Multi-Contact USA contracted with Sine Electric of Santa Rosa for a battery grid-intertied solar installation. The installation provides a number of benefits. One benefit is to improve the power reliability: when a grid power outage occurs, Multi-Contact's own installation provides power from the batteries, and if available, from the PV array.
The NBEAA chapter formed the team “Charging Forward with Electrics!” to help raise funds for the American Lung Association’s Blow the Whistle on Asthma Walk. The walk was 2.1 miles through beautiful Spring Lake Park in Santa Rosa. The chapter displayed EVs in this event alongside many other teams’ and organizations' display areas.
Digital images courtesy of American Lung Association staff.
April 13th found the NBEAA at Freeman Toyota in Santa Rosa. The main interest of most EV'ers attending this meeting was the new RAV-4 EV, which had been recently made available for sale or lease. RAV-4 EVs in years past had only been available to fleets, and not to the general public.
Our February meeting was held at Thunderstruck Motors in Santa Rosa on a damp rainy day. The North Bay Chapter held a joint meeting with the East Bay Chapter. This meeting served as a revival of sorts for the North Bay Chapter, which had had only sporadic meetings for the last year or two. We inaugurated Dr. Nick Carter as the new chapter president. Brian Hall showed us some interesting EV machinery that Thunderstruck is developing. And EVers from the two chapters got to talk and learn from each other and to have fun. All in all, it definitely made up for the rainy weather.