Here's a video our Nissan's fully autonomous vehicle efforts, quite interesting!
https://youtu.be/cfRqNAhAe6c
A Colorado Springs, CO group promoting the ownership and use of electric vehicles.
Drive Sustainable!
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Need volunteers for the Ability Colorado Concours Show
Our club needs to have two volunteers for the Concours Show to help park cars the day of the event (June 11, 2017). You'll need to be there right when it opens, but your services are only required for a couple of hours the day of. Please contact me if you think you might be able to help the show...
-Wilson Hitchings
-Wilson Hitchings
EV Rebates under threat?
I got this email today from our member Mike Sheley:
Wilson,
Just
some gee-whiz info I thought might be interesting to the CSEVC. Looks
like the State Legislature is kicking around a bill to eliminate the $5K
EV purchase rebate. Details here: http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-188
Would seriously impact those planning on that rebate for a Model 3 or other EV.
Cheers,
Mike
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
New Member, Adrian Sanchez
Our latest member, Adrian Sanchez, is starting an EV conversion on a 2006 Chevy HHR LT. Please make him welcome when you see him.
Got Solar? Now you can!
I just heard about Google Project Sunroof. Click the link, enter your home address and it does the calculations for you to see if you can benefit from having solar PV panels on your roof...neato!
Monday, March 20, 2017
Scottish company compared to Tesla - again
This is more a personal post than an electric vehicle post. I follow several renewable energy YouTube channels, and this company (SUNAMP) is mentioned on many of them. They have developed a thermal battery that stores/absorbs heat. The truly interesting connection is that the SUNAMP "thermal store" technology is used to reduce the load on electric delivery vehicle batteries. Their thermal batteries handle heat storage/transfer better than adding a commensurate amount of lithium-ion batteries to power the delivery vehicle air conditioning equipment.
Please view an interesting article comparing SUNAMP to Tesla here.
-Wilson H.
Please view an interesting article comparing SUNAMP to Tesla here.
-Wilson H.
Friday, March 17, 2017
Jaguar I-Pace review
I found a rather nice preliminary review of the Jaguar I-Pace, which looks remarkably like a Tesla Model S. I hope Jaguar starts production! View the video here.
-Wilson H
-Wilson H
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Colorado Springs Sustain-a-Fest!
To All:
Our club is participating in the Colorado Springs Office of
Sustainability’s “Sustain-a-Fest” event on April 22. They want electric
vehicles on display for the event, and some for show & rides.
Since the event is in Colorado Springs, our club would like
as diverse a display of EVs as possible. We’d like to limit the number of
Teslas (one or two is sufficient) and rather feature electric bikes, BMW i3’s
and Nissan Leafs. These vehicles can easily visit the exhibit and help show how
many choices are available in electric vehicles.
We need to get an idea of how many of our members would be
willing to display their vehicles for the event, and again we’re looking for
non-Tesla vehicles primarily. Please reply to me personally with your RSVP. I’ll
update the blog as we get more information as to the number of vehicles we can
show.
Please visit http://www.csevc.com/p/sustain-fest-2017-april-22.html for more details.
Please visit http://www.csevc.com/p/sustain-fest-2017-april-22.html for more details.
-Wilson Hitchings
Wilson.Hitchings@csevc.com
New Member - Michael Johnson
Please say hello to our latest addition, Michael Johnson. He rides a Flx Trail Electric Bike (Touring Edition w/17Ah battery). He commutes from Monument to HPE (Rockrimmon) via the New Santa Fe Trail. Michael's coworker is a Tesla owner and member and mentioned the recent meeting at the GOG.
Monday, March 13, 2017
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Plug-in America survey
Dear Plug In America Friends,
Calling all EV drivers in Colorado - the Colorado State Energy Office and the Regional Air Quality Council are in need of your help!
With new funding for charging infrastructure set to become available very soon (i.e. through Charge Ahead funds, Alt. Fuel Colorado funds, and VW Settlement funds), EV drivers are being asked to complete the survey that will help inform where the state should invest in additional charging stations, including DC fast charging stations (DCFC). Please take a moment to complete the brief survey.
Your participation will help to ensure that future charging stations are placed in the best locations for all EV drivers. The survey should take no more than 3-5 minutes to complete.
Thank you!
Katherine Stainken
Policy Director, Plug In America
Calling all EV drivers in Colorado - the Colorado State Energy Office and the Regional Air Quality Council are in need of your help!
With new funding for charging infrastructure set to become available very soon (i.e. through Charge Ahead funds, Alt. Fuel Colorado funds, and VW Settlement funds), EV drivers are being asked to complete the survey that will help inform where the state should invest in additional charging stations, including DC fast charging stations (DCFC). Please take a moment to complete the brief survey.
Your participation will help to ensure that future charging stations are placed in the best locations for all EV drivers. The survey should take no more than 3-5 minutes to complete.
Thank you!
Katherine Stainken
Policy Director, Plug In America
Monday, March 6, 2017
Club Meeting - Saturday, March 11, 11:30am
This Saturday, March 11th at 11:30 AM. Location: Garden of the Gods Trading Post, 324 Beckers Lane, Manitou Springs, CO. Park in the Eastern parking lot, like usual. The map locator is here.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Jaguar EV announced for 2018
I got this email from fellow CSEVC member Chaz Clark:
Hello!
Here's the link: http://www.jaguarusa.com/all-models/i-pace-concept-car/index.html
Hello!
I just stumbled across Jaguar's new EV called
the I-Pace, due to be for sale in mid/late 2018. Thought some of the
other CSEV members might be interested. I attached the e-brochure for
your reading pleasure!
Cheers,
Chaz
Here's the link: http://www.jaguarusa.com/all-models/i-pace-concept-car/index.html
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
TCO - Is an EV cheaper to operate than an ICE?
It's acronym heaven owning an EV, isn't it? I just saw a video from C/Net stating that by 2040 a large percentage of cars (35%) will have a plug and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) will be less than a gas car. I've been trying to prove that myself, but it's not looking good for EVs at the moment. Based upon $2 a gallon gas, 25mpg average mileage, I calculate a gas car costs (fuel only) $.08 a mile to operate. Based upon my Model S, 275 miles on 90 kW of energy at $.12 per kW, I get $.04 per mile to operate. This saves about $500 a year in gasoline costs based upon 12,000 miles driven per year. There is no way that little savings is going to offset any EV.
Has anyone else done a similar calculation?
Here's the C/Net video: https://youtu.be/apzabFqDPMo
Note that Tony Seba is predicting faster adoption of EVs: https://youtu.be/E7Jg1IJ68_g
-Wilson H.
Has anyone else done a similar calculation?
Here's the C/Net video: https://youtu.be/apzabFqDPMo
Note that Tony Seba is predicting faster adoption of EVs: https://youtu.be/E7Jg1IJ68_g
-Wilson H.
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