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March 2010
The Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association (LVEVA) will meet on the third Saturday of each month during 2010. Meetings will be held at the Clark County Library on 1401 E. Flamingo Road from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. Members will be displaying their own electric cars and answering questions before and after each meeting.
Calendar
2010
March 13 EV Conversion Workshop
March 20 Monthly Meeting
April 17 Monthly Meeting
April 22 Earth Day Exhibit at UNLV
May 15 Monthly Meeting
June 19 Monthly Meeting
July 4 Boulder City Damboree and 4th of July Parade
July 17 Monthly Meeting
August 21 Monthly Meeting
September 18 Monthly Meeting
October 16 Monthly Meeting
November 20 Monthly Meeting
December 4 Santa’s Electric Light Parade Boulder City
December 18 Monthly Meeting
Contents:
-- LVEVA Educational EV Conversion Workshop Updates
-- Nissan LEAF Zero Emission Tour Completes Cross-Country Trek To New York
-- U.S. Federal Budget Proposal Includes Grants for EV Recharging Station Infrastructure
-- HR 4933 To Spend $2 Billion to Convert U.S. Post Office Fleet to Electric Vehicles
-- Tanfield and Smith Electric Vehicles Increase Sales to Corporate Fleets
-- Ballard Power Systems Announces Fuel Cell Supply Agreement with Daimler AG
-- Bonneville Salt Flats Electric Racing Announced for September 2010
-- LVEVA DVD Reference Library
-- EV Repairs and Service
-- EV Conversion and Fabrication Support
-- EVs and EV Parts for Sale
-- Publication Credits and Contact Information
LVEVA Educational EV Conversion Workshop Updates
LVEVA Board of Directors members Bill Kuehl and Jon Hallquist are leading an EV Conversion Workshop that will be held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month, from 8 AM to noon. All LVEVA members are invited to participate in this conversion project.
During 2008, Bill Kuehl received a donation of a 1986 Pontiac Fiero for use by the LVEVA in a conversion project. Jon Hallquist, manager of GrassrootsEV.com in Las Vegas, had arranged the acquisition of a Netgain Warp electric motor and also donated a Curtis motor speed controller, throttle potentiometer box, contactor and other EV parts to the effort.
During the monthly chapter meeting on June 20, 2009 several LVEVA members offered to volunteer their time for the conversion project as part of a Special Interest Group (SIG). It was agreed that this group would meet on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month, from 8 AM to noon, to put together the EV conversion. Highlights of Sessions 1 through 3 were shown in the LVEVA August 2009 “Watts Happening” newsletter. Highlights of Sessions 4 and 5 were shown in the September 2009 “Watts Happening” newsletter. Highlights of Sessions 6 and 7 were featured in the October 2009 “Watts Happening” newsletter. Session 8 was chronicled in the the November 2009 “Watts Happening” newsletter and Session 9 was presented in the December 2009 newsletter. Session 10 was presented in the January 2010 newsletter. Session 11 was presented during the February 2010 Newsletter. Once the Electric Fiero conversion is completed, all the sessions will be consolidated onto a web page at the LVEVA web site.
From Bill Kuehl:
“Prior to the upcoming EV Conversion workshop, I had been over working on the Fiero. I found out that the interior sidepanel light and overhead light were staying on, even with the doors closed. These lights were draining the auxiliary 12-volt battery overnight. I pulled the lights out.
When touching the battery cable to the battery post, I also noticed that the radio time clock came on even without anything turned on! ??
I pulled the fuse out. After checking with a voltmeter between the cable and the battery post,
I got a 0.24-volt reading ?? The radio time light still comes on ?? I disconnected the battery cable from the radio and the battery stays charged.
I later fixed the front end of the Fiero where a panel connects to keep the front of the hood edge from scraping on the metal below it. I got out my sledge hammer and pounded down the part of the metal that was raised up too high. I have the front end installed now, with the hood back on, and it closes OK.
I noticed when looking to the front of the car that after pounding down the front panel, it now appeared lower than the hood. We will need to take out the screws that hold the front edge of the panel on, raise it up and put in new screw holes.
