Graduated in Mechanical Engineering, University “La Sapienza “ in Rome in 1978. Joined ENEA in 1984 after five years work in plant design and construction with an important industrial group. His experience in ENEA includes nuclear engineering, energy saving technologies and, since 1990, automotive engineering. Since 1990 Mr. Pede has worked in the field of automotive engineering. At the moment, he is the responsible of the ENEA testing laboratories for vehicles and automotive components like motors, traction batteries, supercapacitors etc. at the Research Center “ La Casaccia”, near Rome. He is author of more than 80 papers, about traction systems design and automative components innovation, published on international congresses and journals.