Thursday, February 28, 2008

Join us for a presentation by Professor Yasuhiro Daisho of Waseda University for a talk on the Environmentally Friendly Car Technology in Japan.

In order to reduce oil consumption and mitigate global warming, vehicle fuel economy standards will become more stringent in the long term with exhaust emission regulations becoming stricter from 2010 to 2015. Although hybrid, fuel cell, and electric vehicles are expected to begin replacing conventional gasoline and diesel vehicles, the relative ease in adoption of bioethanol, biodiesel, and biomass-to-liquid (BTL) technologies suggests that gasoline and diesel-type vehicles will remain the dominant technology for two or three more decades.

In his talk, Professor Daisho will describe environmental and energyrelated motor vehicle technologies that are being investigated in Japan, the USA and the EU. He will also briefly introduce advanced hybrid and electric vehicle technologies achieving higher efficiency and lower CO2 emission than the conventional vehicles.

Time: 4:00 pm

Location:
CITRIS
290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
UC Berkeley

Webcast:
MMS:// MEDIA.CITRIS.BERKELEY.EDU/

Free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by CITRIS, University of California and the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco.

Friday, February 29, 4:15 pm
Professor Daisho will speak at
Center for Integrated Systems (CISX) Annex
330 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305

The closest parking is in the parking structure at the corner of Via Ortega and Panama Street. Visitors can park in an “A” space without a permit from 4:00 p.m.

Contact:
Dr. Richard B. Dasher, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center,
Stanford University, (650) 725-3621

Co-sponsored by U.S. Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University and the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco.

Free and open to the public.