I also worked on each side of the wrap-around panels back to the wheel wells, and got them secured onto the body. Now, we just have to get the side light covers on. We’ll have to try to use the ones off the other Fiero.
We also will have to get the back two tires changed over as the regular tires that are on there will not hold up long under the additional weight of the batteries.
The rain is holding me up from checking the speedometer on my 1985 Pontiac Fiero to use as a reference to see what voltage goes to which wire on the front dashboard gauge of the 1986 Pontiac Fiero. That should give me an idea as to how the wiring should be routed on the 1986 Fiero conversion and why that didn't work originally when first installed. To test the conversion, I can try to take out the drive unit from the transmission and hook up a connection from my battery drill to the drive gear. By spinning up the drill motor, I can see what current is running into the speedometer.”
EV Conversion Workshop Session 12 (February 13, 2010)
Attendees: Jon Hallquist, Lindall Taylor, Tim McDonald, Lloyd Reece, and Bill Kuehl
“Jon got some tire spray to clean the tires. New members Lindall Taylor and Tim McDonald joined Lloyd Reece, Jon Hallquist and I to work on the 1986 Pontiac Fiero EV conversion.
We accomplished getting the six-ply tires on the car. We also worked on the front end bumper panel to get it lined up with the hood. We had to raise up the edge of the front panel and put in new screws to hold it in place. Then the hood was put back on. The hood had to be aligned to get it even across the front and sides.
We then identified all the wires for the ampmeter and voltmeter by color code and made a record sheet of them. Also, a record was made of the wires that make the speedometer work.
We made some brackets to stabilize the underside ends of the fender side panels, both front and rear.
During the following week, I was able to look at my 1985 Pontiac Fiero and trace out the four wires connecting to the speedometer to compare the wiring with the speedometer on the 1986 Fiero. I found that the 1986 Fiero was missing a 12-volt supply line from the auxiliary battery that provides power to all the peripheral electrical components. I tapped off the fuse block to find an extra 12-volt supply point and wired it to the correct lug on the speedometer. I also noticed that the speedometer ground wire was open and not connected to the negative post of the auxiliary battery. I attached a wire from the ground lug of the speedometer to chassis ground which is connected back to the auxiliary battery ground. The speedometer began working and appears to be functioning correctly.
Road Test Monday, February 22nd:
Today I got insurance on the Fiero, went to the DMV and got a 30-day driving permit.
I went over to the garage about 2:30 pm, and Jon Hallquist also showed up. I took the Fiero out for a test run with Jon following in his car, and we checked out the speedometer of the Fiero to see if it matched the speedometer in his car.
We started with me running at 30 miles per hour down the road on Alexander. When I was at
30 mph, I waved my hand to signal him to check his speed. We pulled over, and his speed was at 30 mph also, so I know now that the speedometer in the Fiero is still accurately calibrated to the transmission and the rotation of the Pontiac Fiero wheels.
We continued on and turned onto Allen going towards Cheyenne, and Jon wanted to
know if the car would get up to 50 mph. We turned on Cheyenne going west towards Decatur, and got up to 40 mph but had to stop at Valley. I took off on the green, and left him
behind, got up to 50 mph, and he couldn't keep up with me.
I then turned onto Decatur and drove back to the garage. The motor ran fine and acceleration was good. Current draw on takeoff was up to 450 amps, and came down to 100 amps at 50 mph.
I ordered from Jon’s GrassrootsEV company a DC-to-DC convertor to replace the auxiliary battery and a charger for the battery pack.
I also got the right side mirror bolted back together. I worked on cleaning up the white oxidation on the red paint and got some of it cleaned up. Still needs more elbow grease.
I also got some new wiper blades, but have not got them installed yet. Next Saturday, we have to work to continue cleaning the oxide off the red paint, clean up the inside center console and put on some seat covers.
We also need to find time to run it around on extended road tests to see what the range is on the
batteries and get them recharged again. I think that when I drive it to the Sahara DMV, it is about 12 miles one way.
On to the next Saturday EV Workshop!”
The next EV Conversion Workshop session is scheduled for Saturday, March 13th, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Admission to the EV conversion workshop is free to all LVEVA members.
