Electric Vehicle Presentation For

The Past, Present and the Future

Seth Leitman
Founder, The Green Living Guy
Managing Member, ETS Energy Store, LLC
Consulting Editor, McGraw Hill Publishing
Summary
Eco friendly Green Guru for entire career.
Currently, partnered with an engineering firm and own eco product store and
perform energy audits and lighting retrofits. As well, working on authoring and
editing of Green Guru Guides.
Author and Editor
I am the Author and Editor of the following books with McGraw-Hill
Professional.
Build Your Own Electric Vehicle by Bob Brant and Seth Leitman
Build Your Own Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle by Seth Leitman
Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle by Carl Vogel
Green Lighting by Seth Leitman, Brian Clark Howard and Bill Brinsky
Solar Power For Your Home by David Findley
Renewable Energies For Your Home by Russel Gehrke
Do-it-Yourself Home Energy Audits by David Findley
and more green living books to follow.
These guides focus on implementing environmentally friendly technologies and
making them work for you.
Experience at NYSERDA
New York State
Energy Research and
Development
Authority (NYSERDA)
on clean fuel bus
program ($100 million
in incremental cost
funding programs).
Knew then that hybrid
electric transit was
the future.
MTA has invested
more in hybrid electric
than CNG.
New York Power Authority and Electric
Cars
NYPA/TH!NK Clean Commute
Programis still the largest retail
station car program in North
America.
$199 month to lease an EV for 34
months. Commute from home to
train is a Clean Commute.
Free electricity and prime parking
space at station. Installed charger
in homes at no cost.
Transit Check and insurance
reduction credits.
Seven sites, six counties
throughout the NY metropolitan
area.
Developed Green Parks Program.
Managed a low speed vehicle
donation program with Ford and
GEM.
Worked with fleet vehicles for all
forms of electric vehicles.
Press, Marketing and Technical
Expertise with
NYSERDA and NYPA
NYSERDA
Press Events With The Governors Office on Hybrid Electric Buses
Developed strategic marketing efforts on Clean Fuel Bus Program developed with the
Governors Office.
Worked on LNG moratorium and indoor air quality evaluations in schools with the EPA.
NYPA
Developed projects to receive over $25 million in co-funding for projects.
Reporting with US Department of Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute
Press received from programs:
Good Morning America
News 12
Today Show
Fox News Channel
CNN
NY Post
NY Daily News
NY Times (Metro, Westchester, Long Island)
Journal News
Japanese and Korean radio
Associated Press
Electric Vehicle Business Experiences
Electric Transport Today and The
Future
Conclusion
Electric drive vehicles will be part of the automobile in the future
Saves on gas, oil, environment and moving parts
EV Charging will be part of a city so people will not get range
anxiety
As oil goes up, Evs will increase.
Battery technology will propel electric vehicles.
Watch out for Tesla Motors becoming a real transportation
machine for our economy.
Thank You!