Sustainability Seminar: The Pursuit and Discovery of Vehicle Electrification Markets Using Lithium-ion and/or Fuel Cell Powertrains
Location: GIS Auditorium (building 81/SUS, room 1130) It is now clear that we are moving towards less-petroleum-based and lower-carbon-footprint transportation technologies. Approximately 2% of the passenger vehicles currently sold in the world now have plugs, and this percentage is growing steadily. This trend is due in large part to the fact that Li-ion battery prices have dropped much faster than anyone predicted even five years ago. Remarkably, large (Class 8) truck electrification is now being seriously pursued for the first time. In this talk, we will consider the status and trajectory of Li-ion battery and fuel cell technology and their relationship to various emerging electric vehicle markets. Of course, outcomes will depend on the development of charging/fueling infrastructures, a topic whose status, trajectory, and technology challenges we will also consider. Speaker: Mark Mathias, adjunct professor of chemical engineering Department at the University of Rochester Mark Mathias worked at General Motors from 1998 to 2018, most recently as Director of Fuel Cell R&D. In this position, he was responsible to lead the development and implementation of technology needed to enable fuel cell electric vehicle commercialization, now being done jointly with Honda R&D. Prior to this assignment, he played a leadership role in GM's Battery R&D program, focused on developing and implementing improved lithium-ion technologies for future generations of battery-powered electric vehicles. Mark received a BS in 1982 in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 1987 from the University of Wisconsin, and then spent two years as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. He joined Mobil Research and Development Corporation in 1989 and moved to General Motors in 1998.
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