Annual dues for the Electric Auto Association (EAA), that includes local LVEVA chapter membership, is $45 per year and includes newsletters from both the national organization and local chapter as well as access to all events. Local LVEVA chapter-only membership dues are $20 for adults and $15 for senior citizens. Free LVEVA chapter membership is available to students with valid student I.D. cards.
For more information and directions to the EV conversion workshop, contact
Bill Kuehl at: (702) 636-0304
Lloyd Reece at: (702) 524-3233
Jon Hallquist at GrassrootsEV.com: (702) 277-7544
Nissan LEAF Zero Emission Tour Completes Cross-Country Trek To New York
PRESS RELEASE
NISSAN ANNOUNCES NISSAN LEAF PURCHASE PROCESS;
GIVES FIRST GLIMPSE AT MARKETING CAMPAIGN
Nissan LEAF Zero-Emission Tour Culminates in New York
NEW YORK (Feb. 11, 2010) – The Nissan LEAF Zero-Emission Tour culminated today with an appearance in New York City. The three-month tour, which made 63 stops in 24 cities, offered the opportunity for interested drivers, media, civic partners, businesses and university students to learn more about the Nissan LEAF and the benefits of zero-emission driving.
The tour helped pave the way for the 2010 introduction of Nissan LEAF, the world’s first all-electric, zero-emission car designed for the mass market, and leads up to the start of the vehicle-purchase process. The Nissan LEAF will be available to consumers via lease or sale, in a single transaction that includes the battery. Steps to acquiring a Nissan LEAF are:
• REGISTER: Interested people can register for more information about the Nissan LEAF on www.NissanUSA.com. To date, close to 50,000 people have registered on the website. Registrants will be given first priority to reserve a Nissan LEAF.
• RESERVE: The reservation process will begin in April, shortly after the announcement of the price of the Nissan LEAF. Upon paying a fully refundable $100 reservation fee, registrants will be among the first in line able to order a Nissan LEAF.
• ORDER: Nissan will begin taking firm orders in August, for deliveries when sales begin in the driver’s particular market.
• EARLY DELIVERIES: Rollout begins in select markets in December 2010, with vehicles available in all major launch markets quickly thereafter.
“The Nissan LEAF purchase process is effortless, transparent and accessible, offering value with a one-stop-shop approach for everything related to the car, including the assessment, permitting and installation of in-home battery charging units,” said Carlos Tavares, Chairman, Nissan Americas. “We want everyone to feel good about having a car that is affordable, fun to drive and good for the environment.”
Coinciding with this next phase of the Nissan LEAF launch is the debut of Nissan’s initial global marketing campaign, which is called “The New Car.” A first look at the campaign – which illustrates Nissan’s passion about the potential for zero-emission mobility and a better, cleaner world – was shown in New York as part of the culmination of the Nissan LEAF Zero-Emission Tour.
The Nissan LEAF Zero-Emission Tour covered 10,000 miles in the United States and Canada, providing the first opportunity for more than 100,000 people to see and learn about the Nissan LEAF first hand.
“There was a groundswell of grassroots support from coast to coast,” said Tavares. “Everywhere we went, people recognized a new form of mobility – a turning point – and they wanted to be a part of it. The response was spontaneous and diverse. We were joined by mayors and government officials, CEOs, utility partners, car enthusiasts, students, dealers, media, environmentalists, Twitter users and lots of families.”
Tour Highlights:
• Diverse tour stops, stretching from Stanford University to the Kennedy Space Center. Other stops included: Phoenix on New Year’s Eve, in conjunction with the Fiesta Bowl; Qwest Field in Seattle; the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland; and a charging-station-equipped McDonald’s in Cary, N.C. The tour also stopped at Nissan Americas in Franklin, Tenn; the Smyrna, Tenn., manufacturing facility where the Nissan LEAF will be built starting in 2012; and Nissan Design Americas in San Diego. New York area stops include Madison Square Garden (Feb. 10), and upcoming public displays at the Time Warner Center (Feb. 12) and the Liberty Science Center (Feb. 13).
• Due to the high level of interest, Atlanta and Boston were added to the original tour schedule, bringing total cities to 24.
• Nearly 50,000 people have registered to receive information and learn more about the Nissan LEAF on www.NissanUSA.com as a result of the tour. Signing up online is the first step in the reservation and purchase process.
