Dang - I've probably been within a few hundred yards of an EV1 and never even knew it. Skip your first week of classes and go research this ;-) [kidding!!]
Welcome to Massachusetts... and look out for Boston drivers. Did you bring your truck with you? Obviously you need to settle in and deal with being a student, but I hope you succeed in your mission to get an EV group going on campus. Actually there is a high school senior in NY that I'd love to have talk to you, but I never got his e-mail (Abe - are you lurking???) WPI is within a mile or so of Tony who hosts monthly NE EAA chapter meetings (and who kindly provides travelers like me with electrons). 40-50 miles to the west is Karen's Pioneer Valley EAA chapter that also meets monthly, and 40-50 miles to the east is me. And apparently a new 50amp outlet is now halfway between for charging. Near me is Tufts U, which briefly had an EV club. Last I heard the cars were mothballed... who knows, they might give 'em to WPI if you formed an active club?? Then again, if you have an EV1 you don't want half-baked scratch-built contraptions. And congratulations for taking it in stride when people ask you about the generator on the wheels and windmill on the roof ideas... even though folks on this list have assured me it is common behavior, it still weirds me out when people ask. Time to do the homework. Seth Murray wrote: > Hi Chris - > > Will do! It will probably be a while before I can find out > anything at all, classes start tomorrow and I imagine I'll be fairly > busy. I am coming out to Woodburn on the long weekend too - can't wait > to meet everyone! > > -Seth > > On Wednesday, August 21, 2002, at 01:44 PM, Chris Tromley wrote: > > > Seth Murray wrote: > > > >> On a fairly unrelated note, I am just starting college > >> at Worcester > >> PolyTech here in Massachusetts. I have been poking around, trying to > >> start an EV club or organization or something. Turns out > >> that GM gave > >> the school an EV1, but they just garaged it and nobody knows where it > >> is! I am going to ask around in the ECE department and see if I can > >> find the thing. At the very least someone should be driving > >> it! Seems > >> a crying shame to just have it sitting somewhere with no one > >> caring for > >> it =( _________ Jim Coate 1992 Chevy S-10 1970s Elec-Trak E20 http://www.eeevee.com
