Experts
David Friedman
Deputy Director and Senior EngineerExpertise
Clean Vehicles-Advanced TechnologiesClean Vehicles-Biofuels
Clean Vehicles-Fuel Efficiency
Clean Vehicles-Policy
Profile
David Friedman is the deputy director of the Clean Vehicles Program and is the author or co-author of more than 30 technical papers and reports on advancements in conventional, fuel cell, and hybrid electric vehicles. His work includes: A New Road: The Technology and Potential of Hybrid Vehicles; Building a Better SUV: A Blueprint for Saving Lives, Money, and Gasoline; and Drilling in Detroit: Tapping Automaker Ingenuity to Build Safe and Efficient Automobiles. Mr. Friedman served on report committees on fuel economy, fuel cells, plug-in hybrids, and tire efficiency for National Academies Board on Energy and Environmental Systems and Transportation Research Board. He also served on the Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Technical Advisory Committee for five years.
Before joining UCS in 2001, Mr. Friedman worked for the University of California-Davis in the Fuel Cell Vehicle Modeling Program, developing simulation tools to evaluate fuel cell technology for automotive applications. At UC Davis, he also worked on the UC Davis Future Car Team to build a hybrid electric family car that doubled its fuel economy. He previously worked at the Arthur D. Little management consulting firm researching battery, fuel cell, and hybrid electric vehicle technologies, as well as photovoltaics.
Mr. Friedman earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1993. He is currently finishing his doctoral dissertation on transportation technology and policy at UC Davis.
Mr. Friedman has testified before Congress 12 times in the past 10 years and has been cited by the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, and has been interviewed on CNBC, CNN, NPR among other outlets. In 2008, Washingtonian magazine profiled him as one of "30 people changing the environment in Washington."