• Already, the Nissan LEAF has received more than 10 media and environmental awards, including the Green Car Vision Award, presented at the Washington Auto Show by Green Car Journal.
• The announcement of the closing of Nissan’s loan with the U.S. Department of Energy. The $1.4 billion loan will fund the modification of Nissan’s Smyrna, Tenn., manufacturing plant to produce the Nissan LEAF and batteries to power it. Groundbreaking for the new battery plant will take place in May.
• The announcement of a joint commitment with Hertz, the world’s largest general market rental brand, to bring zero-emission mobility car rental to the United States and Europe in 2011. Hertz is developing a rollout of the Nissan LEAF at select rental sites in both major markets.
• Nissan announced that AeroVironment will supply and install home charging stations for the Nissan LEAF, creating a one-stop shop for the Nissan LEAF and its charging equipment.
• The tour reached all markets that are part of The EV Project, the world’s largest EV infrastructure deployment ever undertaken. The EV Project, funded by a $98 million grant from the Department of Energy and led by EV infrastructure provider eTec, a division of Ecotality, will provide an unprecedented number (6,510) of public charging stations across the 5 participating markets and will provide home charging stations for up to 4700 Nissan Leafs sold in those markets. The public stations will include both Level 2 (240V) and Level 3 DC fast chargers. The EV Project markets are Seattle, Oregon, Tennessee (Knoxville, Nashville and Chattanooga), Phoenix/Tucson, Ariz., and San Diego.
• The tour also served as the backdrop to announce newly established partnerships with Reliant Energy of Houston; the City of Orlando and the Orlando Utilities Commission; the City of Houston; and the State of Massachusetts. These agreements, like three dozen others globally, are designed to promote the development of an electric-vehicle charging network and policies to support the widespread adoption of electric cars.
• Existing partnerships furthered progress, taking steps like securing letters of intent for vehicle fleet purchases and the formation of working groups and task forces to foster the development of the electric-vehicle infrastructure, such as Oregon’s Governor’s Alternative Fuel Vehicle Infrastructure Working Group. In North America, Nissan has spearheaded a holistic approach to zero-emission mobility by working with states, municipalities, utility companies and other partners, to prepare markets and infrastructure. Nissan has formed 18 partnerships in the United States, in areas including State of Tennessee, the State of Oregon, Sonoma County, San Diego and San Francisco in California, Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., Washington D.C., Seattle, with the City of Orlando and Orlando Utilities Commission, with Progress Energy in Raleigh, N.C., with the City of Houston and Houston-based Reliant Energy, with the State of Massachusetts. Nissan also has formed partnerships with Mexico City and Vancouver, Canada.
Nissan, along with alliance partner Renault, is the only automaker committed to making all-electric vehicles available to the mass market on a global scale.
In North America, Nissan's operations include automotive design, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. Nissan is dedicated to improving the environment under the Nissan Green Program 2010, whose key priorities are reducing CO2 emissions, cutting other emissions and increasing recycling. More information on the Nissan LEAF and zero emissions can be found at www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car.
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Contact:
Alan Buddendeck Katherine Zachary
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Nissan North America, Inc.
Alan.Buddendeck@mail.nissan.co.jp katherine.zachary@nissan-usa.com
+81 80 4095 6186 615-725-1447
U.S. Federal Budget Proposal To Include Grants for EV Recharging Station Infrastructure
President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget request to Congress includes a proposal to increase in the Clean Cities Program budget from $25 million to $35 million, earmarking $20 million of that program during 2011 exclusively to grants for electric vehicles and other EV-related projects and activities:
http://www.mbe.doe.gov/budget/11budget/Content/Volume%203.pdf
The Clean Cities Program budget is on pages 291 and 292, or pages 297 and 298 if you click in the appropriate box in the PDF.
The Las Vegas Regional Clean Cities Coalition is the local southern Nevada chapter of the national Clean Cities program at: http://www.lasvegascleancities.org
Stakeholder members within the Las Vegas Clean Cities program include vehicle transportation fleets from local city, county and state government organizations, cab and limousine services, automotive dealerships, casinoes, utilities, and many other transportation providers within the region.
