July, 2007 EVAOSD Newsletter Volume 17 Number 7

ELECTRIC VEHICLE ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO (EVAOSD) An affiliate of the ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION (EAA), 2031 Ladera Ct., Carlsbad CA 92009 Ph: 760.753.2949

EVAOSD web site address: www.evaosd.com Officers: President Bill Hammons San Diego, CA BHammon1@san.rr.com 858.268.1759 Vice President Jim Burns Ph.D. San Diego, CA Jburns@mail.sdsu.edu 619.933.6058 Treasurer Russ Lemon Carlsbad, CA Lemon.J.Russell@worldnet.att.net 760.753.2949 Program Chairman Bill Hammons San Diego, CA BHammon1@san.rr.com 858.268.1759 Newsletter Editor Bill Hammons San Diego, CA BHammon1@san.rr.com 858.268.1759 Webmaster Russ Lemon Carlsbad, CA Lemon.J.Russell@worldnet.att.net 760.753.2949 Librarian & A/V Kevin Taylor Carlsbad, CA kevin_roger_taylor@yahoo.com 760.804.9189

Regular Meetings: 4th Tuesday of every month (January thru November), at 7:00 pm, Location: San Diego R.T.C. (Pearson Kia), at 4001 El Cajon Blvd. and Interstate 15 Place: In the Autorium Next Meeting: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 @ 7 p.m. (the 4th Tuesday) Topic #1: The 1st San Diego Plug-In Hybrid EV Conversion from a kit by Joel Pointon and SDG&E Topic #2: SSI (EV) Racing is starting a US Tour in August with NEDRA by Michael Kadie

The President’s Message

Thanks to EVerybody for your support with our June EV Project display. We have refocused our attention from barbequing back towards EV and projects; with this approach we had more time to communicate with each other. Keith’s “Lighting Bug” (see photos on page 3) was spreading EV Grins with rides; Manny was showing his latest EV parts; Ed demoed his 12 KW generator series hybrid; Bob had his Cony; Michael shared his stories about displaying his dragster during the Del Mar Fair and we had more cars with discussions about basically EVerything electric-drive. We are still charging ahead with many exciting EVents coming up. Abràn Quevedo just finished his 1st of 2 workshops for this summer with another EV on the road and 20 students charging ahead. Joel Pointon is steering SDG&E towards the future with San Diego’s 1st PHEV conversion from a kit. Michael Kadie has his EV dragster ready and he is headed out on a U.S. tour to challenge the White Zombie to the title of the

“Quickest Street Legal Electric Vehicle.”

Russ Lemon has posted EVAOSD photos on our

website at 2007 Photos. San Diego and EVAOSD

received kudos from EAA in the “Current EVents” publication for supporting the CARB meetings during May; thanks for your help and all that you did.

For our July EVAOSD meeting we have the two San Diego news makers and EVAOSD members giving presentations about their projects. Joel Pointon, Jason Greenblatt and other SDG&E staff will be discussing their metamorphosis from a Prius hybrid to a PHEV which was done on 7/17 & 18/07 with special invitation to EVAOSD members. We will have the opportunity to discuss the 2 hour process and to compare before and after fuel efficiencies for a more detailed story go to http://www.sdge.com/environmental/cleanTransportation.shtml. Then Michael Kadie will tell us about his EV dragster with lithium batteries as he embarks on a U.S. tour to bring some EV records back to San Diego. This will be an EVent that EVAOSD members can support and follow at http://ssi-racing.com/tour.asp.

I look forward to seeing you at our meetings, perhaps in an EV.

Bill Hammons, President EVAOSD

Calendar of EVents: 7/17 & 18/07 HEV conversion to PHEV by SDG&E San Diego Ecco Center and RTC 7/21-22/07 Hybridfest in Madison, Wisconsin http://hybridfest.com/ 7/24/07 EVAOSD Meeting San Diego 1st PHEV& EV dragster which is going for records across the U.S. 7/30-8/10/07 Commuter Conversion Electric Car Class for Teachers (C2EC2T) 2nd ‘07 EV Conversion Workshop http://home.att.net/~NCSDCA/EVAoSD/EVworkshopflyer2007.pdf 8/11/07 Portland, OR EV Awareness Day www.oeav.org/ 8/17 & 18/07 10th Anniversary NEDRA Nitionals http://nedra.com/ 8/22-24, 2007 Electric and Hybrid Vehicles NAFTC http://www.naftc.wvu.edu/enews/july07/ 8/28/07 EVAOSD Meeting - EV conversion DVD, battery management and solar to extend battery life & range. 9/25/07 EVAOSD Meeting 9/28-29/07 AltWheels Alternative Transportation & Energy Festival in Boston, MA http://www.altwheels.org/docs/AltWheels07_Flyer.pdf 10/3/07 National AFV Day Odyssey http://www.nationalafvdayodyssey.org/

