[ausev] EV conversion future??

[Aaron Choate]

John,

I think you have some excellent points here.  We used to have many more open
garages than we are in the past year.

Guys, if you are working on cars in the Austin area, you have people who
would love to come help out floating around on this list.  Just send an
email when you plan on working on something and let people know.

If it makes sense to do a more formal beginning to end club project
approach, I would be glad to help with that, but I can't be the project
coordinator.

Cheers,

Aaron

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:02 AM, John Brecher <jlbrecher at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, show me the Detroit "big Iron" EV store. Surely you don't think all
> this flurry of hype means you will be able to soon buy something.
> Maybe everyone has lost sight of what EAA is. It isn't to market but rather
> the share info on how to build and drive EV's. I find since coming down from
> Dallas that there is more interest here in "selling product" rather than
> "doing things". I don't know if you have any projects going here. In Dallas
> we were sponsoring 1 lawn tractor with RL Turner HS, 1 Ranger P/U at Plano
> HS, 1 Metro at Richardson HS, 1 Ford 8N farm tractor at Bonham HS. Last year
> we sponsored a Mazda B-2200 P/U and solar charging array at Bonham HS. We
> had three members do "first drives" last year.
> Maybe a refocus of direction is in order. Maybe I bring a new perspective
> of direction. If not, I will ride into the sunset.
> John Brecher
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:49 PM, The Mullins <ckmullins at earthlink.net>wrote:
>
>>  When I first discovered this forum it was mostly about EV conversion
>> concerns. The nuts and bolts, as it were.
>>
>> Now it’s about EV events and news from the auto industry.
>>
>>
>>
>> This starting me thinking that maybe, just maybe, interest in converting
>> ICE cars to electric is fading. If the big manufacturers star selling cheap,
>> reliable EVs, then what is the incentive to convert?
>>
>> There probably will always be a few who want a car unlike anything Detroit
>> makes, I suppose.
>>
>> George Mullins
>>
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