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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

Members of Mid-America Electric Auto Association (MAEAA) , straddling KansasCity and stretching into Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, have been active in challenging two pieces of legislation in the Kansas State Legislature, including a 2019 ordinance to level a demand charge on the state’s solar-powered homes.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

During the day I’d work on the iPhone, then I’d come home and pore over specs for our house, choosing finishes and materials and solar panels and, eventually, tackling the HVAC system. We were never going to break into that old boys’ club. Nest Gets Googled. In 2014, Google bought Nest for $3.2 Then we needed to sell it.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Marc is an advocate for clean energy, drives a Tesla Model S 100D, has solar panels and two Tesla Power Walls. Alan Morgan Current Profession: Director of Business and Market Development (Solar) How will you add value to the EAA Board? He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018).

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Marc is an advocate for clean energy, drives a Tesla Model S 100D, has solar panels and two Tesla Power Walls. Alan Morgan Current Profession: Director of Business and Market Development (Solar) How will you add value to the EAA Board? He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018).

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Followed Google Maps to hit Hosur road - and from then on the Maps was switched off. He runs a solar EPC business - and has interests in rainwater harvesting and organic farming. We switched on Google Maps and left for Ooty. Jayram works with Google and has been staying at Seattle for two decades before that.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Michael Craner is a member of both the Tesla Roadster Owners Forum and the Electric Auto Association, aligned with the Eastern EV Club. Seeing the inside operation of a wind turbine generator in Iowa and solar arrays throughout the country brought renewed hope for continued advances in renewable energy technologies and power generation.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

There are choices for 110 volt versus 220 volt, slow versus quick charges, and solar options. will become less common over the next 10-years and that a mix of alternative fuel vehicles including electric, biofuel, hydrogen and solar will and is now seeing tremendous market growth. market b y the end of 2009.