The LVEVA is an Interested Party affiliated with this organization.
HR 4933 To Spend $2 Billion to Convert U.S. Post Office Fleet to Electric Vehicles
From Bill Moore of EV World
It's called HR 4933 and the above chart, courtesy of E-Drive.Org, wants to allocate up to $2B to begin the long overdue process of converting a gasoline-dependent Post Office from molecules to electrons, just like we did with e-mail.
The problem is, the U.S. Postal Service is broke. According to the Government Accounting Office is lost $2.8 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2009 and nearly double that in 2007. Reports the GAO, "USPS debt increased at the end of fiscal year 2009 by the annual statutory limit of $3 billion, bringing outstanding debt to $10.2 billion. At this rate, USPS will reach its total $15 billion statutory debt limit in fiscal year 2011."
So, how would the electrification of the services 140,000+ delivery vehicles change that situation? Good question.
While the cost of fueling and maintaining the fleet is a significant line item in the budget, it's not the largest. Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Ruth Goldway estimates the fleet burns some 68 million gallons of gasoline annually. Of the $926 million the Postal Service spent in FY2008 on supplies and materials, most of this was for fuel. $1.39 billion also went to vehicle maintenance of a fleet that is nearing the end of its designed 20-year service life. It makes eminent sense to start thinking seriously about not just upgrading (converting) or even replacing the fleet with new, more efficient, electric-drive vehicles, but also how those vehicles could be even better utilized, providing their communities with services not possible with the current fleet of gasoline-fueled vans.
Let's start with when the vehicles are parked, which is the majority of the day, from late afternoon to early or mid-morning as workers sort mail and prepare their neighborhood deliveries. Small fleets of electric vehicles are plugged into the grid, offering the potential, as has been pointed out by many observers, to provide distributed ancillary services to the grid for at least part of the day. Assume, for example, that an electric postal van is equipped with a 10kWh battery pack, giving it a range of about 30 miles, of which 80% is used during the day. That means the van will need every night a recharge of 8kWh. Assuming a 3kW off-board charging system, the van could be fully recharged in under 3 hours time. If it sits from say 6 pm to 9 am the next morning, that's 15 hours, of which only three are needed to complete the charging process at level two charging rates. Presumably, a fleet of 15 vehicles would be recharged in a staggered fashion over that 15 hour window so as to not overload the local grid.
For one small suburban post office like mine here in Papillion, that represents 120 kWh electrical storage capacity. While that doesn't seem like a lot, multiple that 8kWh by 142,000 and your talking about 1,136 megawatts hours of distributed capacity for which the power industry is willing to buy on an hourly basis as part of its regulation services at a current rate of between $30-40 per megawatt hour. This means that theoretically, just sitting there, the U.S. postal fleet could be earning more than $400,000 a day, and that's before they even rolled out of the yard to begin their deliveries.
Now all that isn't pure profit, of course. This will likely have some impact on the service life of the battery pack, but regulation services is not the same as peak load services. It is of far shorter duration and less depth of discharge.
From an operational cost perspective, refueling my local post office fleet (I am guessing we have maybe 15 total) with grid power at the national average of 10¢ a kWh (locally we pay under 7¢/kwh) will cost my local post master $12 as opposed to the $108/day bill he probably pays now (based on 15 vehicles traveling 20 miles each and burning fuel at 8 mpg, while paying $2.89/gal.)
When those E-mail Vans roll out of the yard, what else can they be doing that their current gasoline stable mates can't? They're generating no local air pollution for one, a difficult intangible to put an exact dollar number to, but valuable, nonetheless. With the proper signage, they could also be doing valuable public education, something more easily measurable since people buy advertising space all the time on buses and the like. In this case, the signage on each delivery vehicle could be a rolling billboard, not for commercial advertisers, but for the Postal Service, itself: promoting a range of current and future products and services like at-home parcel pick-up that includes online tracking.
One of the first things I recommend promoting is what I call the "Go Electric Mail" program. The Post Office would issue a special first class stamp, priced as say a $1, the proceeds of which would help pay for the electrification program itself. I conducted a survey a couple months back asking readers if they'd be willing to pay more for a first class stamp if the money were used for this purpose. 75% responded that they would. That's encouraging. I've already made this suggestion to Chairman Goldway, among others.
