News

Dr. Joseph Engel joins SemaConnect Board of Advisors

SemaConnect supports the Baltimore Electric Vehicle Initiative

SemaConnect technology is a finalist at the World's Best Technology Showcase forum

Events

Mahi Reddy speaks at EV/PHEV Conference

EVs and PHEVs: Fast-forwarding the adoption curve

Dr. Joseph Engel joins SemaConnect Board of Advisors

February 2, 2010: Dr. Joseph Engel, one of the electrical industry's leading lights, has joined the SemaConnect Advisory Board. Dr. Engel has had a long and distinguished career at Westinghouse and later at Eaton, where he was instrumental in designing and developing many innovative products. He has over 100 issued patents.

SemaConnect supports the Baltimore Electric Vehicle Initiative (BEVI)

November 15, 2009: SemaConnect began participating in the Baltimore Electric Vehicle Initiative (BEVI), a non-profit dedicated to catalyzing the adoption of electric cars in the mid-Atlantic region. BEVI has been actively involved in policy discussions with planners and policy makers in this region and is steering efforts to formulate appropriate policies and frameworks for deploying electric cars. Charging infrastructure is a key part of this plan, and BEVI is promoting efforts to crystallize a plan that establishes an "electric vehicle corridor" in this region. SemaConnect is actively involved in supporting and assisting BEVI in its objective of making electric cars a reality in the region.

SemaConnect co-sponsors EV/PHEV infrastructure event

May 1, 2008: SemaConnect today announced that it is co-sponsoring the Enabling Electric and Vehicle Markets 2008 conference to be held at Detroit, MI. The conference has a line-up of key players in the EV and PHEV space, and SemaConnect is pleased to lend its support to this path breaking conference.

SemaConnect Inc  a Contender for Best of Show Title

Charging infrastructure Technology Will Compete For Top Prize at the 2009 WBTshowcase

January 10, 2009, Annapolis MD-based  SemaConnect Inc is one of a handful of “Early Pick” presenters pre-selected for the 2009 WBTshowcase, a prestigious global investment and licensing forum. The 2009 WBTshowcase will be held from March 24-25, 2009, in Arlington-DFW, Texas.  SemaConnect Inc’s charging infrastructure technology, which represents a significant innovation in automobile to grid connectivity  space, will compete with up to 100 other presenting companies and research institutions at the 2009 WBTshowcase, the world’s premier event exposing undiscovered innovations emanating from top universities, labs and research institutions representing the energy, life science, information technology and physical science sectors.  

Mahi Reddy, CEO of SemaConnect, said, “We are honored and excited about showcasing our innovative technology that can promises to dramatically transform the charging scenario for the plug-in vehicles of tomorrow at this event. This opportunity recognizes the importance of charging infrastructure in the success of clean vehicles in the future”.  Each WBTshowcase presenter will be provided a unique opportunity to be mentored by a team of industry pros to help hone their pitch and concisely share their overall investment or licensing opportunity.  An onsite screening panel, comprised of seed and early stage venture investors, tech scouts from Fortune 500 companies, and angel investors will determine the event’s "Best of Show" Award winner.  

“Now more than ever, today’s investors and licensees are eager to capitalize on the non-dilutive research development conducted at private companies, universities, research institutions, and federal labs,” said Paul Huleatt, WBTshowcase CEO. “By partnering in this fashion, presenting companies and institutions find partners, while investors and licensees gain access to tomorrow’s cutting edge technologies today - all in a focused, pre-vetted, pre-prepped fashion.  There is simply no parallel.”

ABOUT  SemaConnect Inc
SemaConnect is a technology company specializing in automation solutions for the automobile industry. Our patent pending technology helps to automate the charging process for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles, and enables parking infrastructure operators to easily build, scale and manage a network of charging systems. For more information, please go to www.semaconnect.com.ABOUT WBTshowcase
The WBTshowcase is the world’s premier event exposing undiscovered, revolutionary energy, life science, IT and physical science technologies emerging from top universities, labs and research institutions. Each WBT is a year long collaborative effort resulting in deals vetted and mentored by investors and licensees for investors and licensees. The WBT offers an unparalleled forum that is deal-focused with a proven track record of meeting the converging market needs of the future. www.wbtshowcase.com

 Mahi Reddy speaks at EV/PHEV conference

May 5, 2008: SemaConnect's president, Mahi Reddy, addressed a session at the Enabling Electric and Vehicle Markets 2008 conference. His session was titled:

Charging Infrastructure – the key to successful deployment of EVs and PHEVs What are the big challenges in establishing charging infrastructure? What are the technology choices that can handle these challenges and scale?

• Assessing the challenges facing widespread deployment of charging infrastructure.
• Assessing the concerns of the different constituencies – consumers, auto manufacturers, utilities, local governments.
• The framework of innovation to meet the challenges.
• Understanding the technology deployment curve and strategies to smooth the curve and accelerate deployment of charging infrastructure.
• The emergence of a charging infrastructure ecosystem.