In the past, Earth day has been a great opportunity to show off DIY Electric Cars. For 18 years I hosted an Event in my home town on Earth Day, Fort Pierce Electric Car Rally. Since moving to the Gulf Coast of Florida we have been going to other Earth Day Events in Tampa and St. Petersburg. Since we are on their mailing list, the organizers, once again, sent us an email telling about their event and inviting us to come. Upon responding to their email about bringing our conversion, ( As we have the last 3 years), we were told that we were welcomed to come, but not to bring any DIY vehicle because this year they want to concentrate on OEM Vehicles only.
I believe, one of the purposes of DIYs was to show people what the car companies could do, with the idea that if people demanded Electric Vehicle, they would build them, and they did. We seem to be entering the next part of the cycle. "why would I build an EV when I can buy a USED OEM EV for less than what it costs to make". "why would I build a car with only a 50 mile range".? "why can't DIY's charge as fast as the Tesla"? The opportunities have never been better for DIY people. The parts seem to be cheaper and there is an abundance of USED parts on the market. That said, interest in doing conversions is at an all time low I believe. This list was originally created to HELP people with their conversions, sharing information on how to tackle problems of converting a GAS car to Electric. I see very little on this list any more about anyone doing a conversion. Most of what is on the list is about the new cars coming out and public charging of OEM cars. I think at this point we can look back and say, The best time for DIY's was around 2005 to 2008? The change that we have tried to initiate is now trying to eradicate its originator. -- Steve Clunn Merging the best of the past with the best of the future. www.Greenshedconversions.com _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