In that communication to her, I also suggested another funding mechanism that harkens back to the days of World War II and its War Bond drives. If not prohibited by Congress, could the USPS offer bonds that are eventually paid for by the fuel savings I just described above? These could be available at your local post office and payable, with interest, in 10 years or whatever makes since financially. One of the big selling points would be, like the war effort more half a century ago, its patriot appeal, not to help fund the destruction of our enemies to be bolster and improve the nation's industrial competitiveness. After all, an order for 140,000 electric vehicles and their accompanying chargers and spare battery packs would be a nice shot in the arm for the industry.
There are probably other ways that the "Go Electric Mail" -- as opposed to e-mail -- would generate new revenue opportunities for the service, ones that won't manifest themselves until vehicles are actually deployed. If you can think of others, please share them here. I know the staff at the Postal Regulatory Commission reads EV World -- and even contributes from time to time -- so your suggestions will be noticed.
Tanfield and Smith Electric Vehicles Increase Sales to Corporate Fleets
Electric vehicle maker Tanfield has announced plans to set up assembly and repair facilities across 10 US cities on the back of soaring demand among America’s corporate giants. Corporate clients now include Pacific Gas & Electric, Coca Cola, Staples and Frito-Lay.
This international company currently has a factory in Kansas but is also considering opening a second factory in Sacramento, Californi.
Earlier this month SEV announced plans to test fuel cell technology that it believes could double its vehicles’ range and potentially sell trucks to the US military.
The firm will work with German fuel cell experts Proton Power Systems to install a hydrogen fuel cell in its trucks.
SEV’s North American division was also recently added to the US General Services Administration (GSA) schedule.
The schedule is a list of products approved for purchase by all Federal agencies, and the US military, which spends a combined $1 billion every year on GSA-approved vehicles and automotive services.
Ballard Power Systems Announces Fuel Cell Supply Agreement with Daimler AG
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 22, 2009
Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) today announced a supply agreement with Daimler AG for FCvelocity(TM) fuel cell products for Daimler AG's fuel cell car and bus programs. The agreement provides for minimum revenue of approximately $24 million over eighteen months from April 2010, with roughly equal distribution in 2010 and 2011.
John Sheridan, Ballard's President & CEO said, "We are very pleased to be working with Daimler AG, a clear global leader in fuel cell car and bus programs."
He continued, "Automotive is one of the most demanding power applications in terms of efficiency, reliability and safety. As such, this major fuel cell order for the automotive market provides further testimony of Ballard's leading fuel cell product capabilities for commercial clean power applications in backup power, distributed generation and material handling."
Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) is a clean energy growth company with product leadership in fuel cell power solutions, focused on the material handling and stationary power markets.
This release contains forward-looking statements, including estimated revenue, which are provided to enable external stakeholders to understand Ballard's expectations as at the date of this release and may not be appropriate for other purposes. These forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of Ballard's management and reflect Ballard's current expectations as contemplated under section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such assumptions relate to Ballard's financial forecasts and expectations regarding its product development efforts, manufacturing capacity, and market demand, and include matters such as generating new sales, producing, delivering and selling the expected number of units, and controlling its costs.
These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause Ballard's actual results to be materially different, including, without limitation, the condition of the global economy, the rate of mass adoption of its products, product development delays, changing environmental regulations, its ability to attract and retain business partners and customers, its access to funding, increased competition, its ability to protect its intellectual property, changes in its customers' requirements, foreign exchange impacts on its net monetary assets and its ability to provide the capital required for product development, operations and marketing. For a detailed discussion of these risk factors and other risk factors that could affect Ballard's future performance, please refer to Ballard's most recent Annual Information Form.
Readers should not place undue reliance on Ballard's forward-looking statements and Ballard assumes no obligation to update or release any revisions to these forward looking statements, other than as required under applicable legislation.
Ballard and the Ballard logo registered trademarks of Ballard Power Systems Inc.
Source: Ballard Power Systems Inc.
