I say "Enthusiastic Yes!" to the proposal. I came to the EVDL in 1999 for help to get a driveable electric pick up on stage for a show. While doing that (successfully thanks to EVDL folks) I decided that I wanted to build a daily driver for my commute. I'm still driving electric conversions now, and I still come with questions from time to time. As I said to the reporter who did the story on my EV's in 2003, "I'm not an engineer, I'm not even a very good mechanic, but I can do this, and the automakes say they can't?" The help of the engineers and experienced converters and long-time EV pioneers are the only reason that I can do this, and I am grateful! Michael B
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:11 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV < [email protected]> wrote: > I suppose I'm opening one of those proverbial cans of worms, but I'd like > to > (sort of gingerly) see if y'all think a charter change might be in order. > > We're still using the one we started with in 1991. We're talking 23 years! > In that time, the EVDL has changed focus a bit. > > For one thing, we've become more of an EV hobbyist resource. I think we > need to acknowlege that. > > We've had some lengthy online debates and discussions about what we should > be. We've even taken votes on it - for example, the one to limit > discussion > of hydrogen and FCVs something close to 20 years ago. I think we also > voted > to not discuss over-unity machines and other stuff that seems to violate > the > laws of physics. > > But we still have the same charter. > > So I put on my thinking cap, and came up with some ideas. > > As I see it, our charter shouldn't be a kitchen-sink document. That is, it > shouldn't try to be an exhaustive list of absolutely everything we do and > don't want to be. It shouldn't specify every little thing that we want to > discuss and all those that we don't. It should be general enough to keep > the list open, but specific enough to keep it focused some. (How's that > for > a chore?) > > It should be nice and short and simple and clear. > > Here is our current charter: > > ===== > > The EV (Electric Vehicle) Discussion Mailing List is intended to provide a > forum to discuss the current state of the art and future direction of > electric vehicles. It is not intended to discuss either EV appropriateness > or comparisons with other transportation primary drive modes such as the > venerable internal combustion engine. Those discussions are best relegated > to the appropriate usenet newsgroup. > > An electric vehicle is any vehicle which uses an electric motor as the > primary or sole motive force. The energy storage device used to drive said > motor can use any technology including, but not limited to, solar electric, > electric battery, fuel cell, internal combustion engine coupled with a > electric generator (hybrids), or any combination of these. > > Production electric vehicles are currently available. Internal combustion > engine vehicles can be converted to electric power. A number of companies > perform this conversion. A number of manufacturers provide equipment and > components allowing you to "do it yourself." > > ===== > > And here is my first try at a new one. I'm not wedded to this by any > means, > it's just an attempt to describe what we are at the core. > > ===== > > The EVDL (Electric Vehicle Email Discussion List) exists for two main > purposes: > > 1, To provide a forum for discussing the current state of the art and > future > direction of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). > > 2. To support and assist those who have BEVs; or are considering buying, > leasing, or building them. > > The EVDL is not intended to discuss either BEV general appropriateness, or > comparisons with other vehicles using combustion engines. > > A battery electric vehicle (BEV) is any vehicle which uses an electric > motor > as its primary or sole motive force, and a rechargeable battery to store > externally-supplied electrical energy. > > ===== > > What do y'all think? You're welcome to reply either on list or off. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/20141122/14beec15/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)
