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August 2010 Meeting

EVA/DC's August meeting will be held this Wednesday, 08/18 at 7 pm at White Oak Library

Why Wednesday night instead of our regular third Tuesday? Because Montgomery County has shortened its library hours to meet budget requirements. But they have later hours on Wednesdays and will allow us to maintain our 7-9:30 schedule. We have looked around, but we have yet to find another location with the same hours, convenience, size, affordability, peace and quiet, free parking with room to congregate, inspect and sometime test drive EVs, and the freedom to bring in our own pizza and refreshments.

But we must reserve our rooms well in advance, before another organization grabs them. So we have arranged to have the next three meetings (Sept., Oct., Nov.) at Chevy Chase Library. But we remain open to other meeting room suggestions.

Wednesday Night Agenda:

The latest on Nissan's Leaf, GM's Volt, [Daimler's] smart EV, Think and others.

Infrastructure: How soon will we see public charging stations in our region? Must we buy chargers from only one factory-authorized dealer? And use their installation contractor instead of our own local electricians? These are hot-button issues on the West Coast, where the first EV deliveries are taking place.

Where on Earth do we have the highest concentration of EV infrastructure fed by renewable energy? Lessons from Portugal!

Win a $20,000 EV! In case you've somehow missed this, Big100.3 FM Radio is giving away a Wheego EV, courtesy of Ted Britt Ford, at the end of August. See this link

RACING & RALLYING:

Power of DC, Part II ? Chip Gribben has the latest ..

For the first time EVer in the US, Virginia International Raceway hosted international EV motorcycle racing this past weekend, and our own John Alder was there. He will report on the TTXGP.

A Tesla factory representative is performing a solo international run and is approaching DC. Shall we party?!

On Sunday, Aug. 15th, Swiss Solar star Louis Palmer inaugurated his latest around-the-globe carbon-free tour with four solar teams, and will eventually reach Washington. Charlie will have the latest word.

Can a 400 hp EV supercar go "PanAmerican" and make it from Alaska to the southern tip of Chile? www.racinggreenendurance.com

Our own super Charlie Garlow is still racing against the clock to complete his Solar Li-Ion BugE project in time to get off some runs this year. The battery pack is coming along nicely, but costs continue to rise. See www.FunRunintheSun.com and please consider sponsoring or making a donation.

Whatever happened to the X-race?

Video: Solar Katrina - Magnetic Storm?: Could a giant solar flare reoccur and knock out power transformers over most of globe – possibly for months with terrible consequences? This is the scenario that has everyone – including members of Congress – buzzing. Some say it could happen in 2012. Yet it may be preventable . . .

Please don't prevent yourself from enjoying Papa John's pizza, refreshments, light humor and camaraderie this Wednesday, August 18th, 7 pm at White Oak Library.

Regards,

Dave Goldstein, EVA/DC President
Charlie Garlow, Vice President, Program Chair and FunRunner
Bryan Murtha, Treasurer, intrepid EV driver and Solar Guru ;O)
LeRoy Hall, Secretary and EVA/DC founding member
Chip Gribben, Webmaster, Power of DC Chair and NEDRA representative.
Rob Neighbour, DL Admin and owner of one of the cleanest RAV4-EVs on the planet
Dave Davidson, MD Infrastructure Representative
Russ Beyer – VA Project Get Ready Infrastructure Representative
and a cast of dozens of unsung heroes

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