Previous Meetings

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:

September 14, 2024

In our September 2024 meeting, discussed next month’s October 5th National Drive Electric Week Event (NDEW) with Sonoma Clean Power (SCP). We also learned that the Palmerlees have fixed the Community Market Santa Rosa charger!

Presentation: Vehicle-to-Everything, Everywhere, All at Once… Just Not Yet — Amy Costadone and Kristin Landry, PG&E.

August 10, 2024

In our August 2024 meeting, we met later and had a picnic at Bernie Dahlen’s house. We discussed bipartisan EV support and upcoming events.

Presentation: Investing Strategies — Sonja Cary

July 13, 2024

In our July 2024 meeting, we discussed recent recent road trips, upcoming events, and electric boats in politics.

 

Presentation: Suitability of using hydrogen for personal transportation — Dominic Houlemard

June 08, 2024

In our June 2024 meeting, we discussed recent GM vehicles, and solar powered charging.

Presentation: Boat Electrification — Dominic Houlemard

May 11, 2024

In our May 2024 meeting, we discussed Earth Day event experiences, and recent Tesla developments.

Presentations: Mike Pane from Synergy Solar and Tyson Berg from Greentech Renewables presenting the latest home battery storage and rooftop solar technologies.

April 13, 2024

In our April 2024 meeting, we discussed upcoming the Earth Day activities, a number of newsworthy items, caught up with recent news, and trends on electric vehicle development. Our presenter, Woody Hastings, took us through some of the proposed California legislation that impacts Electric Vehicles and transportation.

March 09, 2024

In our March 2024, we discussed upcoming Earth Day events, caught up with recent news and trends on electric vehicle development, the first non-Tesla rollout of NACS access, and quick updated on Tesla’s FSD Beta v12. We also voted on leadership roles for April.

February 10, 2024

In our February 2024, we heard from Keysight Technologies about their work and perspective around electric vehicles. We also discussed changing leadership roles for April.

Presentation: Keysight E-Mobility Test Solutions — Dr. Mark Pierpoint

January 13, 2024

In our January 2024, we met at Platinum Chevrolet in Santa Rosa! We discussed changes to the federal EV tax credit, the release of the SAE J3400 charging standard (NACS) and get a local dealership perspective on electric vehicles.

Presentation: Discussion and Q&A — Scott Daniels