Steve; Happy to hear you're supporting the Earth day events. Gateway EV will be bringing 6 to 8 cars, motorcycles to the Earth day event in Forest Park, St. Louis, next weekend. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Dennis Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 15, 2017, at 9:18 AM, "Steve Clunn via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
