The EcoCAR Podcast presented by AVTCs

Ep. 5 - The Impact of AVTCs at Virginia Tech

In this 30-minute episode, Virginia Tech Project Manager WIll Hom is joined by Dr. Doug Nelson, team faculty advisor, and Steven Boyd, program manager of batteries and electrification at the U.S. Department of Energy to discuss AVTCs at Virginia over the last 26 years! You'll learn about Boyd and Steven's careers, how they got involved with AVTCs and more.

Ep. 4 - The Evolution of AVTCs ft. the U.S. Department of Energy

In this special episode, J.P. Nelms, program manager at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville EcoCAR team sits down with Mark Smith, technology and integration program manager at the U.S. Department of Energy to chat about the EcoCAR sponsor's role in the evolution of the competition over its 30+ year span, highlighting the impacts of AVTCs, offering advice to EcoCAR students and more!

Ep. 3 - Charged Up

Our cars are becoming mobile-battery solutions, rather than the internal combustion engine vehicles we are used to. The demand for EVs is growing rapidly, but is battery technology where it needs to be? On Ep. 3 - Charged Up, Dr. Venkat Srinivasan, Director, Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS), and Steven Boyd, Program Manager, Battery Electrification, US Department of Energy, join host Lucas Shoults to discuss the topic and more!

Ep. 2 - Mobility Mythbusters

What do airplanes and electric vehicles have in common? Far less than some would have you believe. Kelly Funkhouser, Consumer Reports, and Kristin Kolodge, J.D. Power, join the EcoCAR Podcast for a conversation with guest moderator, Jessica Britt, Argonne National Laboratory, to dive into what consumers should expect in the near feature and clear some of the confusion surrounding EVs.

Ep. 1 - The Challenge of a Generation

The EcoCAR Podcast is starting out with a bang as we are joined by special guests and headline sponsors Michael Berube, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Sustainable Transportation at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EREE), and Kristy Rasbach, Autonomous Vehicles Chief Engineer at General Motors (GM). Moderated by Ann M. Schlenker, Director of the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), the automotive and mobility industry leaders discuss what the near future will look like with a new administration in Washington for their organizations, pass along words of wisdom to EcoCAR students and much more. You’ll also meet EcoCAR Podcast host, Lucas Shoults, AVTC Vehicle Systems Engineer at ANL, who will guide you along the EcoCAR journey!