The Electric Auto Association is your Electric Car & Vehicle authority
for Reno, Sparks, Washoe County, & Northern Nevada!
We also encourage and support interest in all forms
of alternative transportation options as well as
renewable energy technologies and policies.
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~ Our Mission ~
The
Electric Auto
Association (EAA)
of Northern Nevada is for electric vehicle enthusiasts in
Reno, Sparks, Washoe County and
surrounding areas. We are the regional
chapter of the Electric
Auto
Association, a 501(c)3 not for
profit organization,
whose mission, in part, is to act as a public source of
information
about electric vehicle (EV) technology, to encourage
experimentation in the building of EVs, and to
organize exhibits and events to educate the public
and civic leaders
on the progress and benefits of EV technology.
The EAA of Northern Nevada (EAANN) is also involved with urban planning that promotes equitable smart-growth policies which include efficient walkable / bikeable communities augmented with clean public transportation options and greenspaces. To that end we are actively developing initiatives to accelerate deployment of distributed renewable energy generation capacity with a focus on "smart-garage" implementation where buildings, transportation, and the electric grid meet forming a synergistic relationship that enhances efficiency, reduces costs, and mitigates climate changing greenhouse gas emissions.
There are two (2) ways you can help the Electric Auto Association (EAA) and the EAA chapter in the Reno / Sparks area, the Electric Auto Association of Northern Nevada (EAANN).
(1) Join the EAA and receive the official newsletter, Current EVents. A portion of your membership dues will benefit your local chapter, the EAANN.
(2) Or you may donate directly to the EAANN using the EAA's secure online donation form. One hundred percent (100%) of all donations are used to offset costs of our educational programs, including booth space at regional events and related supplies, such as brochure, banners, &c. (Note: Your donation will go directly to the EAANN. Donations are not a membership -- please use the "join the EAA" link above if you wish to join the national organization and receive the Current EVents magazine.)
The EAA of Northern Nevada (EAANN) is also involved with urban planning that promotes equitable smart-growth policies which include efficient walkable / bikeable communities augmented with clean public transportation options and greenspaces. To that end we are actively developing initiatives to accelerate deployment of distributed renewable energy generation capacity with a focus on "smart-garage" implementation where buildings, transportation, and the electric grid meet forming a synergistic relationship that enhances efficiency, reduces costs, and mitigates climate changing greenhouse gas emissions.
There are two (2) ways you can help the Electric Auto Association (EAA) and the EAA chapter in the Reno / Sparks area, the Electric Auto Association of Northern Nevada (EAANN).
(1) Join the EAA and receive the official newsletter, Current EVents. A portion of your membership dues will benefit your local chapter, the EAANN.
(2) Or you may donate directly to the EAANN using the EAA's secure online donation form. One hundred percent (100%) of all donations are used to offset costs of our educational programs, including booth space at regional events and related supplies, such as brochure, banners, &c. (Note: Your donation will go directly to the EAANN. Donations are not a membership -- please use the "join the EAA" link above if you wish to join the national organization and receive the Current EVents magazine.)
~ Next Meeting ~
(Everyone
is welcome to attend EAANN meetings. You don't have to own an EV. The
only requirement is an interest in sustainable transportation options
such as gas-hybrids, xEVs, scooters, and bicycles as well as renewable
energy technologies. No membership is required and these are no
pressure meetings: we don't
pass
the hat for donations.)
NEXT MEETING: will be in Friday, January 13, 2012 at 6:00 to 8:00pm at Reno Bridgewire Makerspace!
DIRECTIONS: Reno Bridgewire Makerspace, 1055 Industrial Way STE 20, Sparks, NV.
MEETING TOPICS: The topic will be hypermiling! Brain Morris, and non-hybrid hypermiler, will tell us about the various techniques he uses in his daily commutes to get as much as 52mpg in his Toyota Yaris. You can read about Brain in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article Going the Extra Mile. Many of Brain's techniques crossover to electric drive transportation as well.
COST: FREE! but donations are accepted!
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Here's a fun little music video about EVs. This is "Electric Cars" from the album Here Comes Science by They Might Be Giants.
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~Fun EVents! ~
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~ Revenge of the Electric Car ~
We're presently working on bringing the movie, Revenge of the Electric Car, to Reno!
It will be shown over three days at the National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection) on March 3, 4, & 5. On Saturday, March 4th, we're working on having a big display and a panel discussion with notable EV luminaries from outside of Nevada.
