More great things happening in S. FL! You go, South FL EVAA! Fran from N. Florida. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Whalen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Colleen Tagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John Melohn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Roy Coley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Brent Cranney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Florida EAA" <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [FLEAA] 240V charging in Key West?
> John, Colleen, Julio, TJ, and Karen, > > Thank you all so much for all the help and communications back and forth > through your large circle of colleagues there in the Keys to find me an > opportunity for 208-240V charging in Key West! And thanks especially to > John Melohn at FKAA in Key West for the offer! I will give you a call > this > afternoon, John. > > The planning and logistics for this trip in my Toyota RAV4-EV electric car > have taken longer than I thought and pushed back my timetable a bit. > Rather > than trying to make it all the way down to Key West on Thursday > (tomorrow!, > while here I am today still in Delray Beach as I write this, so no way > possible at this stage anyway) and then have to rush back to Marathon for > the GLEE Expo, I have decided to drive down to Key West after the GLEE > Expo > on Sunday, and spend Monday and maybe Tuesday down there in Key West, and > just be more relaxed and leisurely about the whole thing. ... You know, > sort of kick back, island style, and be on island time. :-) At least > make > it a "working vacation". I am basically now expanding this trip into an > entire length of the Keys sort of promotional awareness tour for electric > cars. Not that Key West is unfamiliar with electric cars, there being > tons > of them there, but of course I'm referring to highway-capable electric > cars > here like my Toyota RAV4-EV. And not that there's anything wrong or > inferior with NEVs like all those found in Key West either. They are > terrific for their intended application and serve a very useful and > valuable > purpose in those locations. It's actually great that Key West is already > such an EV-knowledgeable and EV-friendly place, so I would expect a > welcome > reception and interest there in my electric car. > > My mission for my entire length of the Keys trip in my RAV4-EV, as the > Charging Director for the Florida EAA, is to try to find 30-50A 208-240V > outlets which could serve as charging opportunities for our members to be > able to drive the entire length of the Keys in their electric cars, many > of > which have only a 40 mile range at highway speeds (due to being powered by > lead-acid batteries). We are extremely grateful to the FKAA for their > generous hospitality they have extended to us to charge at their workshop > in > Marathon last year and again this year, and now apparently in Key West as > well, which I will follow up on today, and also to TJ Patterson of Keys > Electric Coop for all of his assistance and coordination in facilitating > that opportunity for us with the FKAA as well as setting up temporary > charging facilities for us at Marathon High School for the GLEE Expo. > Many > thanks also to Karen Beal for finding us another charging location on Key > Largo at the firehouse at MM99. > > The last few days I have been online researching hotels throughout the > Keys > where I will stay and also a number of marinas where I plan to ask about > the > possibility of charging using their 30-50A 240V shore power outlets. At > least one of our members who had planned to drive his electric car to the > GLEE Expo this year (and actually has a house on Key Largo) ended up not > being able to make it because we could not find him anyplace to charge in > Islamorada, which he would have needed to make it from Key Largo to > Marathon, as his car has a 40 mile range at 45-55 mph. Basically what I > need to do is to find us charging locations in Islamorada and also > somewhere > in the Big Pine Key to Summerland Key area, to add to those charging > locations we've already got in Key Largo, Marathon, and now hopefully also > Key West, in order to complete a charging network throughout the entire > length of the Keys that will allow even our members with lead-acid powered > electric cars to drive all the way to Key West and back. > > With gas prices now averaging $3.80 and expected to reach $4.20 this > summer, > and with oil over $120, and on last night's news (ABC World News) forecast > to go as high as $200 a barrel this year (which would portend $6-7 > gasoline), I think this is a very opportune time for me to be making this > electric car promotional awareness tour and charging location search > mission > through the entire Keys in conjunction with the GLEE Expo. I am fortunate > to have a wonderful, well engineered, production electric car with a > 130-mile range, powered by advanced chemistry Nickel Metal Hydride > batteries. That gives me the luxury of being able to drive from Key Largo > to Marathon, and from Marathon to Key West, respectively, on single > charges > and still have plenty of extra range to detour off the Overseas Highway > along the way and drive around in places like Islamorada, Big Pine Key, > and > Summerland Key to look for marinas and such. > > I would just like to thank and congratulate all of you associated with the > Keys