Rich May: News

March 2008

Rich May’s Howard L. Levin Acts as Lead Mentor for Vehicle Design Summit


Rich May attorney Howard L. Levin, a mentor in MIT’s Venture Mentoring Service (VMS), is currently acting as the Lead Mentor for Vehicle Design Summit (VDS).


According to VDS, “The mission of the Vehicle Design Summit is to catalyze an Energy Space Race: to identify the key characteristics of events like the race to the moon and then transpose this energy, passion, focus and urgency to the multitude of global challenges (and opportunities) facing humanity and the planet in this day and age.” Specifically, VDS is in the midst of its second phase, having organized a global consortium of students and professional to “design, build and bring to market the VDS Vision 200, a hyper-efficient 4-6 passenger vehicle earmarked for India that will demonstrate a 95% reduction in embodied energy, materials and toxicity from cradle-to-cradle-to-grave." VDS teams from all over the world plan to have limited production and field tests by August 2008 with a goal to market the vehicle in India by the end of 2009.


VDS is currently organized around two “products”: the Vision 200 hyper-efficient vehicle, and a new, “open source” style process for combining the talent and energy of innovators from many different continents to create environmentally responsible products for world markets. For more information on VDS, click here

VMS mentors like Mr. Levin support MIT entrepreneurial activities in an effort to improve the educational and business success of MIT students and alumni. Volunteer mentors are selected for their experience and their enthusiasm for the program. They are drawn from the corporate, entrepreneurial, and academic communities. They include accomplished executives, professionals, MIT alumni and faculty, and represent a wide range of skills and experience.


Mr. Levin concentrates his legal practice on commercial real estate and business law, and chairs the Rich May Real Estate Practice Group. Mr. Levin advises emerging and established business enterprises from formation to public offering, including formation of corporations and limited liability companies, corporate finance, intellectual property, contracts and succession planning. Mr. Levin has served as general counsel to entrepreneurs engaged in real estate, technology, service and manufacturing ventures (for more information on Mr. Levin click here).


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