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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

Clyde Schwanke’s backyard in Topeka, complete with his Nissan LEAF and Ford C=max Plugin. Like Schwanke, many of the chapter members have been around for years, some since the chapter’s founding in the 1990’s when activity centered around car conversions. When the meetings are in person, it gives me an excuse to go to Kansas City.”

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. That was quite a conversion.” It was mostly members with electric conversions. After that, the word spread fast.” Staubel Roadter intro at EAASV meeting.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org. 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) 5/17/06 "Plugin hybrids have a lot of promise, especially to displace oil consumption. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. Reuters ).

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