[ausev] Electric and or biofuel car

[Kevin Koym]

Erik and Jefoy,
Thanks for the info.

About Erik's questions-

My needs are for about 40 miles round trip per day, 50 miles round trip 
would be preferred.  A two seater would be enough.  My girlfriend and I 
own a Prius, so getting rid of my Ford Explorer is already covered for 
cargo space.  I have a backup car (an old  '90 Miata that I work on 
every once in a while) when I need a backup (although with no air 
conditioning.  :-|

On most of the cars that I have read about, most seem to have not 
installed an air conditioner.  This is the one thing that I miss...  in 
our wonderful Texas heat.  I can drive my Miata to bath (cook) in the 
sun without AC. 

I am typically an early adopter on technology... right now, just because 
of time commitments (to my startup) I just don't have enough time to 
work on the car myself.  That being said, if there is a local Austin 
startup that is looking to build/sell EV cars, I would like to talk with 
you- My business partner and I are working with a handful of other 
startups leveraging our network to create business for them- (both 
through Bootstrap Austin and our own personal work). 

Thanks.  Let me know if this prompts any other ideas.

and yes, the more EVs the merrier!
Kevin



Kevin Koym
kevin.koym at enterpriseteaming.com
+1.512.698.9328 mobile

Enterprise Teaming, LLC
http://www.enterpriseteaming.com



Erik Bigelow wrote:
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> Hi Ken,
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> I don't know that much about biodiesel, but I've learned a fair amount 
> about EVs in the past couple years.  
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> There are a couple dozen EVs for sale on the following links. Does 
> anyone know of more? Most are conversions, a few are OEM trucks. What 
> requirements do you have for the vehicle? Cargo? Number of passengers? 
> Range?
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> http://www.austinev.org/evtradinpost/
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> http://www.grassrootsev.com/convert.htm
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> http://www.ebay.com <http://www.ebay.com/> -- search for "electric 
> vehicle"
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> On a side note, there is a nonprofit in Austin working to create a car 
> share program, which would make it easier to own only an EV. Right now 
> they are targeting the UT and downtown areas.
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> http://www.austincarshare.org/
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> Do you have any questions about EVs in general that might help? The 
> more EVs around the merrier =)
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> Erik
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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] 
> *On Behalf Of *Kevin Koym
> *Sent:* Monday, August 21, 2006 8:40 PM
> *To:* AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion
> *Subject:* [ausev] Electric and or biofuel car
>
>  
>
> Hey All,
> My main car is on its last legs ('93 Ford Explorer, that I have now 
> driven 213,000 miles- one owner).
>
> I am interested in buying an EV or a biofuel/biodiesel car with my 
> next purchase, that is coming in weeks.  All I need is a commuter 
> level car.
>
> I have not had any luck in finding something that will handle this. I 
> do not think that I am going to have enough time to do a kit-car given 
> my present startup company schedule.
>
> If you have a suggestion for a direction that I might look, please let 
> me know.
>
> I am going to be in northern California this next week (actually I 
> will be in New Mexico, Arizona, and south California briefly as 
> well).  If you have a suggestion of where I might go  if there are 
> better opportunities / dealers out of town, please let me know.  The 
> only that I have heard of is in Santa Rosa, California... so I am 
> planning on dropping by there too.
>
> Any ideas are appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> Kevin
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> Kevin Koym
> kevin.koym at enterpriseteaming.com <mailto:kevin.koym at enterpriseteaming.com>
> +1.512.698.9328 mobile
>
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> http://www.enterpriseteaming.com
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