Barry Shrier
| Barry Shrier | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | Technology entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder of Liberty Electric Cars |
Barry Shrier is an American born UK-based technology entrepreneur, the founder of Liberty Electric Cars.[1]
With a background in marketing, Shrier worked on projects for Unilever, Guinness, Procter and Gamble, Mars and Nestle, applying cognitive psychology to understand consumer behaviour.[2] In 2001, Shrier was a spokesperson for Paybox.[3]
In 2007, Shrier founded Liberty Electric Cars.[2][1] He then founded the Zero Emission Vehicle Foundation, a trade organisation working to eliminate car pollution.[4]
In April 2009, Shrier met with Lord Mandelson to call on the UK government to take an active role in speeding up the roll-out of electric cars.[5] Shrier predicted the end of the internal combustion engine at an event sponsored by Williams Grand Prix Engineering and run by the Advanced Automotive Engineers.[6]
Shrier is on the board of Cochrane Associates.[7] He has made a number of media appearances talking about green technology and electric vehicles on Sky News,[8] BBC News,[9] the Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch,[10] and The Financial Times.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amy Duff (January 2009). "Barry Shrier and Ian Hobday". Director. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Barry Shrier - Founder of Liberty Electric Cars". Clean Tech Investor. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ↑ Ward, Mark (6 May 2002). "Shopping with your mobile phone". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ↑ "New Foundation Accelerates Growth In Zero Emission Driving". imakenews.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ Wood, Tim (22 March 2009). "A British car icon faces up to reality". The Observer. London. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ "AAE Conference speaker predicts the end of the internal combustion engine". autoindustry.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ "Cochrane Associates - People". Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "Electric Car Company To Create 250 Jobs". Sky News. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- "BARRY SHRIER, CEO LIBERTY ELECTRIC CARS, television interview 16.04.2009.m4v". Sky News (on Youtube). Retrieved 21 July 2011. - ↑ George South (24 May 2008). "Show notes: Coca-Cola, data centres and the map". iPM. BBC. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- "Electric car firm brings 250 jobs". BBC News. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010. - ↑ "Green Machines". MarketWatch. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ Chris Tighe (27 February 2009). "Pioneering £30m electric 4x4 plan". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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