To my knowledge, no, not in Florida and not at the federal level, nor are any proposed.
At the present time, just for the Prius, and only *proposed* under currently pending legislation in Congress. But would also apply to Ford Escape plug-in hybrid aftermarket conversion kits, if any such kits are put through the same government certification process that A123/Hymotion has done with their Prius kit. ... Which may well be in the works, in the case of the Escape. At least that's my understanding. Charles Whalen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FLEAA Mailing List" <[email protected]>; "Charles Whalen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [FLEAA] BROWARD COUNTY NEW CHAMBER MEMBER DISCOUNT LIPTON Are there a,y funds or rebates for conversion to full electric for other vehicles or is it just for prius? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: "Fran Sullivan-Fahs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:38:19 To:"Charles Whalen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"FLEAA Mailing List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FLEAA] BROWARD COUNTY NEW CHAMBER MEMBER DISCOUNT LIPTON Wow, Charles. I didn't know that there was that $4,000 rebate pending for conversion of Prii with the A 123. Will it be retroactive for those already converted, do you think? Fran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Whalen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Florida EAA" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [FLEAA] BROWARD COUNTY NEW CHAMBER MEMBER DISCOUNT LIPTON > Hi Joseph and all, > > There is nothing new about this. I have posted to the FLEAA on this > subject > previously about these services and parts supplies & inventory. One > important thing I have mentioned in my previous posts on this subject but > did not mention in yesterday's post, which is worth pointing out, is that > I > offer these parts and services as a FLEAA member, and in keeping with the > FLEAA's non-profit status, I do so without making any profit, without > charging any markup on the parts supplies and inventory, and without > charging anything for my time, services, and labor -- absolutely nothing! > (This is no different than, for instance, the National EAA, which offers, > through its Chairman Ron Freund's services, Avcon to 14-50 adaptor boxes, > to > EAA members at the cost of materials, with no markup added and no > compensation to Ron for his time and labor in making up these boxes.) I > spent a good deal of my time servicing and troubleshooting a problem with > one South Florida-based RAV4-EV for a FLEAA member a few weeks ago, all on > my own time and without charge. It turned out that the problem was not > with > the car but with the charger. The only immediate fix to get the car back > on > the road again for its driver was for me to sell the owner a new inductive > charger from my inventory. The owner wanted to pay me more than I had > paid > for the charger so that I could make something on it. I politely declined > his kind offer and insisted that I would only sell the charger at my cost > that I had paid for it, pointing out that I do this as a non-profit > service > for FLEAA members, and that it is not my intention to make money off of > EVers. > > Another point I would like to make is that in facilitating Prius plug-in > hybrid conversions with the government-certified A123/Hymotion kit, I > personally, the FLEAA as an organization, do not have any business or > financial relationship, investment, or interest in the companies involved > in > that business. I/we simply provide information and referral services to > people in Florida who are interested in converting their Priuses to > plug-in > hybrid. The A123/Hymotion kit is the only DOT/EPA/NHTSA certified kit > that > is eligible for federal government rebates of up to $4,000, principally in > the form of federal tax credits, for individuals who convert their Priuses > to plug-in hybrids, under legislation that is currently pending in > Congress. > My understanding is that the legislation, as it has been drafted, only > provides federal tax credits to plug-in hybrid conversion kits that have > been certified by the DOT, EPA, and NHTSA, and must be installed by > certified installers. > > Charles Whalen > Florida EAA > > > Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:25:11 -0400 > From: "Joseph T. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [FLEAA] BROWARD COUNTY NEW CHAMBER MEMBER DISCOUNT LIPTON > TOYOTA] > To: "david starky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "FLEAA Mailing List" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >> I never knew the FLEAA (specifically Charles Whalen) had such supplies >> or sources for the Rav4 EV. >> >> "We have facilitated the conversion of a number of Priuses to plug-in >> hybrids using the DOT/EPA/NHTSA-certified A123/Hymotion PHEV >> kit both by individuals, including some of our Florida EAA members, >> and commercial and government fleet operators in Florida, and are >> continuing to do so." >> >> Charles, have the A123 kits been government certified yet? > > > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.floridaeaa.org > _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. 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