September 2011

On Friday, after a long day of technical sessions, EVCCON attendees turned outside to nice weather and a bit of a play day. We had a weigh station where attendees could get the weight and distribution of their cars, a drag race, and an autocross. To spice it up, EVTV had offered a purse of […]

Christopher Fisher has created a private forum on LinkedIn for EVCCON attendees to stay in touch. I kind of like this service as everyone has a photograph next to their posts and I’ll e able to connect the face and name. No little kid “handles” and stuff on LinkedIn. More of a professional service. EVCCON

Jack Rickard and George Hamstra at EVCCON 2011. Electric cars rolling out of 100,000 garages across the land. Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way…. I LOVED this photo…. Thanks George… http://EVTV.me

The Electric Vehicle Conversion Convention is mostly over. Actually about 16 showed up at the house for Sunday dinner and we’ve had three or four linger till midweek – the convention that just won’t end. I’m drained and recovering. We have a TON of video and photos – actually it has me a bit overwhelmed.

Jacob Mcclelland of local NPR affiliate KRCU has kind of broken into the national story team at National Public Radio with one of his first national stories – about EVTV. Aired this morning, September 21, 2011 on NPR’s Morning Edition. Our congratulations to Jacob on getting into national reporting and our appreciation for this very

A little update on the Electric Vehicle Conversion Convention. I got the program guide done and off to the printer. Hopefully it will be printed and back in time for the convention. But I thought some not coming might want to take a look and see what they’ll be missing. Enjoy. Jack http://EVTV.me

Six months ago we received a request for a quick list of parts to make a B&B Manufacturing Turnkey Minus 66 Cobra kit car into an electric drive vehicle. We responded that it wasn’t quite that easy. The components required kind of had to be worked out based on what you wanted the car to

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