Dr. Rajit Gadh, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Director of UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center and Director of UCLA Connected Autonomous Electric Vehicle Consortium participates at the Clean Transportation Forum hosted by LA Mayor Eric and Garcetti’s and Paris Mayor HIdalgo – http://lamayor.com/mayor-garcetti-hosts-clean-transportation-forum-paris-mayor-hidalgo-announces-new-online-platform.  This Los Angeles based event comes on the eve of California Governor Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco – https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/9/11/17844896/california-jerry-brown-carbon-neutral-2045-climate-change.  At this round table, Dr. Gadh spoke about LA’s importance in creating innovations in clean transportation as it has academic institutions such as UCLA, the electric utility Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the city’s importance as a testbed with the significant number of vehicles on the road, and Silicon Beach based incubators including Los Angeles Cleantech incubator.