Please check back with us in 2012 for more details as we pull this event together!
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~ Hot Electric Nights! ~
We're working on a Hot Electric Nights EVent during Reno's annual Hot August Nights. It will feature electric cars (of course) and renewable energy! Check back later in 2012 for details.
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~ Photos of Member's Electric Cars ~
| EAANN Patriarch & Burner Bill Brinsmead's fleet: 1973 Custom Trike Little Boy 1992 GMC G-Van 1992 Toyota MR-2 1994 Chevrolet S-10 1996 APS Bus 1973 Cadillac Hearse |
EAANN Co-Chair, Chuck Swackhammer: 1969 Subaru 360 Star 2006 Pantara Freedom 2006 Zap Xebra PK 2011 Nissan LEAF |
EAANN Treasurer, Peter Fletcher: 1993 Solectria Force Peter's EV YouTube videos includes Jerry Asher's Plug-in Prius |
EAANN Co-chair, Bob Tregilus: 1976 Kawasaki KZ400 Pictures from PIA's CARB ZEV Rally that Bob attended March ('08) |
| Fallon
resident, Mike Krumpe: Schwinn Frontier MTN |
EAANN member, Tod Colegrove: 1959 MGA Roadster |
Reno Burner, Dale Huntsman: Big Giant Head |
EAANN member, Glee Willis: 2003 eGO Cycle 2LX |
| Pictures
of a restored EV-1 that was in Reno winter of '07. |
EAANN member, Mick Delaney: 2004 Catrike Road |
Jerry Asher
and his Spirit of DC - PHEV3A plug-in electric Prius taking a break in Reno from his 48 state tour. |
EAANN member, Neal Peters: 1980 VW Rabbit 1990 Honda CT90 2009 Zero X Extreme |
| Pictures
of an OEM Toyota RAV4 EV & Tesla Roadsters at Tahoe greenFEST, July 11 & 12 2009 |
EAANN member, Kirk White: 1990 Chevy S-10 |
EAANN Member, John Sagebiel: 2007 Optibike 600t & 2008 Optibike 800Li |
Stinkers will be stinkers. Here's a big one blocking not one but two EV charging stations. |
| Your EV's picture here! | Pictures
of a Tesla Roadster that visited Reno in early July, 09. |
EAANN member, Tom Wicker: 2001 Suzuki Swift |
Your EV's picture here! |
~ Get Your EV Listed Here ~
Do you live in Northern Nevada
and
own an
EV? Post it at the Electric
Vehicle Photo Album,
send us the link, and we'll post
it here!
~ EV Charging Locations (Juice Bars) ~
Looking
for an EV "juice bar" in Northern Nevada? The first public EV charging
stations were installed at Truckee Meadows Community College in the
winter of 2008. Follow this link
for a map and these links: 1 2 3
for pictures! Do you know of
other juice bars in Northern Nevada tell
us about them! We'll offer free advertising for local
businesses who install EV charging stations, so
what are you waiting for?
~ EV Builder's Resources ~
Are you building an electric
car?
Need local resources for parts?
* For new & recycled electric and electronic parts try Western Nevada Electric Sales at 2250 Dickerson Road, Reno, 775.337.1966.
* For welding wire (battery cables) try Sierra Welding Supply Company at 1300 Glendale Avenue, Reno, 775.359.4445.
* For large value fuses and relays try Nevada Forklift Sales Inc., at 13951 Mount Bismark Street, Reno, 775.329.6783.
* Don't miss the Electric Vehicle Discussion List, lots of helpful people hangout there!
* Looking for a SAE J1772 charge coupler to NEMA 14-50 adapter? Try Modular EV Power LLC.
* New! Review "tomofreno's", creator of the EV Calculator below, experience on building his electric Suzuki Swift at the DIY Electric Car forums.
* For new & recycled electric and electronic parts try Western Nevada Electric Sales at 2250 Dickerson Road, Reno, 775.337.1966.
* For welding wire (battery cables) try Sierra Welding Supply Company at 1300 Glendale Avenue, Reno, 775.359.4445.
* For large value fuses and relays try Nevada Forklift Sales Inc., at 13951 Mount Bismark Street, Reno, 775.329.6783.
* Don't miss the Electric Vehicle Discussion List, lots of helpful people hangout there!
* Looking for a SAE J1772 charge coupler to NEMA 14-50 adapter? Try Modular EV Power LLC.
