Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

DECEMBER 5, 2009

The "Spirit of DC" hanging out sunny & bright at flagpole in the center of the Pinal County Complex in Florence, AZ, on a pleasant Friday, 4 Dec 09 drive up after a stayover at Davis-Monthan AF Base in Tucson, AZ. Note: This is the second intended visit to a county seat of government location for the "Plug-in Arizona Educational Tour."

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV3A'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All, The "Spirit of DC" along with EVJerry has unfortunately experienced a series of delays on various fronts. However, slowly but ever so slowly yet, with a bit of steadyfastness, the "Tour de AZ - Spirit of DC Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around Arizona" moves!

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

New Tucson 'Digs' at Milagro Cohousing.plus a scenic view of PHEV3A Office Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiastics, One & All - After a six week break of sorts, the "Spirit of DC" and EVJerry are able to do some reporting out with narratives about the team-building EVforts underway. stand by for more info on this concept.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It's almost like another reality not cruising the Blue Highways with the "Spirit of DC." Note: After a stayover at Robb Protheroe's homestead in PetalumaThe "Spirit" was cooling her tires at Green Motors, Inc in Phoenix, AZ after a trip (see www.GreenMotorsInc.com under the care of Todd Barlow. How time zips by. when NOT on the road!

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

DECEMBER 6, 2009

CCheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiasts, Below is a medley of happy snaps taken before the Fiesta of Light Parade, the 23rd one for Phoenix, as orchestrated by Phoenix Electric Auto Association Veep, Sam DiMarco on his 21st showing. after being "Enlightened" in Phoenix, "Spirit" and EVJerry. Setting up the lights!

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Phoenix, Ariz.; Separately, ECOtality said that it will unveil its commercial DC Fast Charging station at the upcoming Business of Plugging In 2010 conference. ECOtality, Inc. will provide electric vehicle (EV) charging stations ( earlier post ) at select US stores of electronics retailer Best Buy Co., Los Angeles, Calif.;

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - The "Spirit of DC" and EVJerr rolled quietly into Nogales, AZ, just before noon, this Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009. It initiated the start of the "Plug-in Arizona Educational Tour" for educating one AZ County at a time! And of course, now Plug-ins for extra credit!

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

From below left to right standing are: Todd Barlow of Green Motors of Phoenix, AZ, and Colby Trudeau, PIA Coordinator, who is also on the PluginAmerica Board of Directors. From below left to right standing are: Todd Barlow of Green Motors of Phoenix, AZ, and Colby Trudeau, PIA Coordinator, who is also on the PluginAmerica Board of Directors.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Nissan has formed more than a dozen partnerships in the United States, in markets including State of Tennessee, the State of Oregon, Sonoma County and San Diego in California, Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., Washington DC, Seattle, Raleigh, N.C., and with Houston-based Reliant Energy. Earlier post.). Tenneco, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

The vehicles will be powered by 11,210 UL-Listed charging stations in homes, and commercial and public locations in five US states: Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson), Washington (Seattle), Oregon (Portland, Salem, Corvallis and Eugene), California (San Diego) and Tennessee (Chattanooga, Knoxville and Nashville).

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Quicke sidenote: PHEV3A as an acronym now encompasses the Tour de AZ: "Spirit of DC" Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around Arizona (PHEV3A) EVducational Tour (tho it could change, depending on sponsorship to AAA Tour de AZ, or even eTour de AZ). The general theme (and purpose) is: Plug-in Arizona! Phoenix, Maricopa Cty 15.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

The RAM plug-in hybrid truck. Chrysler is showcasing its two-mode Ram Truck Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV), equipped with a 12 kWh, 33 Ah cell, 355V Li-ion battery pack from Electrovaya, at the Washington DC Auto Show. Battery packs in use in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Miami had the lowest estimated calendar lives, at 11.8,

