Dan Sturges - Inventor of GEM Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV)

Dan Sturges is a transport designer, entrepreneur, teacher, and visionary. He works to evolve urban mobility from its current auto-dependent, monolithic state to something much more dynamic, diverse and sustainable. Mr. Sturges commercialized the first Neighborhood Electric Vehicle early in his career - a new federally recognized class of personal transportation. Trained as an automotive designer at Art Center College of Design, he developed broad experience having worked for General Motors, frogdesign, the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC-Davis, Calstart, among others. He has lectured on sustainable mobility at John Hopkins University, the Museum of Modern Art, and TED.  His work has been reported on in publications such as Wired, Automobile, and GOOD magazine. Mr. Sturges currently serves on the National Transportation Research Board’s Committee on New Public Transportation Systems and Technology (AP020). Mr. Sturges works today as a consultant to companies and policy-makers alike from Boulder Colorado.

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