* New! Review "tomofreno's", creator of the EV Calculator below, experience on building his electric Suzuki Swift at the DIY Electric Car forums.
~ The Electric Vehicle Calculator ~
EAANN member "tomofreno"
discussed the physics and engineering considerations
for electric transportation at our March 2009 meeting. He has
developed a wonderful spreadsheet - an EV calculator -
that will calculate the speed and range for various
vehicles
based on a number of variables such as battery chemistry,
weight, aerodynamics, and many more. You can
download the EV Calculator HERE
(compressed MSExcel 2007 .xlsx version) or HERE
(MSExcel 1997 compatible version), both versions work fine in the
opensource OpenOffice
which is
your webmaster's preferred office suite.
Please send feedback, suggestions for improvement, or questions to
tomofreno at:
tomofreno2000[AT]yahoo[DOT]com.
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~ Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariffs Initiative ~
Our renewable energy feed-in tariff initiative has moved!
We're now at FIT4NV: an Energy Independence & Economic Security Initiative, please visit us there and endorse our resolution!
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~ Learn More! ~
Visit the Electric
Auto Association for more information about EVs and
how to buy or convert to an electric - Zero Emissions Gas Free -
vehicle! Join
the Electric Auto Association
(please be sure to indicate you support the EAANN so your regional
chapter benefits from your membership) and receive the fantastic,
action packed, Current
EVents magazine.
Also, be sure to visit Plug-in America at http://pluginamerica.com. And don't miss PIA's Plug-in Vehicle Tracker: What's Coming and When.
Are you looking for a place to charge your EV? Then checkout the EV Charger Maps at http://www.evchargermaps.com. Do you know of a place to charge an EV that isn't on the map then email Tom at tom[AT]tomdowling[DOT]net and tell him about it.
See a vast array of EV conversions, purpose built, OEM, and art cars at the world famous EV Photo Album! It's a great place to start your research before beginning your own EV conversion project.
Check out the EV FAQs & Myths page at Plug-in America! Debunks the longer tail-pipe EV (moving pollution to the power plant) and battery pollution myths. And take a look at the ATC eNewsletter volume 2, number 4 for additional information on EV scams, EV water consumption myth, drilling for oil, and running your car on water.
There's a great book out called, Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America by Sherry Boschert, vice-president of Plug In America.
And learn about how plugging in your car can actually earn you money! No kidding: the electric companies will pay you for plugging in your car! It's called Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology. And there's a new book out called V2G 101, highly recommended!
"The long-term case for V2G boils down to a choice. We can keep the electric system and vehicle fleet separate, in which case we substantially increase the cost of renewable energy because we have to build storage to match intermittent capacity. Or, we can connect the vehicle and electric power systems intelligently, using the vast untapped storage of an emerging electric-drive vehicle fleet to serve the electric grid."
-- Willett Kempton & Jasna Tomić, 2004
"The early adopters of plug-in hybrid vehicles would be able to enter our regulation market. We need something in the thousand megawatts to twelve hundred megawatts of regulation on the PJM system and we would pay those vehicles to be a part of that market. Our current clearing price is about $35 to $40 per megawatt per hour you're in the regulation market so it is a very lucrative market."
--Terry Boston, President & CEO of PJM Interconnection*, speaking on September 29, 2009 at the webinar, The Present and Future of Grid-Connected Energy Storage hosted by Transmission & Distribution World at the 0:50:25 timestamp.
Here's how V2G would work based on what Terry Boston said: With your car plugged into grid and the regulation market paying $35.00 per megawatt per hour and if your car is able to provide 10kW of power for 20 hours per day your car will earn $2555.00 in a year! ($35.00/1MW x10kWs x 20 x 365 = $2555.00.) Actually, most experts suggest an EV can provide 15kW and that they are plugged into the grid on average for 23 hours each day. Using the higher rate of $40 per megawatt per hour the result would be: $40.00/1MW x 15kWs x 23 x 365 = $5037!
Finally, V2G and smart-grid technology come together where buildings, transportation, and the electric grid intersect to create the smart-garage!
The goal of EVs, renewable energy, and the smart-garage is to increase efficiency and displace fossil-fuel consumption while promoting national energy security as well as mitigating GHG emissions that contribute to climate change. (EV's are also nice and quite and won't stink-up our cities with exhaust fumes! Would you drive your car if the exhaust pipe came out of the steering wheel?)
