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Charge Up Your Fleet

As we embark together upon this journey through the decade of the battery, we’re also on the cusp of the largest expansion of EV model availability in the history of the automobile. From cars to pickups to Class 8 trucks, EVs are proving that they are up to the task with 100 kW rapid charging and high-voltage architectures, lighter and safer battery packs, and price parity that makes capital expenditure numbers more attractive than ever in conjunction with operational expenses that seem impossibly low. The future is dawning and the road ahead is bright with promise.

This Seminar Series event will inform, inspire, and motivate. Fleet conversions have the potential to drastically alter energy markets and the deployment of solar photovoltaics with battery storage for fleet charging shows incredible promise. A convergence of technological advancements is making this possible and we are ready to help you make it happen! Our panel of experts will cover fleet financing, fleet charging, sustainable energy production and storage, and the advantages of today’s modern charging systems and networks. Charge up your fleet and join the ACES revolution! Join us at our next Seminar Series event and learn more about how you can charge up your fleet!

Event Video

Event Plan

Opening Remarks
Bruce Agnew, Cascadia Center for Regional Development
Welcome to Innovation’s Headquarters
Councilmember Conrad Lee, City of Bellevue
Fleet Electrification: Planning for the Future
Mike Usen, DKS and Associates
Successful Fleet Electrification Starts with ChargePoint
David Peterson, Chargepoint
Mobility Marketplaces: Integrating EV Fleet Charging
Scott O. Kuznicki, ACES Northwest Network
Building the Fleet for the Future Now
Highlighting the Environmental Defense Fund’s EV Financing Report
Andrea Tousignant, Ions for EVs

WHEN

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Program: 3:00 to 4:30 p.m PDT
Virtual Happy Hour: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m PDT

WHERE

Online Zoom Event

QUESTIONS?

Contact Scott Kuznicki at skuznicki@discovery.org

COST

This event is free but registration is required in order to provide you with a link to the stream.

Partners

This webinar is made possible by the generous support of ACES Northwest Network affiliates, including Puget Sound Energy and Seattle City Light. Our event partners include the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, and Seattle Southside Chamber of Commerce, and the Environmental Defense Fund.

Event Hosts

Bruce Agnew

_{Director, Cascadia Center}

Since 1993, Bruce Agnew has been leading the Northwest Cascadia initiative serving as director of the Cascadia Center in Seattle. The Center is a private, non-profit, public policy center engaged in regional and international transportation and technology. Bruce also co-chairs of the Transportation Group for the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) – a public private partnership of ten Northwest states and Western Canadian provinces/territories. Since 2017, he has served as director of the ACES NW Network dedicated to the acceleration of ACES (Autonomous-Connected-Electric-Shared) technology in transportation.

Scott Kuznicki

_{Research Fellow, Cascadia Center for Regional Development}

Scott O. Kuznicki is the recipient of the 2019-2021 Transportation Futures Research Fellowship with the Discovery Institute's Cascadia Center for Regional Development. The Transportation Futures Research Fellowship is designed to encourage collaborative graduate-level research related to transportation policy and operations with an emphasis on human behavior, machine learning, technology integration, and long-term sustainability of the transportation system.