Expert Participants



		Tom and Ray Magliozzi Throughout the program, our affable guides will be Tom (wielding the power tool in the photo at left) and Ray Magliozzi, a.k.a. the "Car Talk" Guys, Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, and other, unmentionable monikers as well. On their weekly NPR radio show, they have to answer a lot of questions (or at least make up answers). For "Car of the Future," they'll get to ask questions of their own as they meet alternative-technology gurus and test-drive cutting-edge vehicles. Tom and Ray's "Auto biographies" on the "Car Talk" Web site

Following is a tentative list of the experts who will add their perspectives to the program.


		Martin Eberhard Cofounder Tesla Motors Tesla Web site Expertise: electric cars, entrepreneurship
		Andrew Frank Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering U.C. Davis Frank's U.C. Davis homepage Expertise: electric-hybrid vehicles, internal combustion engines, automated highways
		David Greene Center for Transportation Analysis Oak Ridge National Laboratory Greene's Oak Ridge homepage Expertise: energy and environmental policy, oil dependence, technology transitions
		John Heywood Director of the Center for 21st Century Energy and Sloan Automotive Lab Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Heywood's MIT homepage Expertise: automotive engines, combustion and emissions, energy policy
		Amory Lovins Cofounder and CEO Rocky Mountain Institute Lovins' bio on the RMI Web site Expertise: energy policy, lightweighting, hydrogen fuel cells
		Elizabeth Lowery Vice President, Environment and Energy General Motors Lowery's bio on the GM Web site Expertise: environmental and energy policies of the auto industry
		Lee Rybeck Lynd Professor of Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biology Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College Lynd's Dartmouth homepage Expertise: biofuels and biotechnology for fuels
		Franklin "Lynn" Orr Director, Global Climate and Energy Project and Professor of Petroleum Engineering Stanford University Orr's bio on the GCEP Web site Expertise: oil reserves, global energy use, broad perspective on alternative technologies
		Joseph Romm Founder and Executive Director Center for Energy & Climate Solutions Author, Cool Companies and Lean and Clean Management Romm's bio on the CECS Web site Expertise: energy policy, hydrogen fuel cells, time frames for technology shifts
		Jón Björn Skúlason General Manager Icelandic New Energy Skúlason's bio on the INE Web site Expertise: Iceland's use of hydrogen and fuel-cell vehicles

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