Ventura County paves smoother road for EVs http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/feb/09/ventura-county-paves-smoother-road-for-electric/ [image] Ventura County paves smoother road for electric vehicles By Teresa Rochester Feb 9 2013
[image / Richard Quinn http://media.vcstar.com/media/img/photos/2013/02/09/557508_t607.JPG Russell Sydney uses a variety of electric vehicles. He has a 2008 E-Runner, an electric scooter made in China; and a 2012 Chevrolet Volt. He’s also converting a 1998 Harley-Davidson Sportster to electric. http://media.vcstar.com/media/img/photos/2013/02/09/28569_t607.JPG Sydney employs a charger adapter to use a household current to charge his Chevrolet Volt when he parks it in his garage. http://media.vcstar.com/media/img/photos/2013/02/09/296053_t607.JPG Russell Sydney is in the process of using this large battery pack to convert a 1998 Harley-Davidson Sportster into an electric vehicle. ] Russell Sydney’s first electric vehicle was a scooter he used to zip around Santa Monica, propelled by a desire to ditch reliance on oil. A decade later, the founder of the Sustainable Transportation Club is still an electric vehicle advocate. The Santa Paula man owns three electric vehicles and is converting another vehicle from gasoline to electric. As a member of a close-knit community, Sydney has watched the ranks of electric vehicle owners grow over the past year as more carmakers roll out electric and electric hybrid models. He welcomes the change. The infrastructure to serve those vehicles also is increasing. There are about 60 public electric vehicle charging stations in Ventura County, stretching from the Ojai Park & Ride to the Hillcrest Center in Thousand Oaks. There are nominal to no fees at various charging locations, such as 50 cents per hour in Ventura and free in Thousand Oaks. [© Scripps Interactive Newspapers] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: "Aguara", first electric vehicle manufactured in Paraguay EVLN: Siemens pushing their International EV charging standard choice EVLN: Green Automotive buys UK's GoinGreen nEV selling machine EVLN: Electric 'Hot Tub' Boat Brings Party Offshore EVLN: Oxford University's low-cost auto-drive Leaf EV + EVLN: Formula E set to bring electric racing to the streets {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-1998-Harley-Davidson-Sportster-electric-conversion-tp4661329.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
