Yup that's the group's meeting I want to attend. -- charles
On Jun 5, 2013, at 10:04 AM, robert winfield <[email protected]> wrote: > EVADC.org has several members with Tesla's (and Leafs and Th1nk's and > conversions and ford ranger EV's andRav4EV's) > > --- On Tue, 6/4/13, Charles Galpin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Charles Galpin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road! > To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 10:39 PM > > > Hey I live in NOVA too! Someone in my neighborhood (South Riding) has one but > I only saw it once and they were leaving not arriving so didn't try stalk > them :) > > Do you guys go to any local EV meetups? I have been meaning to get to one > but… > > charles > > On Jun 4, 2013, at 7:20 PM, SteveS wrote: > >> I live in Northern VA and saw my first 'S" last Friday - maybe the same one! >> If I had a windfall that would be high on my list. >> >> -SteveS >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of L. Chris Hager >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 1:25 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road! >>> >>> >>> Was running north of DC on the Baltimore-Washington Pkwy on Sunday. I saw >>> him in my mirror; he followed me, then took the left lane and went by and >>> off ahead. Sweet-- and most impressive. If I were ever to pay more than >>> $6500 for a car, it would be high on my list. I've seen only one Tesla >>> roadster on the road around here, almost 3 years ago-- we're thin on >>> electrics here in the nation's capital. I've started doing my bit: just >>> bought a e-converted 1958 Berkeley, without batteries. Berks are the >>> lightest, smallest 2-seat sports car ever made, in England, '56 to '60. >>> They had the advantage of weighing only 680 pounds, dry and without the >>> driver's weight, so under 900 on the road. This one was converted for >>> e-racing, and did well, before it had a controller malfunction and blitzed >>> the betteries, which I think were nicads. lt's been sitting for 5 or so >>> years, near Boston. A friend there, ean electrical engineer and car buff, >>> are hoping to have > it >>> running by fall, and will ship or haul it to my Virginia location after >>> he's had some fun in it. Already I'm soliciting advice: it has a 144v >>> controler and motor, both Solectrica (sp?) I think. The car's so small that >>> the batteries are going to have to be low ampere-hour units just to pack >>> into the space available (it's 10 ft, 2 in long, 52 in wide, and not high >>> at all-- haven't measured. Will likely go w/ lithium, Thundersky or >>> equivalent, but that's why I'm posting-- all opinions here will find me >>> open-minded. Remember, the car without its orig motor and gas tank are >>> around 550 lb, and it's pretty aerodynamic (see the Berkeley Enthusiasts >>> Club- BEC- website). Lowest price will be attractive, unless something elst >>> has real advantages and not too much higher price. Opinions?? Thx -Chris, >>> in Falls Church, VA > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130605/83bd7a7a/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