Also, be sure to visit Plug-in America at http://pluginamerica.com. And don't miss PIA's Plug-in Vehicle Tracker: What's Coming and When.
Are you looking for a place to charge your EV? Then checkout the EV Charger Maps at http://www.evchargermaps.com. Do you know of a place to charge an EV that isn't on the map then email Tom at tom[AT]tomdowling[DOT]net and tell him about it.
See a vast array of EV conversions, purpose built, OEM, and art cars at the world famous EV Photo Album! It's a great place to start your research before beginning your own EV conversion project.
Check out the EV FAQs & Myths page at Plug-in America! Debunks the longer tail-pipe EV (moving pollution to the power plant) and battery pollution myths. And take a look at the ATC eNewsletter volume 2, number 4 for additional information on EV scams, EV water consumption myth, drilling for oil, and running your car on water.
There's a great book out called, Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America by Sherry Boschert, vice-president of Plug In America.
And learn about how plugging in your car can actually earn you money! No kidding: the electric companies will pay you for plugging in your car! It's called Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology. And there's a new book out called V2G 101, highly recommended!
"The long-term case for V2G boils down to a choice. We can keep the electric system and vehicle fleet separate, in which case we substantially increase the cost of renewable energy because we have to build storage to match intermittent capacity. Or, we can connect the vehicle and electric power systems intelligently, using the vast untapped storage of an emerging electric-drive vehicle fleet to serve the electric grid."
-- Willett Kempton & Jasna Tomić, 2004
"The early adopters of plug-in hybrid vehicles would be able to enter our regulation market. We need something in the thousand megawatts to twelve hundred megawatts of regulation on the PJM system and we would pay those vehicles to be a part of that market. Our current clearing price is about $35 to $40 per megawatt per hour you're in the regulation market so it is a very lucrative market."
--Terry Boston, President & CEO of PJM Interconnection*, speaking on September 29, 2009 at the webinar, The Present and Future of Grid-Connected Energy Storage hosted by Transmission & Distribution World at the 0:50:25 timestamp.
Here's how V2G would work based on what Terry Boston said: With your car plugged into grid and the regulation market paying $35.00 per megawatt per hour and if your car is able to provide 10kW of power for 20 hours per day your car will earn $2555.00 in a year! ($35.00/1MW x10kWs x 20 x 365 = $2555.00.) Actually, most experts suggest an EV can provide 15kW and that they are plugged into the grid on average for 23 hours each day. Using the higher rate of $40 per megawatt per hour the result would be: $40.00/1MW x 15kWs x 23 x 365 = $5037!
Finally, V2G and smart-grid technology come together where buildings, transportation, and the electric grid intersect to create the smart-garage!
The goal of EVs, renewable energy, and the smart-garage is to increase efficiency and displace fossil-fuel consumption while promoting national energy security as well as mitigating GHG emissions that contribute to climate change. (EV's are also nice and quite and won't stink-up our cities with exhaust fumes! Would you drive your car if the exhaust pipe came out of the steering wheel?)
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~ eNews Archives ~
You may access all of the EAANN
eNewsletters by following this link.
The file names indicate the eNewsletter volume and number. For example:
enews13.pdf is volume 1 number 3 and enews21.pdf is volume2 number 1.
The largest number is always the most recent edition. The eNewsletters
require a PDF reader. (We suggest you use a non-Adobe PDF reader such
as the opensource Sumatra
PDF viewer.)
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~ Contact Us ~
Co-chair (elected 8/12/10):
Bob Tregilus, 775.826.4514, elaterite[AT]yahoo[DOT]com
Co-chair (elected 8/12/10):
Jeb Bateman
Co-chair (appointed 01/11):
Chuck Swackhammer
~ Speakers available for your next meeting, event, radio or TV show! ~
Bob
is happy to discuss electric vehicles at your next meeting or event. He
has presentations on energy policy, fossil fuels, peak oil, renewable
energy, feed-in tariffs and electric vehicles tailored for beginners as
well as professionals. Bob is experienced doing TV, radio, and podcast
interviews.
~Consulting Services ~
Bob
Tregilus is available to consult and/or lobby on a wide range of
renewable energy
policies, electric drive transportation implementation
and infrastructure build out, spatial planning, public opinion,
community organizing, and smart-growth principles that
incorporate next generation transportation options and distributed
renewable energy generation capacity. For more details please visit Bob's
Linkedin profile or you may contact Bob
at 775.826.4514 for further information.
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