JB Straubel

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JB Straubel (born December 20, 1975) is the CTO of Tesla Motors, an electric car company based in San Carlos, California. [1] JB's prominent role at Tesla has brought him increasing attention from the media since he was appointed to the position in 2005.

His photograph was shown in the Economist in July 2006, taking Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for a drive at the Tesla Roadster unveiling in Los Angeles, California. Popular Science magazine featured JB in a full-length article in April 2007. [2] In September 2007, JB spoke on an energy panel at Stanford University along with former Secretary of State, George Shultz, where he emphasized the importance of education about climate change, and decreasing the CO2 intensity of our current energy production methods. [3]

Previous to this position, JB was best known in his engineering community for driving a home-made, fully electric Porche 944, which runs on nickel-metal hydride batteries. JB received his bachelors degree and masters degree in energy engineering from Stanford University. In his local community, he is infamous for his habit of eating only cereal. [4]