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Mr. Patterson is Chief Engineer responsible for Mobile Emissions Certification and Regulatory Affairs maintaining Mitsubishi Motor’s vehicle environmental compliance.
He began his professional career with the California Air Resources Board. Among his varied assignments, he evaluated the first generation of electric and hybrid vehicles. He left state service to work with solid oxide and hydrogen fuel cell systems.
In 2004, Mr. Patterson joined Mitsubishi Motors R&D of America.
Mr. Patterson was a founding member of the US i-MiEV project responsible to bring Mitsubishi Motors electric vehicles to North America. Currently, he works toward the US introduction of the Outlander PHEV and evaluating V2X technologies to the US.
Dave attended California State University Fresno and obtained a BS Mechanical Engineering. He is a Professional Engineer of Mechanical Engineering, Vice President of the Coordinating Research Council, and a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers.