Summary: Today on Citizens of Tech, we interview Tony Posawatz, President & CEO of Invictus iCAR LLC. Tony’s had a long history in the automotive industry and electric vehicles specifically working at GM, Fisker, and currently Invictus. BACKGROUND Please introduce yourself and what you do to the CoT audience. You’re at Invictus now, which appears to be a engineering consultancy with expertise in electrification of vehicles. Is that about right? When companies seek your expertise, what are the challenges they are typically facing? We noticed in your Twitter feed that Ben Franklin coined the term “battery.” Do you happen to know the story behind that? (Leyden jar.)GM & THE VOLT You spent a lot of years at GM, one of the largest automotive manufacturing concerns in the world. What drove GM to bring electrified drivetrains into their lineup? Tell us about the conception and eventual decision to “go” with the Volt. Was there doubt? Internal opposition? Competing projects that lost? You’re a Dartmouth MBA and a PE (professional engineer). As you led the teams you did on the Volt project, which skills did you bring to bear more? The Volt drivetrain is complicated. We’ve talked about in some detail on the show, as Eric is a Volt owner. What do you remember as the bigg
