NorthEast Electric Vehicle Symposium Set for September 15th and 16th
We thank our Gold Sponsor: BMW
Sunday – EV Test Drives
Sunday will feature test drives with 10 EV models:
- BMW i4, i5, iX
- Tesla Cybertruck
- Rivian R1T, R1S
- Alfa Romeo Tonale
- Kia EV6, EV9, Niro
Sunday – EV Showcase
There will be a showcase with approximately 50 vehicles. These include many late-model EVs, such as a BMW i7 and a Tesla Model X, an electric garbage truck used by the City of New Haven, and 2 electric police patrol cars from Westport.
Sunday – “Sage on a Stage” Short Presentations
We will be using the bed of an electric pickup truck as our stage! Here is the agenda.
| Presentations | Speakers | Time | Repeat Time |
| EV Road Tripping | Out of Spec Dave | 12:15 | 2:00 |
| Installing a 240 Volt Charger at Home | Ed West, owner of West Electric | 12:30 | 2:15 |
| How are EV tires different | Bryce Jones of Pirelli Tires | 12:45 | 2:30 |
| How Does Owning an EV differ from ICE | Paul Braren, EV Club CT | 1:00 | 2:45 |
| Purchase Incentives – IRA and CHEAPR | Barry Kresch, EV Club CT | 1:15 | 3:00 |
| ICE to EV Conversions | Jon Untied, Inductive Automotive | 1:30 | 3:15 |
| How Clean Cities Can Help Businesses, Municipalities, and Residents Go Electric | Daphne Dixon, Paul Wessel, Craig Peters | 1:45 | 3:30 |
Monday Policy Symposium
- 9:00 – New Haven Mayor Justin Eliker welcomes attendees
- 9:15 – Rep. Jonathan Steinberg introduces Marissa Gillett
- 9:25 – Marissa Gillett, Chair, Public Utilities Regulatory Authority discussing transportation electrification and the equitable modern grid
- 10:15 – Claire Coleman, CT Office of Consumer Counsel
- 10:45 – Break
- 11:00 – Moderator Matt Ferrell of the YouTube Undecided Channel leads a panel discussion of people from a municipality, condo association, commercial enterprise, and an installation contractor, who describe their experiences navigating incentives, wrangling the utilities, and other challenges. This is a ground-truth level look at the intersection of policy and lived experience.
- 12:00 Lunch
- 1:00 – Brandon Smith of EVNoire discusses how workplace charging promotes fair access to EVs.
- 1:45 – Daphne Dixon of Live Green CT discusses Model EV Zoning Regulations that have been developed in concert with the federal Department of Energy.
This is a free event. The location is the Hotel Marcel in New Haven. Free registration is here.