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Toyota: A Lesson for American Renewable Energy Industries and Others01 Aug

Toyota is making every effort to preserve as much of its manufacturing base in Japan as possible in spite of unfavorable exchange  rates, unspeakable natural disasters, and discouraging government policies. As part of its commitment to the homeland, Toyota plans to manufacture  40 percent of its yearly global production in Japan. Unlike most American companies, […]
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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 […]
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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program – A Victim of Politics and Influence Money06 Jun

There is before the Congress a continuing resolution related to a program that should have been reauthorized more than  two years ago. That program is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that was founded in 1982. Since then it has enabled nearly 18,000 small businesses to develop state-of-the art products and compete for Government […]
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Blog Introduction27 Feb

My consulting services involve proposal research and writing for advanced technology development and commercialization in military and commercial sectors. These services help to create marketable products from laboratory innovations by focusing on the following business development issues: understanding markets analyzing the impact of government policy evaluating the competition assessing technology maturity developing a commercialization path […]

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.