Andrew A. Frank

Dr. Andrew Alfonso Frank is an American professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering at UC Davis. He is recognized as the father of modern plug-in hybrids,[1][2][3], and coined the now-common term. [4] He has a B.S. degree (1955) from the University of California, Berkeley, a M.S. (1958), from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.S. (1965) from the University of Southern California, and holds a Ph.D. (1968) from the University of Southern California.[5]

Dr. Frank and his teams of students have been experimenting with various advanced vehicle technologies for the last 25 years. His pioneering inventions in plug-in hybrid vehicle technology and transmission systems developed at UC Davis have been licensed to Efficient Drivetrains Inc. (EDI) of Palo Alto in Silicon Valley.[6] In the late nineties General Motors contracted Dr. Frank to convert an EV 1 electric car to plug-in hybrid.[2][3]

Dr. Frank is a member of the CalCars initiative.

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References

  1. ^ Mark Clayton (2008-07-19). "Can Plug-In Hybrids Ride to America's Rescue?". ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5406454. Retrieved 2009-04-18. 
  2. ^ a b Sperling, Daniel and Deborah Gordon (2009). Two billion cars: driving toward sustainability. Oxford University Press, New York. pp. 199. ISBN 978-0-19-537664-7 
  3. ^ a b Sherry Boschert (2006). Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that will Recharge America. New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, Canada. pp. 68–78. ISBN 978-0-86571-571-4 . See Chapter 4 
  4. ^ John J. Fialka (2006-01-25). "Coalition Turns On to 'Plug-In Hybrids': Utilities, Localities, DaimlerChrysler Give Traction to Professor's Drive For High Mileage". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113815056026555394.html. Retrieved 2011-06-21. 
  5. ^ "UC Davis Faculty: Andrew A. Frank, Ph.D.". University of California, Davis. http://mae.ucdavis.edu/faculty/frank/frank.html. Retrieved 2009-04-18. 
  6. ^ UC Davis News & Information :: Plug-in Hybrid Technologies Licensed

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