[EVDL] EVLN: Carice Mk1 Netherlands' plastic-bodied e-Porsche-356 lookalike
http://www.worldcarfans.com/114061876926/carice-mk1-is-a-350-kg-plastic-bodied-electric-porsche
Carice Mk1 is a 350 kg plastic-bodied electric Porsche 356 lookalike from
The Netherlands
By Adrian Padeanu [Jun 18, 2014] caricecars.com , telegraaf.nl
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Carice Mk1 EV
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Weighs less than 350 kg
Unknown Dutch automaker Carice Cars has introduced the limited edition
Carice Mk1 electric vehicle.
Joining Spyker, Vencer and Donkervoort, Carice Cars is another specialty
marque from The Netherlands and their first product is a limited-run
electric vehicle called Carice Mk1. It draws its styling cues from the
classic Porsche 356 and has a body manufactured entirely from plastic.
Tipping the scales at less than 350 kg (771 lbs) including the battery pack,
the Carice Mk1 will be offered in two states of tune: 15 kW (20 PS) and 40
kW (54 PS). There will also be a Junior Version (for 16-year-old drivers)
with just 4 kW (5.4 PS).
The Carice Mk1 features a so-called backbone chassis with a central single
thick bar running the entire length of the car which incorporates the
battery pack and grants an ideal 50:50 weight distribution.
Only ten units will be made and each will carry a starting price of 26,620
EUR (including VAT) but don't expect to get a roof because there isn't one,
only a tonneau cover. For more money clients will be able to opt for a
range-extending small capacity gasoline engine and there's even a
hydrogen-powered version available. Order books will open on June 21.
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http://www.mobilemag.com/2014/06/18/carice-mk1-netherlands-350kg-plastic-porsche-356/
Meet Carice Mk1 From The Netherlands, The 350kg Plastic Lookalike Of Porsche
356 (Gallery)
Leslie Pulipa / Wednesday, June 18, 2014
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http://www.nltimes.nl/2014/06/18/new-dutch-car-brand-debuts-electric-roadster/
New Dutch car brand debuts electric roadster
[2014/06/18]
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http://www.autoevolution.com/news/porsche-356-inspired-electric-vehicle-carice-mk1-available-to-order-82818.html
Porsche 356 Inspired Electric Vehicle Carice MK1 Available to Order
by Gabriel Brindusescu 22nd June 2014
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Jun 16, 2014
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People buy electric vehicles primarily to save money
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EV parts firm Sevcon Sevcon in Gateshead.uk welcomes apprentices
18th June 2014
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[EVDL] EVLN: VW E-Golf EVs being made on Wolfsburg.de production line (video)
http://green.autoblog.com/2014/06/12/watch-the-vw-e-golf-get-made/
Watch the VW E-Golf get made
By John Beltz Snyder Jun 12th 2014
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Volkswagen e-Golf Production Wolfsburg plant
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There's Just Something Mesmerizing About Automated EV Production
If you've ever been on a tour of an automotive factory, you know how
mesmerizing it can be to see humans and robots work together to build our
four-wheeled friends. The swift automation, the cleanliness, the trained
hands deftly fitting pieces together and watchful eyes inspecting every
piece of the car, it's all quite impressive, especially if the vehicle is
one you, as an observer, are fond of. Even just seeing a fresh, gleaming
badge being applied to immaculately painted sheet metal is enough to curl
ones toes.
Such is the case with this video from of the E-Golf being pieced together in
the Volkswagen's Wolfsburg plant. There's no narration or music - just the
sounds of production - so it's easy to follow the singular motions that go
into the process without distraction, with a slight sense of actually being
on the floor. This solo video is only seven minutes long, so it's not quite
the epic that was the BMW i3 production series. Therefore, we miss a lot of
the initial build, such as pressing the sheet metal, painting, and putting
together a lot of the inner workings.
What is refreshing to see is how much of the final touches of the electric
Golf are done by hand using actual hand tools (and with typical German
efficiency). There's even a person riding a bicycle through the factory at
one point, which is common at Wolfsburg and also rather quaint.
