Hi Ira, In brief, corporate and local government fleets in Florida are planning to convert a total of about 750 Toyota Priuses to plug-in hybrid over the next year with the A123/Hymotion PHEV conversion kit (www.a123systems.com/hymotion/), for which they have applied for federal DOE Clean Cities grants. DOE final approval is expected in August. All of the conversions are being done by Foreign Affairs Auto in West Palm Beach, which is A123's authorized Florida installing dealer (www.foreignaffairsauto.com/pages/hymotion/). The conversion takes several hours. The A123/Hymotion PHEV conversion kit for the Prius has been crash tested and meets federal safety standards (NHTSA FMVSS) and has been emissions tested and meets California emissions standards for aftermarket plug-in hybrid conversions. (There do not yet exist any federal EPA emissions standards for aftermarket plug-in hybrid conversions, so California's emissions standards are what the entire country uses.)
Best regards, Charles Whalen ----- Original Message ----- From: "iRa" <[email protected]> To: "Charles Whalen" <[email protected]>; "FLEAA Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 3:01 AM Subject: Re: [FLEAA] New Fla EV laws? Hello, Would it be possible to get excerpts from Charles' "update on some of the Clean Cities activities and grants", that's going to happen today? Observing how other Florida Cities are preparing and working together on what's coming down the "pike". We are a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan, nonprofit, research and educational organization and we're doing a mini-survey on current conditions. Thanks for your time and look forward to hearing from someone. Take care, Ira Reschman Vice President Peopletech 8837 W. Patterson St. Tampa, FL 33615-2303 [email protected] http://peopletech.org ---- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Whalen" <[email protected]> To: "FLEAA Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [FLEAA] New Fla EV laws? > Hi Jerry, > > Good question. Nothing got passed this year, not for EVs nor for anything > else. The state faced a $6 billion budget shortfall that had to be > closed, > so the Legislature did not permit any new appropriations nor any new tax > breaks, no exceptions allowed. > > Having said that, we are working closely with House Majority Leader Adam > Hasner on some other possibilities, through other channels, for trying to > fund state rebates for plug-in hybrid conversions. It's early and we > still > have a ways to go, but the prospects look fairly good of having something > by > the fall. We'll keep everyone posted. > > Thanks, > > Charles Whalen > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jerryd" <[email protected]> > To: "FLEAA Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 8:37 PM > Subject: Re: [FLEAA] New Fla EV laws? > > Hi Shawn and All, > > There were proposed EV laws from EV > incentives, no sales tax, no tolls, ect. Does anyone know > what actually got passed? > > Thanks, > > Jerry Dycus > ----- Original Message Follows ----- > From: "Shawn Waggoner - FLEAA" <[email protected]> > To: "'FLEAA Mailing List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: [FLEAA] Reminder: Meeting in Boca Saturday Morning > Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:11:07 -0400 > >>Hi Everyone, >> >> >> >>Just a reminder that our monthly meeting in Boca Raton will >>be this Saturday at Coastal Tire - hope to see everyone >>there. >> >> >> >>Charles Whalen will be giving an update on some of the >>Clean Cities activities and grants. >> >> >> >>-- >>Shawn M. Waggoner >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
