Open Letter to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy23 Jul

Dear Secretary Chu,

The United States now imports 60 percent of its crude oil needs according to your Energy Information Administration. In about 11 years, that figure will rise to 100 percent based on known reservoir capacities and withdrawal rates. Given that there are now 137 million passenger vehicles (see Bureau of Transportation Statistics), what will power that many vehicles in 11 years, gasoline from imported crude oil? This constitutes energy security? What is your plan to address this troubling dilemma? You might check my blog for insight into this issue.

Best,

Dr. Jeffrey Everson

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About Dr. Everson

Prior to forming this autonomous vehicle consultant practice, Dr. Jeffrey Everson was director of business development for QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group (previously Foster-Miller, Inc.).

Dr. Everson has been the principal investigator for collision warning systems for automobiles and inner-city transit buses. These programs were awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). For his work on developing a collision warning system for inner-city transit buses, Everson was the first U.S. Department of Transportation contractor to win an SBIR Tibbetts Award.

Previously Dr. Everson held senior scientist positions at Battelle Memorial Institute, The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC), Honeywell Electro Optics Systems Division, and Itek Optical Systems Division.

He holds a PhD in physics from Boston College and a MS/BS in physics from Northeastern University.

Contact

For more information about how JHEverson Consulting can help your company with autonomous vehicles, please contact Jeff Everson.

JHEverson Consulting is based in the Boston area but consults for clients throughout North America.