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http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1090855_2015-volkswagen-e-golf-drive-report-first-u-s-sale-details
2015 Volkswagen e-Golf: Drive Report, First U.S. Sale Details
By John Voelcker Mar 20, 2014
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People buy electric vehicles primarily to save money
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EV parts firm Sevcon Sevcon in Gateshead.uk welcomes apprentices
18th June 2014
http://www.gizmag.com/b4-bikes-e-cruizer-test-drive/32594/
Test ride: B4 Bikes e-cruizer
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[EVDL] EVLN: DeSaulnier’s road-tax bill SB-1077 CA residents should examine
'Denver road-tax proposals'
http://fox40.com/2014/06/23/bill-would-explore-gas-tax-replacement-for-california/
Bill Would Explore Gas Tax Replacement For California
by Lonnie Wong [2014/06/23]
SACRAMENTO- A proposal for state transportation officials to examine
alternatives to California’s gas tax passed another legislative hurdle.
Sen. Mark DeSaulnier’s bill that seeks to raise more money for road repairs
and construction passed the Assembly Transportation Committee on a vote of
10 to 2.
The state’s 18 cent per gallon gas tax hasn’t been increased in 24 years.
Inflation and more gas efficient cars means there is little money to keep up
with repair demands.
“We’re $300 billion short on operations and maintenance needed for all of
transportation infrastructure just for the next six years of this decade,”
DeSaulnier said.
A controversial alternative is a tax based on mileage rather than on gallons
of gas sold. The people who are on the roads the most would pay more for
repairs. There have been mileage tax proposals at the federal level as well
because the highway transportation fund is also dwindling as cars become
more efficient and repair costs go up.
That would hurt drivers like Aili Gutierrez who is already struggling with
gas prices.
“I am driving from here to Santa Rosa, Reno, all over. I’ll be paying a lot
more,” Gutierrez said.
But a mileage based tax would capture tax money from owners of hybrid and
all electric vehicles who stack up mileage on roads without paying much to
repair them. Some people say that’s only fair.
“If I’m only driving two miles a week, why should I have to pay the same
taxes as somebody driving 200 miles a week,” driver Sabah Mayfield said.
Others factors come into play. Businesses who are on the road a lot to
deliver goods could pass on the cost to consumers. Many drivers have privacy
concerns with using GPS devices to track their mileage like the state of
Oregon is proposing.
DeSaulnier’s bill may examine other taxing options as well, like a straight
fee on hybrid and electric vehicles, increasing DMV registration fees, and
toll roads.
“I wouldn’t vote for a vehicle mileage tax right now, but we have to look at
the fact that we’re very short of the necessary revenue to keep the
infrastructure up to even modest standards,” said DeSaulnier.
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Should gas taxes rise to rebuild highways? Opinionline June 23, 2014
... The Denver Post, editorial: A tax related to vehicle miles traveled
would be the fairest way to fund highways, especially with the growth of
electric vehicles, but such proposals have bogged down over fears the system
might allow government to spy on motorists. ... Another idea that should get
serious consideration is allowing states to toll existing interstate
highways to raise revenue. Unfortunately, those and other ideas to change
the system in a way that raises revenue fairly would take time to craft and
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Re: [EVDL] winter parking brake
On 2014-06-20, at 09:44, via EV wrote: We don't use a parking brake in the winter here since the pads and shoes freeze to metal parts. As others have mentioned here, that's only a problem in changing weather. If it is consistently cold, the brake will not freeze. I say this with 18 years of ski instruction experience, parking every winter weekend. I only had my brake freeze a couple times, when I had do drive up through slush into frozen country, then park the entire weekend. A bit of popping the clutch forward and reverse freed it. The first priority for society as a whole is to drastically reduce consumption of fossil fuel energy and products derived from fossil fuels. The key action is to curtail. That means buying less, using less, wanting less and wasting less. To curtail means to cut back or to downsize. Curtail reflects the seriousness of the current situation more than the politically acceptable word conserve. -- Pat Murphy Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
[EVDL] BINGO - Local PBS Station will AIR John Metric's 165 mph RUN
Hey.. Any way to get the word out. So this little 1 minute or less segment WILL PLAY tomorrow 6/25 on PBS KUOW Seattle 94.9 - - - - KUOW RadioCalled BACK !! 94.9 FM OR on the World Wide Web The sound bite from John Metric's 165 mph run will AIR tomorrow ( 6/25 ) at aprox 12:55 as per their e-mail here below: -- - - - - Hi Steven, That's an awesome sound! We will most certainly play it. You can hear it tomorrow (6/25) at about 12:55pm. Thanks for sending it in! Amina Al-Sadi Producer- The Record on KUOW -- Steven S Lough President EMERITUS Seattle EV Association 206 524 1351 WEB: www.seattleeva.org -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140624/eeb32445/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] BINGO - Local PBS Station will AIR John Metric's 165 mph RUN
