Final Conference Agenda for NEEVS

NorthEast Electric Vehicle Symposium Set for September 15th and 16th

We thank our Gold Sponsor: BMW

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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.