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Plug In America’s new PSAs

November 10, 2010

For a while, I have known that Plug In America has had plans to work on some public service announcements. Plug In America is an advocacy group for electric vehicles. PSAs like these are humorous, and help get the word out about the advantages of electric vehicles. They chose to parody the “Mac vs PC” […]

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First Ride in an Electric Car

October 20, 2010

Somebody very special just got to go for a a ride in an electric car. What’s really cool about it, is it’s only the second time in her life she has ever been in a car at all. My first-born daughter, Sophia Elizabeth is two days old. We just came home from the hospital this […]

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Chevy Volt; First Encounter

October 17, 2010

This past weekend, I was invited to show off my homebuilt electric car at a clean transportation event. The big rumor was that there MIGHT be a Chevy Volt there as well. I couldn’t miss that. About an hour or so after I was there and all set up, the Volt showed up. It was […]

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Chris’ EV Cycle update

October 17, 2010

A while back, our friend Chris started an electric motorcycle conversion. His only experience prior to that was owning a 49cc gas scooter. So, he’s been learning as he goes about motorcycles, batteries and motors, and electronics. He’s been pretty busy as a college student, so lately there haven’t been too many updates on his […]

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Adventures of the MREA Energy Fair 2010

June 21, 2010

I knew the 2010 MREA Energy Fair would be a big success from the moment I finally pulled out of the big traffic jam outside of Madison, Wisconsin, and was passed by a group of guys in a VW TDI, all smiling, pointing at my electric car and motorcycle, and smiling and waving. I wasn’t […]

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Slick 3-wheeler, teenager made

May 31, 2010

Last year, at the MREA Energy Fair, I met Mark while I was showing off my home-built electric car. He had photos with him – a super-cool electric three-wheeler, complete with a fiberglass body and canopy. While browsing through YouTube, I stumbled across a video on him and his trike. I hope to see Mark […]

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Chris’ EV Cycle comes home

May 28, 2010

After a long day at Autocross, I helped my friend Chris bring home his electric motorcycle. He had it at an art metals class, where students used the cycle as a project for designing real-world motorcycle parts. In this case they sculpted a metal body for the bike. My favorite way to move an EV […]

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EV Autocrossing

May 25, 2010

Hey Everyone, This weekend, I was invited by some new friends to come out to an “Auto-Cross” event. I really wasn’t familiar at all with Autocross, but it sounded interesting. Basically, it’s racing a car (just about any car, doesn’t have to be fancy!) around a track made of cones. Racing is based on time, […]

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100,000 miles on electric!

April 16, 2010

The other day, I was pretty excited to have rolled over 2000 miles on my electric Geo Metro since conversion. Well, that would be nothing for Doug Korthof and Lisa Rosen, who recently passed 100,000 miles on their RAV-4 Electric. The following is thanks to Plug In America. “Doug and Lisa’s trusty 2003 RAV reached […]

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POWERWHEELS

April 14, 2010

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