Our Founder
Miles L. Rubin, Chairman and Founder
In early 2004, concerned by growing environmental problems linked to micro-carbon emissions, Miles Rubin set out to make a difference – by developing a line of safe, affordable, all electric vehicles that produce zero emissions. He centered the company's activities in Tianjin, China, where the battery industry had expert manufacturing experience. Since then, Miles Electric Vehicles has begun importing low speed vehicles and is working to develop a highway speed, all-electric, midsize sedan.
Miles Electric Vehicles is a major achievement in a lifetime marked by business success, philanthropy and activism. Rubin graduated from Stanford University Law School in 1952 and practiced both trial and corporate law before entering business. He has remained active in the Law School, serving in the past as Chairman of its Board of Visitors, and together with his wife Nancy, a former U.S. Ambassador, established the Stanford Loan Repayment Fund for law graduates entering public service.
He has served as chief executive of a number of public and private industrial corporations. During the 1970s, along with Paul Newman and others, he helped to create Energy Action, an advocacy group dedicated to American energy independence, and he continues to be active in organizations working for energy conservation.
He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Italy, as well as a presidential appointee to the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.