ASME (5/3) The Tesla Roadster! @The TechShop, Menlo Park
Rick Kwan
SVEC. Tesla Motors is building a high performance electric sports
car. Its founder is Elon Musk, who also founded SpaceX, and
previously co-founded PayPal.
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers Santa Clara Valley Presents:
The Tesla Roadster!
Come check it out, it is an event you don't want to miss. The main
event for the evening will be a discussion on the Tesla Roadster (which
will also be present at this event!)
Speaker: Doug Bourn, Senior Electrical Engineer
Date: Thursday May 3rd, 2007
Time: Networking 6:00pm, Dinner(Togos) 6:30 PM , Presentation 7:00 PM
Location: TechShop, 120 Independence Dr, Menlo Park, CA
(www.techshop.ws)
Cost: $10 per person, FREE to full time students, +$5 for
Togos sandwich
Register or reserve a spot at:
http://asme-tesla.eventbrite.com
The Tesla Roadster
Tesla Motors designs and sells high-performance, highly efficient
electric sports cars. Their cars combine style, acceleration, and
handling with advanced technologies that make them among the quickest
and the most energy-efficient cars on the road.
Tesla Roadster has far more drawing power than previous EVs, including
the General Motors EV1. The Roadster has a 0-60 mph time of just 4.0
seconds, a top speed of 130 mph and a range of 250 miles per EPA driving
standards. Using the U.S. government's calculations, the 100% electric
carbon fiber-bodied vehicle will get the "equivalent" of 130 miles per
gallon or about 1 cent per mile in electricity cost.
The Tesla Roadster's elegantly designed powertrain consists of just four
main components. These aren't "off-the-shelf" components, and each
includes innovations, both small and large. In this talk you will hear
about the design process and some of the innovations being employed in
the design of this very exciting car.
OUR SPEAKER:
Doug Bourn is currently a senior electrical engineer at Tesla Motors
Inc. where he shares responsibility for the design and testing of the
Power Electronics Module (PEM) for the Tesla Roadster. Prior to Tesla
Motors, Mr. Bourn spent 10 years as a senior EE at IDEO, a product
design and development company in Palo Alto, CA where he worked on a
wide variety of consumer products and medical electronic devices. Doug
received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
In his 'spare' time he enjoys motorcycling, skydiving, flying, and
teaching others how to fly. Doug holds commercial pilot, instrument,
multi-engine, ground instructor, and single/multi-engine flight
instructor ratings along with a ham radio Amateur Extra Class license,
KF6WHL.