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Thursday was PHEV 136 Day, 11 February 2009, with the Run to Phoenix. For Phoenix, it was 58.1MPG for 457 Miles. Who knows but maybe there's another term for "DC" besides "District of Columbia," "Direct Current" and "Drive Carefully". with a ready plug awaiting. the "Spirit" had to end the run at 78.9MPG for 88 Miles.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 06, 2009 – The "Spirit of DC's" on the road again on its Sun Belt Grand Finale from San Francisco to Washington, DC. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around America (PHEV3A) tour with "EVJerry" Asher driving started last year on Earth Day, in front of the Nation’s Capitol.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Maybe even provide feedback to PHEV3A Co-Chairs: Joe Lado JoeLado@yahoo.com or EVJerry Asher EVJerry@usa.net (202) 486-5450 "Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update - 7 November 2008 I. See Dr Walter Wu's email regarding gifting the "Spirit of DC" in the Feb 2009 timeframe. Winter Schedule Planning for "Spirit of DC: A.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - After a Thanksgiving, fully stuffed and more, it was most gratifying to see that on her first "Plug-in Arizona" outing to Nogales, AZ, that the "Spirit" made the news on the front page of the Nogales International as follows. with only 13 more AZ Counties to get plugged in!

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

JANUARY 16, 2009

Plus there was visiting with Elsie, the Sierra Toyota General Manager, who's warming up to the "Spirit" and handing off a pile of plug-in literature, including two x DVD -- Austin Energy's "PluginPartners," and one on the Tango. Third Run was to Tempe, just nearby Phoenix. on the road to Santa Monica for the Plug-in Parade.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 8, 2022

GMC recently invited members of the automotive press to Phoenix, Arizona, where we went through a two-day crash course in what makes the Hummer tick. To get the driving full range out of the Hummer EV, plugging-in is the way to go. Level 3 480V DC Fast Charging +100 miles in 12 minutes and 20-80% in 42 minutes. Unique Interior.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

DECEMBER 10, 2009

While on the road East, KYMA Channel 11 NBC was covering the "Spirit's" Plug-in Arizona Educational Tour at 5:00PM (later at 10:00PM), thanks to Reporter Carson Cherland (928) 539-7111 News@KYMA.com. New approach for "Plug-in Arizona Educational Tour" is being entertained. See also KYMA website: www.KYMA.com for story. or in 2010.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

DECEMBER 4, 2009

And EVJerr's blogging from Tucson with a couple sites to hit -- the popular bookstore, Bookman's is installing two e-vehicle chargers at two sites and one in Phoenix (See Arizona Daily Star, Thursday, 3 Dec "Ground broken for e-vehicle chargers" article by Dan Sorenson). Special Notice: There's now the possibility of "Spirit of DC II".

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

DECEMBER 11, 2009

The "Spirit" is all charged up, but it's not quite the same for EVJerr, except mentally where it comes to next "Plug-in Arizona" EVentures. Check out the following coverage: The Arizona Daily Star - [link] Fox 11 News - [link] Arizona Spotlight/NPR - [link] It's now back to R & R'ing while planning the next "Plug-in Arizona" runs.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Cheers PHEV3A'rs, EVADC'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - The "Spirit" all charged up at the Ashers in Phoenix proceeded over to the Suiters in Glendale, essentially going 9 electric miles there. The "Spirit" was met by Ricky Suiter Rick.Suiter@yahoo.com with a plug at the ready for another opportunity charge while visiting.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Before going quite quiet for the holidays, the "Spirit of DC" will be linking up with the Tucson Electric Vehicle Association 2 for its normal third Saturday meeting, however, it's at Bookmans for its Grand Charging Station Celebration. Date Destination Miles December 17 Palm Springs 140 December 18 Phoenix 250 December 19 Tucson 121

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Charged EVs

APRIL 19, 2023

This is your Lightning eMotors, Motiv, Phoenix Motors—early days. If you bring a Tesla to an EVgo charger, when you plug in, the communication back and forth from the vehicle to the charger is the problem. At the time, there were eleven OEMs. Paul Gioupis: The vehicle handshake is really critical. Tesla’s the best.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 31, 2009

Fortunately the stringing options are offered on inverter manufacturer’s web sites which let you plug in all your system info and then tell you what size strings you can use - like three strings of ten panels, or two strings of eight panels or any number of other combination.

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