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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

We filled the place, which had a 225-person capacity,” said Jerry Pohorsky, another former EVA board member who has served as EAASV chapter president for 11 of the past 13 years. “It Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

It would have been quite different had Warnock and company not been in the right place at the right time to meet the right person. The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

Charged EVs

It was always a personal passion, and I was already working on green transportation, so that was a natural intersection. With biofuels, if you look at the relative efficiency of converting solar energy into biofuel versus solar energy into hydrogen, it’s not even a comparison, it’s ridiculous, it’s 500 times difference.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Personally meeting Sandy Munro to exchange ideas of the future of BEVs. In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert. For over 40 years I have organized demos and exhibited EVs, especially light EVs, at in-person EVents to thousands of people.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Personally meeting Sandy Munro to exchange ideas of the future of BEVs. In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert. For over 40 years I have organized demos and exhibited EVs, especially light EVs, at in-person EVents to thousands of people.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

What changes do we make to convert a gasoline-only hybrid to a Plug-In Hybrid? edit ] EAA The Electric Auto Association ( EAA ) was formed in 1967 in San Jose, California. EVs are a smart and efficient choice for personal transportation. Our goal: Get car makers to build Bettah PHEVs than we can convert ourselves.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

The original intent had been a game machine, but at this point the personal-computer market was beginning to look promising. At a meeting of Charpentier, Winterble, and Tramiel, the decision was made to go for a personal computer. It’s a personal challenge. I personally had to play the heavy on a lot of stuff,” he said.

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