Our next EVA/DC
Meeting is at the
Silver Spring's White Oak Community Library
on May 20th at 7:00 pm
Power
of DC EV Racing Event
May 31 to June 1
The 8th Annual Power of DC is being held in Hagerstown and Frederick,
Maryland May 31 to June 1, 2008. The race features EVs from across the
East Coast competing in several racing events including AutoCross, Show-and-Shine
and NEDRA Drag Racing at Mason Dixon
Dragway. A ScooterCross is also being planned for the event. Visit the
Power of DC Website for more
information or contact race organizer Chip
Gribben at 301-490-0657 for more details.
This year's Junior Solar Sprint will be 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 will race with the sun, starting at 12 noon, best sun. Watch those
suckers ZING ! Trophies and other awards will be presented around 2:30.
For more info, or to volunteer, call Charlie at 202-564-1088.
EVA/DC at EPA 4th National Sustainable Design Expo
From Sunday, 20 April to Tuesday, 22 April 2008, EVA/DC will be participating
in the EPA 4th National Sustainable Design Expo and EPA's People, Planet,
Prosperity (P3) - A student design competition for sustainability. This
will be on the Capitol Mall in Washington, DC. See www.EPA.gov/P3
for further details on this event, which brings in hundreds of the country's
most innovative college students who will present their designs for
sustainability. EVA/DC will be 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
Join EVA/DC today. For $35.00
a year join one of the most active chapters of the Electric Auto Association.
We meet every month and take part in many local activities to educate
the public about the benefits of EV technology.
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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