October 12, 2024

Following our National Drive Electric Week last Saturday, we had a less structured meeting focusing more on conversation.

Here are some topics we discussed:

  • Juicebox repair and support.
  • Charging adapters for CCS to J3400. Tesla made for Ultium, Electron made for Bolts. Chevrolet link mentions needing to use an app for ordering.
  • Electricity Maps for emissions by area.
  • Strategies for heat pump water heaters (timing for solar).
  • Replace wires with carbon fiber wires with temperature sensors (or wireless modules on existing wires) for electricity transmission lines.
  • Meeting at Tesla. Service center in Santa Rosa now.
  • Wraps on cars with varying color and visual properties.
  • Heat reflective paint. Impact of mining for barium. 
  • Headlight brightness and height. Large trucks/SUVs with lights very high.
  • Tesla’s We, Robot event. Optimus bots. How autonomous they may have been. 
  • Autonomous vehicles.
  • Talk about having a green program at school(s).
  • NBEAA found via Facebook.
  • Talking a bit about electric boating from the June meeting.
  • BYD building own fleet for vehicle transportation.