Post the link again, and I will post tweets on my Twitter accounts. Presumably others can do the similar things on social media. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Steven Lough via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Hey.. Any way to get the word out. So this little 1 minute or less segment WILL PLAY tomorrow 6/25 on PBS KUOW Seattle 94.9 - - - - KUOW RadioCalled BACK !! 94.9 FM OR on the World Wide Web The sound bite from John Metric's 165 mph run will AIR tomorrow ( 6/25 ) at aprox 12:55 as per their e-mail here below: -- - - - - Hi Steven, That's an awesome sound! We will most certainly play it. You can hear it tomorrow (6/25) at about 12:55pm. Thanks for sending it in! Amina Al-Sadi Producer- The Record on KUOW -- Steven S Lough President EMERITUS Seattle EV Association 206 524 1351 WEB: www.seattleeva.org -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140624/eeb32445/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] BINGO - Local PBS Station will AIR John Metric's 165 mphRUN
Here you go http:/home.comcast.net/~stevenslough/JohnMetrics165.mp3 Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: cwa...@proxim.com Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -Original Message- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Mark Abramowitz via EV Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:58 PM To: Steven Lough; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] BINGO - Local PBS Station will AIR John Metric's 165 mphRUN Post the link again, and I will post tweets on my Twitter accounts. Presumably others can do the similar things on social media. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Steven Lough via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Hey.. Any way to get the word out. So this little 1 minute or less segment WILL PLAY tomorrow 6/25 on PBS KUOW Seattle 94.9 - - - - KUOW RadioCalled BACK !! 94.9 FM OR on the World Wide Web The sound bite from John Metric's 165 mph run will AIR tomorrow ( 6/25 ) at aprox 12:55 as per their e-mail here below: -- - - - - Hi Steven, That's an awesome sound! We will most certainly play it. You can hear it tomorrow (6/25) at about 12:55pm. Thanks for sending it in! Amina Al-Sadi Producer- The Record on KUOW -- Steven S Lough President EMERITUS Seattle EV Association 206 524 1351 WEB: www.seattleeva.org -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140624/eeb3 2445/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] BINGO - Local PBS Station will AIR John Metric's 165 mphRUN
Thx - done. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Cor van de Water via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Here you go http:/home.comcast.net/~stevenslough/JohnMetrics165.mp3 Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: cwa...@proxim.com Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -Original Message- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Mark Abramowitz via EV Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:58 PM To: Steven Lough; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] BINGO - Local PBS Station will AIR John Metric's 165 mphRUN Post the link again, and I will post tweets on my Twitter accounts. Presumably others can do the similar things on social media. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Steven Lough via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Hey.. Any way to get the word out. So this little 1 minute or less segment WILL PLAY tomorrow 6/25 on PBS KUOW Seattle 94.9 - - - - KUOW RadioCalled BACK !! 94.9 FM OR on the World Wide Web The sound bite from John Metric's 165 mph run will AIR tomorrow ( 6/25 ) at aprox 12:55 as per their e-mail here below: -- - - - - Hi Steven, That's an awesome sound! We will most certainly play it. You can hear it tomorrow (6/25) at about 12:55pm. Thanks for sending it in! Amina Al-Sadi Producer- The Record on KUOW -- Steven S Lough President EMERITUS Seattle EV Association 206 524 1351 WEB: www.seattleeva.org -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140624/eeb3 2445/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] BINGO - Local PBS Station will AIR John Metric's 165 mph RUN
On 24 Jun 2014 at 13:40, Steven Lough via EV wrote: So this little 1 minute or less segment WILL PLAY tomorrow 6/25 on PBS KUOW Seattle 94.9 Congratulations! For your future dealings with KUOW - and for others who have any dealings with a local public radio station - you may want to remember that KUOW is NOT a PBS station. PBS is a TELEVISION network. KUOW is a PUBLIC RADIO station. (They may also be an NPR and/or PRI and/or MPR station - these are the main public radio networks - but for sure you can call them public radio.) I know from personal experience that many public radio people get at least mildly annoyed when folks refer to them as pbs radio. If you want them to be on your side, you probably want to call them as they'd like to be called - public radio. Congrats again on landing the spot! David Roden EVDL Administrator http://www.evdl.org/ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
[EVDL] Gas tax is not working to cover the entire road maintenence budget
