Hmm I sent an email 2 day ago and it never arrived. Will try again ... Sounds fun, Maybe I will get some slicks for my truck when it's finished :P Tehben...
Tehben, What kind of batteries are you planning to use? When you get around to needing them let me know I'll put in in touch with a local battery guy. Mike ......
Mike, Keep me in the loop with the battery suppliers. I was leaning toward the the 8 volt Costco golf cart bat.s I am working on a 196 volt Solectra AC 85...
When I checked the Sam's Club inventory they guy said he didn't get good turnover of the 8V batteries. They had been sitting for almost a year and I wasn't...
Hey Donald, What made you go with Solectra vs. the Siemens AC system from Metric Mind Engineering? I am trying to figure out what to get right now for my...
If this has already been covered let me know:) What are people doing, if anything, for keeping batteries warm in the winter? What is your performance like in...
I put my AGM's in a box with 2" of foam in the walls. I left the lid uninsulated until winter. Propping the lid open when charging and while at work the...
I've gotten home once when it was about -30c outside, and measured the acid, it got to about -10c in the front, and -5c in the back. I just drive slower in...
I recently bought a kit on eBay that came with everything, including an adaptor plate I can't use. According to the listing, it can mount to a Suzuki Swift,...
I used to live in Kodiak from 76 through 81. I am planning to build a hybrid or an EV using one of my Toyota trucks. Your EV sounds pretty cool! What did you...
Hey George, I'm not sure Don is on our list. So if anyone can hunt him up and invite him to join that would be great. I sent him an e- mail to his business...
I would like to ask some of you that have electric vehicles if you would be interested in participating in a small parade on Monday 5/14 (yes that's next week...
Pete, I would love so much to be able to get my truck up there for this. However it would talk a little more time for me to coordinate getting my truck up...
Thanks Mike I understand. I hadn't thought about the distance. Are there AlaskaEVA members here in the valley? I would love to get some of the information...
Isn't the electric car an example of needing more power generation? Might be more efficient than burning gasoline but many people go electric and they'll have...
That's just the thing. The problem isn't more generation, it's what do you use for fuel. There are options. If the railbelt utilities could figure out how...
I think the point would be that driving electric gets us of oil, but backfilling it with coal fired electricity is not an envronmentally sound solution. I...
clean too ;-) ... From: Lori & Pete Houston <houstons@...> Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2007 2:27 pm Subject: RE: [AlaskaEVA] Potential Energy Parade To:...
Camille Conte asked me to come on and talk about EV's on her show "Cutting Edge" today at around 2:20 pm. The radio station broadcasts on 1080 AM KUDO. You...
I found another one with the more desireable for racing 8" rear end. I'd like to let the '80 go to anyone who would want to convert it to a daily driver (or...
Reminder from: AlaskaEVA Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlaskaEVA/cal Alaska EVA Member Meeting Friday May 18, 2007 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm (This event...
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It seems our automatically monthly reminder has reminded me that we have a meeting coming up friday. As I know many of you are, I have also been quite busy...
Hey Mike, How's it going? I hopefully will make the Energy Fair in Anchorage. I made the Energy Fair at Chena Hot Springs and really enjoyed it. I have to...
Thanks George. Next time you're down this way stop in and we can have a chat. My plan for the group is that we incorporate as a non-profit which will enable...