Hi Michael and All,
But what would we have afterward, an
expensive to run EV with little cash value. If you could
put it in shuttle service somewhere, short distances, full
load, it might earn it's keep daily, but battery costs/mile
whether used or not will eat you up as will the charging
bill/mile if you got it cheap/scrap price. Another is as a
commuting van where it takes 8 people to work each day
including the driver, 10-20 miles depending on what it's
range it, back home afterward, it could pay it's way.
Now if you could get a grant for the costs
plus running costs and we could give it to a good org that
can use it every day to lower their fuel costs and we could
maintain it with the second one for backup parts, could
work. But that should be in hand before buying them.
For the same money we could build 2
lighter, more practical, eff, cost effective EV's, which
would get used and be worth much more than we had in them.
Civic's, VW's, MR2, ect or members EV's would be better EV's
to build and be a better teaching aid to our members as it
would be something more like they want to do.
BTW The new Fed energy bill compromise has
a $2500 credit for converting to an alt fueled engine but it
hopefully won't get passed because it mostly corporate
welfare. Hopefully they'll make a better bill with the
conversion credit still in it.
Jerry Dycus
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From: "Michael Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [FLEAA] EFFORT TO SAVE USF VANS
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:54:51 -0400x>Lets preserve these
vans and not let them go to the scrap
>yard. Bill Young has suggested we get these vans together
>and get them somewhere everyone can see them. If anyone
>could contribute a small amount to buy these vans from the
>current owners we could get them at a decent price. If
>everyone puts our money together we could save the vans and
>at least restore the body of them. I would gladly donate
>my time to getting them back on the road but if we could at
>least get them out of the elements at least it is a step in
>the right direction.
>
>There are places that have classic cars for show and sale.
>What about a similar place dedicated to electric vehicles?
>
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