NBEAA Newsletter January 2, 2009 CORRECTED January 5, 2009 www.nbeaa.org UPCOMING EAA EVENT ------------------- Saturday, January 10, 2009 10 AM to Noon Sonoma County Water Agency, 404 Aviation Boulevard, Santa Rosa, CA Robb Prothroe of Plug-In Supply will present the fleet of Prius plug-in hybrid conversions he is doing for the Sonoma County Water Agency. These vehicles utilize Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries, and will go 35 miles and 52 MPH on battery power only! Hosted by Cordel Stillman, Capital Projects Manager of the Sonoma County Water Agency. See the following for more details: http://www.pluginsupply.com http://www.scwa.ca.gov SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE EV CONVERSION CLASS SPRING SEMESTER NOW ACCEPTING STUDENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Santa Rosa Junior College is offering DET 193, the electric vehicle conversion class, this Spring semester. Sign up at www.santarosa.edu or contact NBEAA member Peter Oliver the instructor at peter@makemineelectric.com for more information. See http://deamer.org/biofuels/blog1.html for a student's blog on last fall's class. This class has lecture and lab, and will include theory and hands-on work on several electric vehicles, including the $25K NBEAA/SRJC AAA Greenlight Initiative grant vehicle, described at www.nbeaa.org/osev. SOLAR LIVING INSTITUTE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BASICS CLASS JANUARY 31 NOW ACCEPTING STUDENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Solar Living Institute is offering EV101, Electric Vehicle Basics, on January 31, 2009 from 9 am to 5 pm at the Green Building Exchange in South San Francisco. Course topics include: -The pros & cons of different types of alternative vehicles - from plug-in hybrids to fuel cell to solar powered vehicles. -How to compare EVs in terms of cost, performance, and environmental impact. -Overview of building EVs from scratch and converting conventional vehicles to EVs -How EV components work including motors, controllers, batteries & chargers. For more information and to register visit www.solarliving.org or call 707-472-2450.