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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

National Drive Electric Week debut Last month, Steiner displayed a Waverley at Hoosier EVA’s Carmel, Indiana 2021 National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) event, held early for site availability reasons. It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

National Drive Electric Week debut Last month, Steiner displayed a Waverley at Hoosier EVA’s Carmel, Indiana 2021 National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) event, held early for site availability reasons. It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golf carts, sofas and barstools. We'll also be taking Burning Man art projects off petroleum generators by switching them to solar electricity.

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"Spirit" and the First EVer in the World Plug-in Parade in Santa Monica, California - 17 January 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

I think Ed Kjaer, head of electric transportation for Southern California Edison, had the best quote at the podium saying that nobody should think EVs are just golf carts or that the technology isn’t ready: “It is so ready. All 74 vehicles that had signed up for the 2-mile parade through downtown Santa Monica showed up.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

Fifty years ago, there were no EVs available commercially. I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golf cart motor,” he explained. “I When folks would find out the car had a 40-mile range, that was the end of discussion. Most of us just did our own conversions. Air Force Academy. “We

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. Tax credit incentives are also available to consumers in the U.S. There are choices for 110 volt versus 220 volt, slow versus quick charges, and solar options. market b y the end of 2009.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Many of the first Prius hybrids that were released are still running strong on their NiMH batteries after 100,000+ miles. If you charge with solar, is way less. But it would have made EV’s better for 10 yrs until now had they been available. We need to stop BURNING fuel in our cars. — jerryd 7.

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