GLEE Expo -- including Karen Beal, the Alt. Trans. coordinator, TJ > Patterson of Keys Electric Coop, Colleen Tagle and John Melohn of FKAA, > and > Julio Barroso of Keys Energy Services -- for all of your excellent work > and > collaboration with everything you're doing to promote green and > sustainable > living throughout the Keys!!! You have definitely put the Florida Keys on > the map as the most progressive part of the state and have set an example > of > environmental leadership and stewardship that is a model for the entire > state and are the envy of the entire state of Florida in that regard!!! > > And as part of that effort, thanks again for everything you're doing to > help > us in the Florida EAA promote awareness of highway-capable electric cars > in > the Keys! I look forward to seeing you in the next few days. > > Best regards, > > Charles Whalen > Charging Director > Florida Electric Auto Association (www.floridaeaa.org) > Delray Beach, FL > tel: 561-638-6881 > cell: 561-251-2387 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Colleen Tagle > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; John Melohn > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Brent Cranney ; Roy Coley > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:34 AM > Subject: Re: HELP! > > Great news, guys! Our Ops manager John Melohn is happy to help. Please > have > our visitor call him directly at 13057472625 to discuss the details. > > Thanks and see you at the Expo! > > Colleen > 747.0466. > > > ------Original Message------ > From: TJ Patterson > To: Julio Barroso > Cc: Charles Whalen > Cc: Karen Beal > Cc: Colleen Tagle > ReplyTo: TJ Patterson > Sent: May 6, 2008 8:55 AM > Subject: HELP! > > Colleen, > > HELP! Can you see if there is an outlet at FKAA in KW for us? > > Thanks, > > TJ > > > Barroso, Julio wrote: > > Not sure of anyone off hand...let me know look in to it and let you > know. > > Did you check with Colleen Tagle at FKAA to see if they have > something in Key West? > > Julio J. Barroso > Communications / Marketing Coordinator > Keys Energy Services > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (305) 295-1023 & FAX: (305) 295-1005 > 1001 James Street, Key West, FL 33040 > > P Please consider the environment before printing this email > > > -----Original Message----- > From: TJ Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:34 AM > To: Charles Whalen > Cc: Karen Beal; Barroso, Julio > Subject: Re: 1) my EV status update; 2) tentative itinerary; 3) > 240V > charging in Key West? > > Charles, > > Give Julio Barroso a call at Keys Energy at 305-295-1000 and see if > he can find somebody for you. They may have something at their > office, I'm not sure. He knows a lot of people, though and could > probably find something. FKAA probably as a welding shop down > there as well and you could probably use it. > > TJ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Whalen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Karen Beal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 4:25 PM > Subject: 1) my EV status update; 2) tentative itinerary; 3) 240V charging > in > Key West? > > Karen (and TJ), > > Just wanted to give you an update on my vehicle status for what I'll be > bringing down to GLEE and also my tentative itinerary. > > I tried but have been unable to repair my Vectrix electric motorcycle and > get it in an operative, functional state. So I am driving down there once > again this year in one of my Toyota RAV4-EVs (same as I did last year). > > I will definitely be there for the media session on Friday afternoon. > > Right now, depending on what I can accomplish and get done here in the > next > day and a half, my plans are to drive down there either on Wednesday or > Thursday. (Last year I drove down on Thursday.) I haven't made my hotel > reservations yet and will wait 'til tomorrow to do so, when I will make my > decision about whether I'm coming down on Wednesday or Thursday. Either > way, I am planning to stay at BackFin Resort where I stayed last year, > mostly because they've got a marina there, where I am going to try to > charge > my car. Last year I didn't have a plug adaptor for their 240-Volt marine > type outlets, but this year I do, so I am going to try to charge there. > If > I'm unsuccessful in charging there, then I'll go over to the Keys Aqueduct > Authority workshop and charge there, where we charged last year. (That > would be on either Wednesday or Thursday, depending on which day I drive > down there.) > > If I come down on Wednesday, as I'm hoping to do, I'd like to take the day > on Thursday to drive down to Key West and back to try to get us a 240 Volt > charging location down there. (I would actually need a 240V charge down > there in Key West in order to make it back up to Marathon.) Do either you > or TJ or anyone else you guys know involved in the Keys GLEE organization > know of any accessible outdoor 30-50A 208-240V outlets down there in Key > West which the property owners or business proprietors might be willing to > make available to us and host a charging location for us there? > > Thanks & best regards, > > Charles Whalen > Charging Director > Florida Electric Auto Association (www.floridaeaa.org) > Delray Beach, FL > tel: 561-638-6881 > cell: 561-251-2387 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.floridaeaa.org > _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