Bonneville Salt Flats Electric Drag Racing Announced for September 2010
From Brent and Kent Singleton, founders of Utah EV Coalition, a sister chapter of LVEVA:
Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:41:40 EST
A personal invitation to the Bonneville Salt Flats Electric Meet, September 15-18, 2010 at: http://www.saltflats.com
Everyone is invited! NEDRA plans it to be an historic event with many nice surprises, so stay tuned, but run what you brung!
We are happy to mentor you and yours…
You can even run a street licensed vehicle on the 130 mph, one-mile course, possibly the best kept secret at Bonneville.
View the USFRA 130 MPH Club Video (3.5 MB) at: http://www.saltflats.com/video/130small.wmv
What's important is that you show up!
Brent and Kent Singleton
Bonneville's Alternative Fuel Event Coordinators
LVEVA DVD Reference Library
The LVEVA maintains a growing library of DVD reference videos that are available to its members that can be borrowed for one month at a time. Bill Kuehl, LVEVA Secretary/Treasurer is also the LVEVA video librarian. He can be contacted to pick up and return these videos at each monthly chapter meeting. The current list of videos that are available for a one month rental are:
1. “Who Killed the Elecric Car” Documentary
2. Plug in Partners National Campaign (2006)
3. EAA Silicon Valley CalCars PHEV Technology Overview (2005)
4. Boulder City Christmas Parade Highlights (2006)
5. Convert Your Pickup to Electric (DIY Video by GrassrootsEV)
Note: This video can be copied to viewer’s hard disk to keep!
6. Tom Gage of AC Propulsion speaks at EAA Silicon Valley (2005)
7. Monster Garage EV conversion (Jesse James)
and John Wayland White Zombie Videos (2006)
8. Electric Avenue by George Gladic Fox Valley EAA Chapter 2006.
9. Bruce Katz of Polyplus Battery Company speaks at EAASV (2005)
EV Repairs and Service
Western Petroleum Station
2051 E. Sahara (corner of Eastern Avenue and Sahara)
Las Vegas, NV 89104
Contact: Jim Johnson
Telephone: (702) 457-2675
Web site: http://storefront.dexonline.com/jims-texaco
Precision EV Components Machining Support
Real Products, LLC
3433 Neeham Road #2
North Las Vegas, NV 89030
Contact: Eric Tschabold
Tel: (702) 644-1165
Email: energyz@cox.net
EV Parts and Kits for Sale:
GrassrootsEV.com
Las Vegas Office
Address: 5225 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89118
“Electric Vehicles and Everything for Them”
Contact: Jon Hallquist
Tel: (702) 277-7544
Email: jon@grassrootsev.com
Web site: http://www.grassrootsev.com
OKA NEV ZEV Parts and Kits for Sale: www.okaauto.com
OKA NEV ZEV KIT cars in stock now for immediate delivery prices start at $5,000 FOB Las Vegas. We also have 4844 ALLTRAX Controllers(48V 400 A DC for Series motor) in stock (more than we need) $550 list, $375.00 NET.
Contact: Miro Kefurt
OKA AUTO USA : www.okaauto.com
Distributor: MIROX Corporation
5015 W. Sahara Ave. #125-130
Las Vegas, Nevada 89146
USA
Tel: (702) 683-8292
E-mail: okaauto@aol.com
The Free Energy Store
300 West Utah, Suite 101
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Tel: (702) 320-0770
Fax: (702) 320-0270
Web site: http://www.freeenergystore.com
Contact: Russ Lord
Email: russ@freeenergystore.com
For Sale: Chrome "Electric" Emblems for EV's
Mike Chancey - Posted 06/25/00
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Checked: 07/13/03
Chrome "Electric" car emblems, just like the OEM factory lettering. Okay, so you own a beautiful electric vehicle, but does the world know? Show them with these profession quality "ELECTRIC" emblems. Fabricated from weather resistant thermoplastic, these signs feature a bright chrome like finish on the letter faces with a subtle matte black background. They mount easily with the self adhesive HighTack backing. Simply peel off the protective cover, and press the sign into place. Each sign is approximately 1.25" in height and 7" in length. Only $6.00 each or four for $20.00, plus $1.75 shipping and handling per order. Discounts for larger orders available. Send check or money order to:
Mike Chancey, 1700 East 80th Street, Kansas City, MO 64131, or order online.
