Hello all members of the Colorado Springs Electric Vehicle Club (CSEVC)!
Mac McCauley here! NEWS!!
Denver
Tesla Club and the Colorado Springs Electric Vehicle Club buy lunch for
the Service Technicians at the Denver Tesla Service Center:
An
idea hatched by member of BOTH clubs, Elizabeth Nguyen, who lives in
Denver, was to take up a collection and buy lunch for the ~40 employees
at the Denver Tesla Service Center (Evans Ave. location). Both clubs
decided it WAS INDEED a good idea to show some love for these guys and
gals who take such good care of our Teslas.
So,
in a joint CSEVC/DTC love fest, we decided to take up a collection and
bought a HUGE lunch for the Service Techs on December 21st.
Three members of the CSEVC drove to Denver to attend this event to meet
and thank the Tesla Techs! If you would like to see photos of the
happenings, they are posted on YOUR club’s website:
NOTHING TO DO IN THE DEAD OF WINTER (UPDATE #2)!!
CSEVC
member Jim Riggins has been watching the progress of TWO new Colorado
Tesla superchargers!! One is in Loveland and the other is in Brush,
CO. Did you know anything about these? Go to Supercharge.info and
check them out! The Loveland supercharger is a TEN-position
supercharger, the transformer has been installed already. It is
presumably waiting on some fencing around the cabinets and an inspection
then DONE! Maybe by year-end? Hmmm. Jim thinks a ROAD TRIP is
warranted to CHECK IT OUT whenever it comes on line. The Brush, CO
(I-76) supercharger is well underway in construction, and is an
8-position supercharger. It is not as far along as Loveland. When
these open, there are two schools of thought:
1. Drive up the instant someone says they are working! Be the FIRST there if at all possible.
2. Since
most of us work, and cannot just take off at a moment’s notice, form a
posse and drive up on the first Saturday AFTER one of them opens. We
would not be the absolute first chargers, but we would be PRETTY EARLY!
I
think that everyone would agree on option #2. Therefore, be alert to
emails from this club! I will send out a blast email announcing that
so-and-so supercharger is reported to be open, so let’s go on a ROAD
TRIP the very next Saturday. Leave from Denver at (so and so time),
leave from Colorado Springs at (such and so time), meet at Loveland
about so-and-so time. Decide on a place to eat, have lunch, charge,
drive home!!
Brush,
CO is a little further away. We could make a little adventure out of
it. First, Colorado Springs leaves, then Denver. Drive to Brush, meet
at such-and-so time. Do a little charging, talk, socialize. Then drive
straight South on Highway 71, a paved, two lane highway. It is 75
miles to Limon, CO, where there is another six-position Supercharger.
Plug in, eat in Limon, talk, and then anyone from Denver can drive on
home via I-70, and Colorado Springs attendees can drive on home via Hwy
24. What do you think? TWO road trips in the middle of winter (weather
permitting)?
Remember the Cripple Creek, CO Ice Festival, Saturday February 18, 2017!
Mark your calendars. If the weather is bad, or the roads are icy and
dangerous, this event (for us) will be CANCELLED! We will probably go
have lunch somewhere in Cripple Creek during this event. There will
further information provided as we get closer to the event. More
information:
January CSEVC meeting cancelled!
Since
there is little interest in attending a CSEVC meeting in the middle of
winter, we have decided to not have a monthly get-together in January.
The Ice Festival will constitute the February meeting. Since there are
many rallies/drives/events during the spring and summer, we will
probably go to quarterly meetings or have the meetings in conjunction
with our events. Let us know your thoughts!