Our next EVA/DC
Meeting is at the
White Oak Community Library
on October 14th at 7:00 pm
18th Annual Washington DC Solar Tour of Homes
October 4 & 5
Come check out some of the 50 solar homes on display in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. The
Solar tour
is a great place to find out more about going solar by talking to people who have already
implemented the technology. EVADC is looking for EV owners who are willing to showcase their
vehicles at some of the locations on the tour. If you're interested in showing your car,
please contact Charlie Garlow.
Green Festival
November 8 & 9
Green Festival is a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America.
The event celebrates what’s working in our communities—for people, business and the environment.
Join us at the nation’s premier sustainability event in DC for 2 days filled with the best
in green! EVADC needs volunteers to staff our booth. Contact
Charlie Garlow for more details.
Spirit of DC
EVADC's own Jerry Asher is driving his PHEV Prius conversion to all 50 states to promote
Plug-In Electric Vehicle technology to the masses. His conversion was done by our very own Mike Harvey.
Follow his exciting journey chronicled on the
Spirit of DC website. Find out when he's in a town near you!
Swiss Solar Taxi makes a stop in DC
September 1- 3
EVA/DC hosted the Washington, D.C. arrival of the Solar Taxi, the first electric car
to travel around the Earth on Solar Power. Conceived and led by Louis Palmer, a Swiss school teacher, and
powered by high-temperature Zebra (NaNiCl) batteries, the Solar Taxi has traveled 30,000 miles to promote an
international dialogue on the importance of Renewable Energy for the health of our planet. Find out more at the
Solar Taxi website. Photos courtesy of Lisa Wright and the Swiss Embassy.
Recent Events
A Basic Understanding of Battery-Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles Training Course
August 12 - 13
Our friends at WVU are holding this course at the NAFTC Headquarters in Morgantown, WV. Find out more at their
website.
Labor Day Parade
May 31 to June 1
John Lippert once again organized a great turn out for our EV team.
Chip Gribben's family was there with his EVs. The Blair High School
[Silver Spring, MD] robotics team, joined out contingent and won money !
The EVADC team also won a cash prize. The parade organizers like that
we are always bringing something new to the parade. So, keep planning
those EVs for next year.
Power
of DC EV Racing Event
The 8th Annual Power of DC was held in Hagerstown and Frederick,
Maryland May 31 to June 1, 2008. The race featured EVs from across the
East Coast competing in several racing events including AutoCross, Show-and-Shine
and NEDRA Drag Racing at Mason Dixon
Dragway. Visit the
Power of DC Website to see the results!
This year's Junior Solar Sprint was held at Freedom Plaza, 13th and
Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC on Thursday May 29.
Middle schools students from competing schools in Virginia, Maryland and
DC raced with the sun. Watch those
suckers ZING ! Check out some of the photos from the East Coast Championships on the
NESEA website.
EVA/DC at EPA 4th National Sustainable Design Expo
From Sunday, 20 April to Tuesday, 22 April 2008, EVA/DC participated
in the EPA 4th National Sustainable Design Expo and EPA's People, Planet,
Prosperity (P3) - A student design competition for sustainability. Held
on the Capitol Mall in Washington, DC, you can see www.EPA.gov/P3
for further details on this event, which annually brings in hundreds of the country's
most innovative college students who present their designs for
sustainability. EVA/DC was one of many exhibitors from non-profit
and government agencies who are also promoting sustainability. See
photos here.
News
from EVS-23 in Anaheim
On-the-scene EV Reporter Mark Hanson brought back great photos of the
lastest EVs and PHEVs and an excellent report from EVS-23 in Anaheim,
California. The conference was December 3, 2007. Check it out here.
Local
EVer on YouTube
Check out Mike Harvey and his VW Cabriolet, aka Energizer EV, on NBC
25. Mike was just recently interviewed on NBC 25.
Work
Progresses on Solar EV
EVA/DC has embarked on a journey to restore MIT's original Solar EV
named the "Aztec". The car has a long history having raced
in several NESEA Tour de Sols.
The Aztec mission began three years ago when EVA/DC members Joe Reyes,
John Clinton and Jerry Asher traveled to Boston to pick up the Aztec
and bring it to Joe's garage in Maryland. The two-passenger, three-wheeled
vehicle is a 120-volt carbon-fiber car complete with a solar array,
custom made magnesium wheels and a Solectria drive train.
We recently had the vehicle titled as a car in Maryland and we are
getting it ready to pass inspection. The car is being road tested and
we race it and enter it in local parades and events.
Plug-In Hybrids or PHEVs? What are they? They are like commercially
available "mild" hybrids like the Toyota Prius, but with a
bigger battery pack that can get you 50 - 60 miles on the "all
electric" mode before the gasoline motor kicks in to help recharge
those batteries. That way, if you want to plug in to your wall socket
and "sock it" to OPEC and Big Oil, and fill up your electric
fuel tank at the cost of 50-70 cents per gallon equivalent, then you
have that FREEDOM TO CHOOSE.
The Energy CS team has built such a plug-in hybrid based on a 2004
Toyota Prius. The team replaced the OEM 1.3kW NiMH battery pack with
a 9kW Valence Technology Saphion U-Charge battery pack. The car now
gets the equivalent of 120 to 180 mpg and has an electric range of up
to 60 miles.
You can also choose to get your electricity to plug in your EV from
non-polluting solar panels on the roof of your home, as EVADC's Bryan
Murtha does, or from wind/solar power electricity vendors. For more
info, see:
The Discovery Channel filmed highlights from the NEDRA
Power of DC electric vehicle drag race which was held this past
June 2005. The show aired in October but you can still see it in its
entirety by downloading 6 minutes segment entitled "Electric Dragster"
at
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Debunking
the Myth of EVs and Smokestacks
Download this paper in PDF
which debunks the myth that EVs are elsewhere emission vehicles.
EVs
For Sale
We have several EVs available for sale. Visit the For
Sale page for details.
EVA/DC has embarked on a journey to restore MIT's original Solar EV
named the "Aztec". The car has a long history having raced
in several NESEA Tour de Sols.
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