Here is a <snip> from an email I sent to Jerry Asher:
<snip> We had one of the old USF EV converted GMC cargo vans over to the meeting to go over. My impression is the "owners" seem to think they have hit a "gold mine" and won't part with them cheap. From what I could get from their "on site representative" is they paid like $100 each for two or three of them. The Impression I got is "they" think they are worth $10,000 or more. They had an offer from us of $1000 each so we could restore them as a club project, they said no. Oh well. </snip> I'm going to Contact Mike Clark about the domain name. I have a free server the group can use for now. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremiah Johnson Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:54 AM To: FLEAA Mailing List Subject: Re: [FLEAA] west coast and south west coast chapter news Have you reserved a url for the new club name? Something like suncoasteva.com or even suncoasteva.org (probably both would be good.) When I make websites I usually go through http://hostfor2bucks.com/ , there is a $5 setup fee so the first year is $29, but every year after that it is only $24. I'm not affiliated with them, just trying to help save the club money. You can buy extra bandwidth for a one time fee. As for the vans. Who owns them? Is it possible to purchase them? I mean, it sounds like the batteries, controller, and charger needs replacing, but that would be easier then a full from scratch conversion for someone. I would be interested in getting one and purchasing the components needed to get it running again. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Michael Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Happy to see a few new faces at the meeting Saturday. For those that missed it heres a few things that went on. The USF Van was dead, sorry to say. Jim Parish noticed the charger was missing parts, the motor controller was a mess, and the battery pack was dry and most likely dead. The batteries could take a charge but wouldnt hold much capacity. This is a crying shame that so much money and time went into the van and it had to end up this way. We have heard of more EVs at other universities that are going to go the same way. They are all sitting out in the elements destined to become scrap. Ill try to get some names and addresses of those in charge of the EVs and ask if we can help in keeping these EVs alive. Jim's Prius was there and he had some great ideas of turning battery chargers into a type of BMS and or range extender for the Prius. We decided that we will be an official sub chapter of FLEAA for the west coast. But instead of being the West Coast Chapter, we decided to be named the Suncoast EVA. I would like to thank all of you for allowing me, Michael Clark, to be the regional director. As time goes on I hope to be able to do what we did in Sarasota and meet with more city and county commissioners and get them to at least join the plug in partners, http://www.pluginpartners.org/. This is an exciting time for EVs. As we hold more meetings and get more members the word will spread that electric cars are not a dream, but a reality. The South West Coast Chapter of FLEAA will be meeting August 16th at the Fruitville Road Library in Sarasota. John Batchelder PE is putting together an agenda for the August 16th meeting at the Fruitville Road Public Library (10:00 am). John has reserved a meeting room that can seat 80 people in air conditioned comfort. This room also has a full kitchen. For those of you arriving via I-75, The Library is about 3/4ths of a mile east of the Fruitville Road Exit (# 210) on the South side of Fruitville. The entrance to the parking lot is from Cobern Road. John would like to hear from Anyone that has some EV ideas and interest for this meeting. John will contact Steve Walters (owner) of Alternative Auto of Sarasota to see about recharging any EVs at Steve's shop (which is about a mile away from the library). There is space at the East end of the parking lot to showcase our EVs. _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org <http://www.floridaeaa.org/>
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