Strategic Energy Technology Plan conference 2010

A Belgian EU Presidency conference

EU US expert Workshop on Electric Vehicles and Grid Connectivity - 17 November 2010

A transatlantic workshop, jointly organized by the Belgian presidency of the European Union, the European Commission, Swedish government and the United States Department of Energy, was held in Brussels in November 17 2010. The EU-US workshop, conducted under the auspices of the Smart Grid-EV Working Group of the EU-US Energy Council, brought together 50 experts equipment suppliers and manufacturers, utilities, policymakers, standards organizations, and government agencies to discuss mutually beneficial near-term actions to accelerate the introduction of EVs to the market – with a particular focus on government policy and cooperative efforts to spur vehicle demonstration and deployment.