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I too was where you are now (as an EV newbie) back in the early 1990's when I began my exploration of EVs in an effort to become knowledgeable enough to get my hands on what EV would fit my needs, with the end goal of using it to help/promote the EV-cause. As you have seen, there are pioneers (EVangels) that have come before (even before the ones you listed), that many will not know of their good EV deeds, unless your idea (and I hope your efforts using your genealogy experience/skills) to document these heroes, so that what they have done is shared. In human history, the sharing of the knowledge (successes and its failures) is what has let us grow/evolve/improve over time). So, how does one go about this? Your post is a beginning (putting/sharing the idea out there), but as you asked at its end, having more people to help with this would be a good thing to do (is there interest with the idea?). Way back at its beginning, as the Internet grew and developed, new ideas were implemented. Some like Wikipedia took root, but it has grown to be used in many more ways that originally thought. Since all its pages are easily found by the search engines (a huge advantage for sharing knowledge), I suggest an EV pioneers Wikipedia entry (page) be created (and maintained). To bone-up/gain more knowledge quickly, I did some searches relative to EV pioneer: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=EV+pioneers https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=electric+vehicle+pioneers https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=electric+car+pioneers https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=wikipedia+electric+car+pioneers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Automotive_pioneers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beaumont What this (briefly) showed me, is who you consider are 'EV pioneers' should be more defined, as there are individual pioneer pages on Wiki, main Wiki pages (on that topic) referencing to those individual's pages, and links on related Wiki pages referencing to the main Wiki page (I am defining the format of what pages, their purpose, and how easily people/search-engines will find them). Bob-B's page was about him, and not the EV pioneer (Wiki) page you mentioned that would have him mentioned with a link to his Wiki page. Bob's Wiki page is a good format/template to draw from to build an individual's Wiki page (perhaps if they have done enough to warrant that effort?). The Automotive pioneers Wiki page (above URL) lists a whole lot of people (all links to their own individual pages) without any description as to who & where they are, nor their time reference. That list is sorted alphabetically. Personally, I do not think alphabetically is a good way as it seems too sterile/lacking. Perhaps a Wiki EV pioneer page listing individuals sorted by their EV-active begin dates (what year they began their EV-efforts). Their individual pages will have all their detail, so the main EV pioneers Wiki page would just list them, (sorted by the year they began). The beauty of Wiki, is once a page has been created, it begins a life of its own, with the people contributing (you let others do much of the work) to its detail/usefulness. So, I suggest you create an EV pioneers Wiki page (listing individual pioneers), let others know of that page (perhaps in all the different plugin forums) suggesting they contribute knowledge to it, and that individual's Wiki page, etc. At some point once created, your efforts become reduced to just maintenance/overseeing major changes, etc. (that way you do not have to dedicate your life to your idea, etc.). Note: on each of the EV pioneers pages (both the main list, and the individuals), some key words like: pioneer, electric, vehicle, car, automobile ... should be in them so the search engines will find them easier. There are many people doing good EV deeds around the world, some will never be known of. But perhaps those that have enough people that know of what good EV deeds they have done will step-up and make the effort to share the knowledge of them. As you said, the time to begin this process is now, as we all are part of an aging (a life on is a timeline), and it is all to easy to lose detail on these EV pioneers ... 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