Plug In America Webinar
EV Batteries: An Overview of the Impacts and Solutions

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
12:00–1:15 pm EDT
9:00–10:15 am PDT
FREE

Electric vehicles offer the potential for tremendous reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases, as well as conventional pollutants near roadways. They are clean, quiet, and efficient. But what about the batteries? To what extent is the manufacture and end-of-life treatment of the batteries a significant concern, and what is being done? With fossil fuel interests spotlighting battery issues to discourage EV adoption, Plug In America encourages an open and honest discussion of the legitimate concerns.

Plug In America will present a discussion with leading battery experts:

• Hanjiro Ambrose has conducted research on EV battery technologies for the University of California at Davis and for the Union of Concerned Scientists. He will speak about his research, including how various changes in battery size, lifetime, and utilization, would affect life-cycle energy demands.
• Jennifer Krill is the President of the Board of Plug In America and the Executive Director of Earthworks, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while promoting sustainable solutions. EV batteries, like all batteries, do require minerals, and Jennifer will discuss the efforts to mitigate the impact of such mineral production on the environment and on local communities.
• Ron Freund is a board member of Plug In America and has driven plug-in vehicles for more than twenty years, totaling over 310,000 miles. With confidence from that experience, he recognizes that they are the future. As an engineer, he endorses the equation “PV + EV = near self-sufficiency in energy” and drives on sunshine daily. He has previously served as director on two boards in the field of education.

The event will include presentations from both experts, questions from a Plug In America moderator, and audience Q&A. We believe this information will be of value to Plug In America supporters, as well as to EV advocates from other organizations.