Sacramento Municipal Utility District

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is a community owned electric utility governed by a seven-member Board of Directors. Serving 592,000 customers and a total population of about 1.4 million, SMUD is the sixth-largest public utility in the country.

San Diego Gas & Electric

SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides safe and reliable energy service to 3.4 million consumers through 1.4 million electric meters and 830,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties. In August of 2006, SDG&E established the Clean Transportation Program. This program addresses the growing interest by SDG&E customers in a variety of alternative electric transportation technologies, including electric vehicles. Driven by the national priorities to reduce fuel consumption, promote the use of electricity as an alternative fuel, reduce dependence on foreign oil and also to assist in achieving the environmental priorities for the state of California relative to transportation, we want to support our customers in identifying clean transportation opportunities in the San Diego service area.

San Diego State University

Please visit: www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/medept/cim.html

Siemens

Siemens Corporate Research (SCR), a division of Siemens Corporation, is comprised of more than 200 of the world’s most talented scientists, engineers and technical experts from over two dozen countries. Cross-functional research teams bring together a broad range of technical and business expertise from different disciplines. Siemens Corporate Research has pioneered a broad range of innovations used today by industry and government. Our knowledge of complex scientific, technological, and business issues helps our customers develop and introduce new products and solutions that have impacted vital industries.

Siemens AG is a global powerhouse in electronics and engineering in industry, energy and healthcare. For over 160 years, Siemens has stood for technological excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality, and is the world’s largest provider of environmental technologies. Siemens employs approximately 405,000 employees worldwide.

“EDTA has given our organization the opportunity to share real-life experiences and industry developments with other companies in the electric drive industry. EDTA’s advocacy activities for the adoption of electric vehicles are truly impacting the industry as a whole. The product displays and technical presentations provided by EDTA have been valuable in my research and EDTA helps me leverage this momentum and turn it into concrete actions within my organization.”

 -Roland E. Lartigue, Manager eMobility Infrastructure, Siemens Energy, Inc.

Smith Electric Vehicles

Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corporation is an all-electric zero-emissions commercial truck manufacturer. Smith Electric produces the Newton, which is the only medium-duty (class 4-7) all-electric commercial truck on the GSA schedule. The trucks are built in Smith Electric’s Kansas City, Mo., plant. The Newton delivers a top speed of 55 mph and offers end users battery ranges from 50 to 120 miles on a single charge. Smith vehicles offer a payload of over 16,000 pounds and are powered by the latest in Lithium-ion battery cell technology, power management and direct drive trains. They produce zero emissions and are nearly silent.

Smith Electric Vehicles is a world leader in new technology commercial electric vehicles, with enhanced performance, speed and range capabilities. Fleet operators in towns and cities now have a cost-effective, zero emission alternative to diesel trucks. Smith Electric Vehicle's customers range from mail delivery companies to major retailers, and include Starbucks and DHL.

Southern California Edison an Edison International Company

Southern California Edison (SCE) is one of the largest electric utilities in California, serving more than 14 million people in a 50,000 square-mile area of central, coastal and Southern California, excluding the City of Los Angeles and certain other cities.

Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison. Edison International, through its subsidiaries, is a generator and distributor of electric power and an investor in infrastructure and energy assets, including renewable energy.

Southern Company

Based in Atlanta, Southern Company is one of the largest generators of electricity in the nation, serving both regulated and competitive markets across the southeastern United States. We participate in all phases of the electric utility business with more than 41,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity and a grid of transmission and distribution lines that would more than circle the earth. Southern Company and its subsidiaries have been serving the Southeast for more than 100 years.