Alaskan EVs: Benefits and Challenges
ATTN: IEEE ALASKA SECTION, FAIRBANKS SUB-SECTION, UAA & UAF Student Branches, and PES CHAPTER
Due to COVID-19 precautions, this section meeting will be conducted via Zoom.
If you have been paying attention lately (as you probably have been), you might have noticed that there are more and more Teslas and other electric vehicles (EVs) on the road up here. Some of you might even be owners of EVs. This said, within the next several years, EVs are expected to compete favorably against conventional vehicles, but there are some associated challenges. Some obvious challenges have to do with charging infrastructure, as the some of the fast chargers are able to charge vehicles at a rate of several hundred kilowatts per hour and require liquid-cooled cables to make this happen. As you can imagine, any intermittent load like that is going to present some utility planning challenges. Other challenges have to do with our climate and the effects that this has on battery life and so forth.
At any rate, our presenters Dimitri Shein helped start the Alaska Electric Vehicle Association (AKEVA), a 501c3 dedicated to furthering electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Alaska. He will be presenting about the challenges and benefits of electric vehicles in Alaska.
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- Date: 17 Sep 2020
- Time: 07:30 PM UTC to 09:00 PM UTC
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- Co-sponsored by CH06268 - Alaska Section Chapter, PE31
- Starts 09 September 2020 08:00 AM UTC
- Ends 17 September 2020 07:30 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Dimitri Shein of Alaska Electric Vehicle Association
EVs in Alaska
Benefits and challenges of EV commuting and adoption in Alaska.
Biography:
Dimitri was born on a cold winter night in the Soviet Union. Growing up, Dimitri spent most of his summers with his grandfather working at their country summer garden (dacha). Dimitri’s passion for plants and gardening (and also his hate for accounting) inspired him to start a planter box company. Formerly a CPA, currently Dimitri is the Executive Director of Alaska Electric Vehicle Association passionately promoting Electric Vehicle adoption in Alaska.
Devon Kibby of Alaska Electric Vehicle Association
EVs in Alaska
Different types of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Biography:
Devon is an electric vehicle (EV) owner, electrical engineer, and former electrical contractor living in Juneau, AK. Devon is a founding member of the Juneau Electric Vehicle Association and newest iteration of the Alaska Electric Vehicle Association. Devon has worked on installing EV infrastructure around Juneau for many years including refurbishing and installing Juneau’s four 50kW fast chargers, the only in Alaska.
Agenda
1130-1300: Meeting via Zoom
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