The gas tax was effective many years ago. It is insufficient now. Electric cars are only a fraction of one percent of the vehicles on the roads. A simple survey of the patterns of damaged paving on our roads will demonstrate that automobiles are not damaging our streets. The roads are damaged by heavy trucks. The automobiles, whether ICE, EV or hybrid, should not be singled out for road maintenance funding. The trucks are carrying goods which benefit everyone. Therefore the gas tax should be maintained at present levels and a general sales tax increase should be enacted and designated for highway maintenance. Perhaps the food for the families, or prescription medicines could be exempt. (As is done in Florida) *Dennis Lee Miles * *Director **E.V.T.I. Inc.* *E-Mail:* *evprofes...@evprofessor.com* evprofes...@evprofessor.com *Phone #* *(863) 944-9913* Dade City, Florida 33523 USA -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140624/06fa4e5d/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] Gas tax is not working to cover the entire road maintenence budget
On 06/24/2014 06:57 PM, Dennis Miles via EV wrote: The gas tax was effective many years ago. It is insufficient now. Electric cars are only a fraction of one percent of the vehicles on the roads. A simple survey of the patterns of damaged paving on our roads will demonstrate that automobiles are not damaging our streets. The roads are damaged by heavy trucks. The automobiles, whether ICE, EV or hybrid, should not be singled out for road maintenance funding. The trucks are carrying goods which benefit everyone. Therefore the gas tax should be maintained at present levels and a general sales tax increase should be enacted and designated for highway maintenance. Perhaps the food for the families, or prescription medicines could be exempt. (As is done in Florida) Generally, I agree. But the fuel tax is not a bad way to pay for roads. It used to work well before the value of the fixed tax was reduced due to inflation. Even though they use much more fuel per mile, that doesn't really offset the damage done by trucks. We should start with much higher fuel taxes that are some fraction of the fuel cost rather than a fixed amount per gallon. I fail to understand why that is and has been such a political impossibility. People that worry about EVs and other light vehicles paying their fair share either fail to understand the problem or they are dishonest. Neither is desirable in our officials. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] Gas tax is not working to cover the entire road maintenence budget
Increased trucking costs would be shared by all, operators in lower pay or pay increases, owners and stockholders in higher cost and lower margins, and consumers in higher end cost and shipping cost, or taxpayers pay after the fact when the infrastructure is already deteriorated instead of kept well. But roads need care. I suppose the last point of taxation makes the least sense to me - as a general tax. It seems just fine to me that it is spread around among many as we all benefit and so need to cover the cost of road building to some extent. It is a distortion to lay it all at the feet of one participant or another whoever has the least clout. I am not saying I know an answer, but I think a road use tax of some sort is perhaps less of a distortion. Maybe the point of greatest clout is where the tax should go - they would be in more of a position so require that the money be used well. However, this troubles me because I think the owners and shareholders care the least about the infrastructure. Influence almost always makes for a way to get more money, but not to spread it around Anyway we all like to quibble about this, and I wish we would move along quickly rather than dither over it. It probably works out one way or another. On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Willie2 via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: On 06/24/2014 06:57 PM, Dennis Miles via EV wrote: The gas tax was effective many years ago. It is insufficient now. Electric cars are only a fraction of one percent of the vehicles on the roads. A simple survey of the patterns of damaged paving on our roads will demonstrate that automobiles are not damaging our streets. The roads are damaged by heavy trucks. The automobiles, whether ICE, EV or hybrid, should not be singled out for road maintenance funding. The trucks are carrying goods which benefit everyone. Therefore the gas tax should be maintained at present levels and a general sales tax increase should be enacted and designated for highway maintenance. Perhaps the food for the families, or prescription medicines could be exempt. (As is done in Florida) Generally, I agree. But the fuel tax is not a bad way to pay for roads. It used to work well before the value of the fixed tax was reduced due to inflation. Even though they use much more fuel per mile, that doesn't really offset the damage done by trucks. We should start with much higher fuel taxes that are some fraction of the fuel cost rather than a fixed amount per gallon. I fail to understand why that is and has been such a political impossibility. People that worry about EVs and other light vehicles paying their fair share either fail to understand the problem or they are dishonest. Neither is desirable in our officials. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/NEDRA) -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, The summer day. To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com michael.e.r...@gmail.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140624/14cadf73/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