EV Parts for Sale:
Hello to all fellow EV enthusiasts:
I want to thank everyone who attended or purchased parts from our July 8th 2009 emergency close out sale. I still have some choice equipment and parts for sale.
1. Mustang MD100 Chassis Dynamometer (dyno) $12,000
2. Hydrovane 13.5 hp rotary compressor with dryer $5500
3. Atlas Copco 20HP rotary compressor. $7000
4. Porsche RSK714 kit with 50 hp AC induction motor
with programable curtis controller $17,000
5. 48 volt 6.5 KW DC Motor $400
6. 48 volt 7.5 KW DC motor with controller and pot $750
I will help on some of the shipping costs on the big items.
Contact:
Bob McNamara
Las Vegas Electrical
Tel: (515) 897-3596
Please leave a message if I am not in.
EVs For Sale:
For Sale: Electric 1985 Pontiac “Fiero” --Record-Holding Race Car
This 1985 Pontiac “Fiero” Conversion currently holds four National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA) Class Records.
1. Class MC/F (Modified Conversion 97-120 volts)
2. Class MC/E (Modified Conversion 121-144 volts)
3. Class MC/D (Modified Conversion 145-168 volts)
4. Class MC/C (Modified Conversion 169-192 volts)
The 1985 Pontiac Fiero has been converted with:
1. A new Netgain Warp-9 Electric DC Motor coupled to a 5-speed manual transmission.
2. A DCP T-REX 1000 Water-cooled Controller with an Input Voltage Range of 96 to 336 Volts
and Motor Current Rating at 1000 Amps.
3. The Battery System is at 192 Volts. The battery pack consists of sixteen 12-volt sealed ODYSSEY PC-680 batteries with the capability of increasing battery pack capacity and voltages to compete in the NEDRA MC/B Class (Modified Conversion 193-240 volts) or to a maximum capacity of 336-volts to compete in the MC/A Class (Modified Conversion 241 volts and higher).
4. Tires are B.F. Goodrich G-Force T/A Drag Radials P215/60 R14 that connect the Electric Motor torque to the road for “no slip” acceleration.
5. Battery Charger is a 120- to 240-volt Variable Transformer with a heavy-duty full bridge rectifier. Additional cables and connectors are installed for Dump Charging from a DC battery pack.
Asking Price: $10,000 or Best Offer.
Contact: William Kuehl
Address: 4504 W. Alexander Road, North Las Vegas, Nevada 89032
Telephone: 702-636-0304
For Sale: 1995 Geo Metro Conversion Electric Car
Body Configuration: 2-door
Color: Red
Battery Pack: 72-Volt System using Nine 8-Volt Lead Acid Golf Cart Batteries
Range: 35 mile range
Top Speed: 70 mph
Onboard 72-Volt Charger
2-year-old conversion from Ogden, Utah
Price: $8,000
Contact: Jean Norton
Tel: (702) 301-0979
LVEVA Board of Directors:
Lloyd Wayne Reece, President
Jon Hallquist, Vice President
Bill Kuehl, Secretary/Treasurer
Al Sawyer, P.E., Jan Himber, Dan Trujillo, and Richard Furniss
Newsletter Editors and Contributors:
Richard Furniss, Lloyd Reece, Bill Kuehl, Al Sawyer, P.E.,
Jan Himber, Brent Singleton, Kent Singleton, Stan Hanel
WATTS HAPPENING
is published monthly by the
Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association,
a chapter of the Electric Auto Association
Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association web site
http://www.lveva.org
Electric Auto Association web site
http://www.eaaev.org
Electric Auto Association
Membership Renewals
323 Los Altos Drive
Aptos, CA 95003-5248
Current EVents contact:
At http://www.eaaev.org/eaaboard.html
Ron Freund
Chairman, CE Publication
Address Correspondence to:
LVEVA
2816 W. El Campo Grande Avenue
No. Las Vegas, NV 89031
Call for Information:
Richard Furniss (702) 453-6196
Jan Himber for Al Sawyer (702) 642-4000
Bill Kuehl (702) 636-0304
Stan Hanel (702) 405-0506
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