Experts Session 2 on the topic of “Using Commercial Electric Vehicles for
Vehicle-to-Grid.”
May 11, 2012
California HVIP Deputy Program Manager, David Kantor, highlighted incentives for clean commercial vehicles at the 7th Annual Energy Showcase hosted by San Diego Gas & Electric in San Diego, CA.
May 2-3, 2012
On May 2,
Jamie Hall, Policy Director, moderated the panel
discussion, "Transportation - Grants/Incentives for Alternative Fuel
Vehicles and Infrastructure" at
Growing Sustainable Communities, Western Region Conference. Then, on May 3,
John Boesel, President
and CEO, led a panel discussion, "Preparing Your Community for
the Next Generation of Vehicles." The event was held in Sonoma
County, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Sonoma Wine Country, Rohnert
Park, Calif.
May 3, 2012
Project Manager,
Whitney Pitkanen, spoke
at the Spring Green Expo 2012 on the panel titled "Green Transportation
Pays."
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The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California website.
May 5, 2012 Dr. Jasna Tomić, Fuels Program Manager, spoke at
UC California's World Electric Vehicle Cities and Ecosystems on the topic of "Integrating heavy-duty E-trucks into cities" at the JW Marriott in Los Angeles, CA.
April 30 - May 1, 2012
CALSTART Senior Vice President, Bill Van Amburg, spoke on behalf of NACFE at the GHG Emissions Conference 2012
in Winnipeg, Canada regarding advanced medium- and heavy-duty
technology, as well as alternative fuels and advanced technology.
April 21-24, 2012
NAFA Institute and Expo conference was held in St Louis, MO. CALSTART Senior VP, Bill Van Amburg
presented on Advanced and Emerging Vehicle Technology. Senior New Fuels Program Manager, Dr Jasna Tomic,
and Bill Van Amburg presented the Alternative Fuel
Infrastructure Business Plan. Jasna
Tomic and Bill Van Amburg
presented Alternative Fuel Vehicle Grant Funding.
March 29, 2012
CALSTART President and CEO, John Boesel, spoke at the Department of Commerce/International Trade Administration event: Advanced Transportation Market Opportunities in China in Richmond California. Download the China Advanced Transportation Event agenda here. 
March 5-7, 2012
CALSTART President and CEO, John Boesel, Senior VP Bill Van Amburg, and Regional Director, Tom Brotherton spoke at the Green Truck Summit at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, IN.