Speeches

John Addison

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Save Gas, Save the Planet

General Audience: People are riding clean with a new generation of hybrid vehicles and alternate fuels. Understand the new era of electric propulsion. Hear from the users of plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, biofuels, and hydrogen. John Addison shares highlights from his new book about how people are spending more time riding clean, riding together, and riding less.  Discover how millions have freed themselves from gridlock to better enjoy a sustainable life.

“Save Gas, Save the Planet is the best book that I have seen in describing practical solutions for driving less and buying the right vehicle. John Addison offers accurate insights into the latest electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, biofuels, and flexible work strategies. As someone responsible for the air quality for 7.5 million people, I recommend this book.”
Jack Broadbent, Chief Executive Officer
Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Electric Vehicles 2010

General Audience: 40,000 in the USA already drive electric vehicles that are wonderful if you don’t need freeway speeds. These light electric vehicles typically max out at 25 miles per hour and 25 miles per charge. Freeway-speed electric vehicles will be increasingly available over the next 18 months. This year, 1,000 will be driving the Tesla Roadster, but the sportscar costs $100,000. By the end of 2010; several electric vehicles will be priced at $30,000 to $40,000 before the $7,500 tax credit. New EVs include the Nissan Sedan, Ford Commercial Van, and Chrysler’s Dodge Sports Car. If the 100 mile range of these new cars is not enough, then your options include several plug-in hybrids.

Transportation 2020: Riding on Sunlight

General Audience: In only 10 years, we will see a surprising increase in transportation powered by renewable energy instead of fossil fuels. Public transportation will be used at record levels. Much electric light-rail and buses will be zero-emission. High-speed rail will link major pubic transportation systems. There will be growing use of electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and innovative “last miles” access to and from transit. Millions of individuals, corporations and local governments will power their vehicles with renewable energy including wind, solar, geothermal, ocean, sustainable hydro, and bioenergy.

The Great Fuel Race

Industry Leaders: Markets pick winners and losers. Competition is heating between gasoline, diesel, biofuels, hydrogen, natural gas, and electricity. Infrastructure, regulation, funding, and vehicle standards create barriers to change. This presentation details the issues and scenarios for win, place, and show by 2020. He outlines where success of one type of vehicle will actually accelerate the other’s success and where it is a battle for early market success. Presentation Handout

Living in a Sustainable City

Transportation Planners, Developers, and Land Planners: Leading cities are benefiting from a demographic shift to more urban density. Success stories are shared by Portland, San Francisco, Boulder, London, Copenhagen, Vancouver, and other cities in attracting people, encouraging sustainable development, reducing congestion, achieving record public transportation use, increasing walking and bicycling, accelerating zero-emission vehicle deployment, implementing smart grid and smart charging, and reducing the city’s carbon footprint. Look to the future as Dongtan and Masdar race to build the world’s first zero-emission city.

Conference Panels

John Addison participates in conference panels including:

• Vehicles
• Electric vehicles, smart charging, and vehicle-to-grid
• Low-carbon fuel trends including biofuels and hydrogen
• Renewable energy
• Sustainable cities
• Employer programs for flexwork and transportation
• Technology strategies – product launch & marketing strategy

John Addison is the author of Save Gas, Save the Planet which details the transportation solutions to stop global warming. For some, better mileage is the result of the way that they travel; for others, the result of what they drive. Save Gas includes over a thousand stories and facts. Save Gas also includes 120 actions that enable people to make a difference in lowering emissions and increasing their bank account.

Mr. Addison publishes the Clean Fleet Report. John Addison’s syndicated articles appear in electronic publications with up to one million readers including CNET, Yahoo Finance, The Auto Channel, EV World, One Planet, Cleantech Blog, and Clean Fleet Report. Print articles have appeared in Hydrogen Nation, Computer Reseller News, and VARBusiness.

John Addison’s first book was Revenue Rocket which provided high-technology partner marketing managers with best practices for strategic alliances and channel partners. John Addison’s writing and workshops now focus on clean transportation, clean technology, and environmental issues.

John Addison is a popular speaker who has conducted over 1,000 workshops in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. His speeches have been hosted at conferences including FRA Renewable Investors Conference, International Business Finance, Fuel Cell 2008, Hydrogen Production and Storage, the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals, the American Society of Training and Development, and Earth Day at the San Jose Museum of Science.

Prior to a career in writing and workshops, John Addison’s career progressed from computer sales, to regional partner management for Unisys, Digital (now part of HP), a software start-up, and Sun Microsystems. His workshops have been sponsored in 20 countries by corporations including General Electric, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, and TechData.

John Addison has taught extension courses at the University of California at Davis and the University of California at Santa Cruz. He has a B.S. in Economics from the University of California at Irvine, where he graduated with honors and published research.

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