10/5/07 SDRCFC Meeting – TBA 10/18-19/07 Border Energy Forum XIV US/Mexico in San Diego, CA http://www.glo.state.tx.us/energy/border/forum/14/index.html 10/16 – 17/07 So. CA Clean Vehicle Technology Expo http://www.cleanvehicleexpo.com/ Ontario, CA

10/21-27/07 in San Diego, CA

http://energycenter.org/ContentPage.asp?ContentID=291&SectionID=287

10/23/07 EVAOSD Meeting 11/9-11/07 San Francisco Green Festival 11/27/07 EVAOSD Meeting 12/2-5/07 EVS 23 in Anaheim, CA www.evs23.org

With increased postage and printing rates EVAOSD needs to be prudent with our expenses and in doing so we need to update our mailing list in line with paid members. If your membership has expired please bring your membership current so that we can continue to send you a newsletter.

Membership to EAA & EVAOSD just got better. YES, Everything is going up with higher cost except for membership to our group. EAA (which includes EVAOSD membership) has started a student/senior membership category for $25 per year; that is a reduction from $34 per year for many of us. And your EVAOSD is still held to the original fees of the 1990s except it includes membership benefits with SDRCCC (San Diego Regional Clean Cities Coalition). So join today and start saving while you are supporting EV.

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EVAOSD Gives Thanks to all that help us down the road… Thanks to EVerybody that attended the CARB meetings and supported EVAOSD by signing the card to CARB. EAA expressed their appreciation for San Diego’s and EVAOSD support during the EVent. The June EVAOSD EV Project Meeting and Show was a success; thanks for your contribution and support. Abràn Quevedo and his support team has completed another EV Conversion Workshop and are preparing for the 2nd course on July 30; another EV and 20 students are all charged-up to share the rEVolution. Thanks Mr. Q and he wants to thank the individual speakers that came by, sponsors and the San Diego Skills Center that made it possible for him to complete the workshop. Thanks to Joel Pointon for a Special Invitation to EVAOSD members for the PHEV conversion on 7/17/07.

Thank you for your support and contribution to our success.

Photos from the June EV Project & Display Meeting…

Many EVAOSD members know that Henry Ford & Thomas Edison collaborated on a mass-market EV in

the 1920’s. Now in 2007 it is Ford Motor Co. and Southern Cal Edison that are working on adding a plug to

the Escape hybrid… Go to http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/786.html for the latest press release thank to Felix

Kramer.

It will be interesting to see some results and to take the next step.

Dan Wolfson reports … I don't know if you have been following the Vectrix Electric Scooter or not

(www.vectrixusa.com) but I have an update from their marketing director. They will be delivering the scooters in July (instead of

June) to buyers who have put down a refundable $300 deposit. I'm one of them. They were going to set up dealers but signed a deal

with some Motorcars of San Francisco company to cover California. Price is $11K. If you need service in SD, they said they would

drive down and pick up the scooter and service it in their trailer until they get dealers set up. They are air-freighting a shipment of the

scooters to San Francisco so they can check them before delivery in July. If I decide to buy one, I will bring it to a meeting. Expensive

toy!

Congratulations to all of the C2EC2T (EV Conversion) Workshop participants!

The latest EV owners working on their

EV from start to finish during the EV Conversion Workshop.

The next C2EC2T Workshop starts on July 30, 2007 stop by and encourage

participants to charge ahead…

EV Chargers are being updated in Mission Valley Shopping Center soon…

See http://www.evchargernews.com/regions/92108_1.htm for location details.

Report on Challenge-X and our SDSU team… SDSU Challenge-X team placed first in Drive Quality and improved this year to 6th overall receiving two monetary prizes and listing in the top 6 finishers that goes out nationally to the press. Please forward the link www.challengex.org and the news to any and all of the faithful you know along with my thanks! Year 4 looks to be terrific for SDSU, we have the best University–based alternatively fueled vehicle education program in California two years running. I believe Davis finished 12th this year. Our high-power plug-in hybrid with a 20kw recharge rate is a good representative of California progress in PHEVs. We are saving our pennies to upgrade from used Prius modules to Lithium this year. DOE will showcase all 17 vehicles both at EVS-23 and in Sacramento this year at special events, and then again in a competitive event from New York to DC in May ‘08. Jim Burns, Associate Professor and Faculty Advisor, San Diego Sustainable Mobility Team at SDSU

Mike Lewis says go to www.pearsonfuels.com and join the San Diego discussions… Pearson Fuels has launched a new web site with a Message Board section that we hope will provide the southern California community a forum to discuss alternative fuel issues that matter. You can find forums on plug in hybrids, electric cars, ethanol, BioDiesel, legislative, opinions and more. It has just started and we would appreciate your visiting the site and your comments.

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