Top CEOs to Launch Electrification Coalition

Nissan's Ghosn, FedEx's Smith, NRG's Crane, Top CEOs to Form Coalition, Release Policy Roadmap, & Hold Roundtable With Political Leaders at Newseum

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday morning, November 16, at the Newseum, business leaders representing the entire value chain of an electrified transportation system will hold a press conference to announce the formation of the Electrification Coalition and the release of its Electrification Roadmap, a sweeping report outlining a vision for the deployment of electric vehicles and infrastructure on a mass scale. Following the press conference, Coalition members will join top political leaders, including Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, in a roundtable discussion moderated by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. The event will be webcast live at ElectrificationCoalition.org.

WHAT: Press Conference and Roundtable Discussion launching Electrification Coalition and releasing Electrification Roadmap

  WHEN: Monday, November 16

  TIME: 10:00 AM

  WHERE:
  The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
  (Live webcast at ElectrificationCoalition.org)

  PARTICIPANTS: Members of the Electrification Coalition, including:
  --  Timothy E. Conver, Chairman, President & CEO, AeroVironment, Inc.
  --  Peter L. Corsell, CEO, GridPoint, Inc.
  --  David W. Crane, President & CEO, NRG Energy, Inc.
  --  Seifi Ghasemi, Chairman & CEO, Rockwood Holdings, Inc.
  --  Carlos Ghosn, President & CEO, Nissan Motor Company, Ltd.
  --  Alex A. Molinaroli, Chairman, Johnson Controls-Saft and President,
      Johnson Controls Power Solutions
  --  Reuben Munger, Chairman, Bright Automotive, Inc.
  --  Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President & CEO, FedEx Corporation

  --  David P. Vieau, President & CEO, A123 Systems, Inc.