NBEAA NEWSLETTER May 15, 2008 www.nbeaa.org UPCOMING EVENTS --------------- Saturday, May 17th, 2008 10 AM to 4 PM Downtown Santa Rosa NBEAA Rose Parade entry and show-and-tell booth at following festival www.roseparadefestival.com Saturday, June 14th, 2008 10 AM to 2 PM Vacaville City Hall Conference Rooms A and B to start; enter from back where EV chargers are Ed Heustis, Vacaville City Fleet Manager, will discuss his fleet of 25 RAV4EVs -- the largest EV fleet owned by a city, solar powered charging stations, and local EV incentives paid for by grants obtained by his nationally recognized Alternative Fuels Program. We will meet in the conference room until noon, grab nearby lunches, then tour the charging facilities via rides for those who bring their EVs. Bring your EV! Other local EAA chapters are always invited but will be specifically invited to this event. Gene Watson will bring his 1994 Pontiac conversion and Mike Rydjord will have his Solectria Force with new Greensaver silicone lead batteries. Here are links to more information: - Directions to Vacaville City Hall: http://www.ci.vacaville.ca.us/content/directions_and_maps/directions_and_maps.php - Vacaville's 11 EV charging centers: http://www.evchargernews.com/regions/ch-sac-all.htm - EV Incentive Program: http://www.cityofvacaville.com/departments/public_works/__documents/EV%20Program.pdf - Gene Watson's EV conversion: http://www.belktronix.com/pgpconv.html - Mike Rydjord's Solectria Force charging at solar powered Vacaville charging station: http://www.nbeaa.org/new_jan_07/rydjord.htm If you are interested in carpooling, please contact Chris Jones at chris_b_jones@prodigy.net. Saturday, June 28, 2008 11 AM to 4 PM Sonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park American Lung Association Breathe Easy Ride Show-and-tell http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=262041 Wednesday through Sunday, July 2-6, 2008 3 to 6 PM Marin Center, San Rafael Show-and-tell at the Marin County Fair Alt Fuel Expo http://www.marinfair.org/alt_car_expo.cfm NBEAA SHOW-AND-TELL FOR US CONGRESSMAN MIKE THOMPSON ---------------------------------------------------- Stan Ireland and Chris Jones will be showing their EVs at a party held by US Congressman Mike Thompson on Sunday June 22nd at the Wells Fargo Center in Santa Rosa. NOTE: the party is invite only. For more information about Congressman Thompson see his website at http://mikethompson.house.gov/. OPEN SOURCE ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM ------------------------------------ A group of NBEAA members are working with the Santa Rosa Junior College and others in an open source fashion to obtain a grant from AAA to develop an advanced EV conversion prototype, textbook and video. See http://www.nbeaa.org/osev for more details. Please contact Chris Jones at chris_b_jones@prodigy.net if you would like to help.