Hi Steve and All,
Things are not that bad. I just sold Volt
pack modules to replace a lead pack in Tarpon Springs last week and the 404
meter you sold me, I'll need another one shortly.
In St Pete I've been asked to do a
workshop/class building one of my EV Trike Pickups for the Eco Village there
which they'll use as
needed .
Talked with the St Pete Mayor's assistant
about producing various lightweight EVs as a jobs creator along with my 63
Vette EV, El Camino and other EV projects and getting far more solar, wind by
cutting permit fees, making standards, etc. Maybe take the city off Duke and
make their own more green lower cost system.
And St Pete has a good number of chargers
for anyone downtown at least.
Going to the various car meets would get
those interested in building cars to look to build or convert EVs.
Making EVs that are not available as big
auto kind of have sedans covered, pickups, lightweight EVs and composite EVs
are some of the sellable choices.
And as I was looking around it dawned on
me I finally have everything needed to finish the FreedomEV, a 3wh, 2 in the
front 2 seat composite 150 mile lithium powered EV.
I'd promised I wouldn't buy new lead
batteries but got the cores from the lithium pack swap to get my EV trike
pickup back on the road which I did this morning. The less good ones will be
to store solar as I go offgrid.
Jerry Dycus
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On Sat, 4/15/17, Steve Clunn via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EARTH DAY 2017
To: ev@lists.evdl.org
Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017, 10:18 AM
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
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