michael, louis and all, i read all the info from the finnish site about conversion of Corollas to electric, using a co-op to "mass" purchase the necessary parts. since we know that big auto makers know that EV development is an ultra disruptive technology for their profit model, we cannot depend on them to sincerely make steps toward mass produced EVs. but we, the people, can do that by buying together. i want to be a part of this, too! we could appeal to our nat'l eaa to try to see how many promissory purchases could be recorded, then go from there. what do you think? fran sullivan-fahs
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Louis > > That is a great idea. I have been thinking somewhat along thoselines. What > would be necessary would be to find a donor car andspecifications that many > people would like to own. As an example: Chevy S-10 65mph 50 mile range. > The > group designs the conversionspecifying the parts and methodology and then it > becomes a simple process for anyonewith the desire. I have been interested > in > alternative fuel for aboutseven years. While an electric vehicle was > initially > my first choice Iultimately did a diesel to veggie oil conversion. I would > still liketo convert a car to electric but the learning and design process > willprobably take me a year. It would be wonderful to be able to purchasea > specific vehicle and do a group conversion and have the vehicledriveable in a > few weeks. Rather than pulling my hair out trying tofigure out the multitude > of > problems, I could have a drivable car andthen spend my thinking effort > helping > to improve the initial design. > > This is a project that I would like to help and participate, > > Keep me posted ... Michael Bachrach > -------------- Original message from "Louis Ruffino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -------------- > > > > Hello Shawn, > > I the meeting today I mentioned a movement in Finland to establish a > > cooperative effort to build several hundred EV's using a bulk buy approach > > and "open source" model for conversion, to Harvey Bennett. He and I were > > thinking that this idea may be of interest to FLEAA members, and may be a > > good initiative to propose at the Battery Beach Burnout. This is a summary > > ot the Finnish effort: > > > > http://www.sahkoautot.fi/eng:ev-press1 > > > > Harvey and I envision building/converting EV's with a cooperative > > many-hands-on Workshop, using the selected components, such as mentioned in > > the Finnish example. For example, following the bulk-buy of motors, > > batteries, etc. 6-10 people would congregate at Coastl Tire and collectively > > disassemble the IC auto and assemble the EV in one day (or so). This would > > be done for multiple copies of the EV on successive weekends (or so) up to > > several hundred... > > > > The FLEAA meetings, and Battery Beach Burnout would be good venues to see if > > the idea is of interest to enough people to proceed with the coop > > organization. > > > > Any interest? > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Shawn Waggoner - FLEAA > > > wrote: > > > > > We have all the details ready for the next Battery Beach Burnout! The > > > planning team has been working very hard on getting the dates and venue > > > set. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The event will be on February 21&22, 2009 at FAU Jupiter Campus in > > > Jupiter, > > > FL where we held the 2007 BBB and conference. > > > > > > > > > > > > We have a full event information packet available for download from the > > > website here: > > > http://floridaeaa.org/uploads/PDdownloads/BBB2009_Info_Packet.pdf > > > > > > > > > > > > The main event website, with all the details and schedule, can be found > > > here: http://www.batterybeach.com > > > > > > > > > > > > We are going to need volunteers and sponsors! Also, please note that this > > > year, we are opening up the events to Hybrids and Plug-In Hybrids as well > > > as > > > EVs. We should have a huge turnout this year. > > > > > > > > > > > > If anyone has any questions, please let me know. Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > Shawn Waggoner > > > > > > FLEAA > > > > > > > > > > > > PS - please note, we are still waiting on the 2009 BBB logo, so the logo > > > up > > > there is a temporary one modified from last year. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Florida EAA mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.floridaeaa.org > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Louis V. Ruffino,P.E. > > 234 Palm Trail > > Delray Beach FL 33483-5527 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tel 561-276-6926 > > Cell 561-350-0787 > > _______________________________________________ > > Florida EAA mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.floridaeaa.org > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.floridaeaa.org _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
