We are an association of battery-powered (not hybrid) electric vehicle enthusiasts in Lane County, Oregon. Our group intends to act as a source of information on the developments in electric automobile technology, to encourage experimentation in the building of electric autos, and to organize public exhibits and events featuring electric automobiles for the purpose of educating the public on the progress and benefits of electric vehicle technology.
Our Yahoo Discussion Group is for those that are interested in getting more involved and finding out what we are doing.
Activist Group Links
PlugInAmerica.com
Promote Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, and Plug-in Hybrids
Fuel Efficient Vehicles Now
This is our mission ... to help develop an infinitely sustainable link between the energy coming from the sun and a new generation of vehicles which will satisfy our transportation needs.
Background Information
Battery Book
from Curtis Instruments
Comparing Energy Costs per Mile
for electric and gas vehicles, from US Dept. of Energy
Free downloads from R.Q. Riley
Riley is a product designer, sells plans for do-it-yourself
Oregon Dept. of Energy - Transportation
Info about tax credits, alternative fuels
Part One - Basics every battery user should know
Exhaustive information from Isidor Buchmann
Progressive Insurance
They claim to insure 2, 3, and 4-wheel EV's
Third model of the dymaxion car
Designed by Buckminster Fuller in 1933 to achieve maximum output and service with minimum material input.
Pure Energy Systems Wiki
Your publicly editable site about new energy technologies. Wide coverage of energy inventions, companies, and inventors;
acknowledged as the best repository worldwide on extreme cutting-edge
energy technologies. Includes Top 100 Energy Technologies - A prioritized listing by the New Energy Congress of the leading energy technologies according to ten criteria including: renewable, environmentally safe, affordable, feasible, credible, reliable, developed, safe, etc.
EV Parts
Advanced DC Motors
Good for specs, they don't sell direct.
EV-America.com
Owned by Bob Batson, Electrical Engineer: EV Parts, Sailboat auxiliaries, electric farm tractor, electric boat, advanced DC motors, Curtis controllers, Zivan battery chargers, ALLTrax controllers
Trojan Battery
Tech support and product literature
A123 Systems
A123 Systems has developed nanophosphate electrode technology lithium ion
batteries that provide engineers and application developers
significantly higher power, an inherently safer chemistry, and an order
of magnitude longer life.
EV's for sale
Eugene area Dealers:
BugE Main Page Earth for Earthlings
Mark Murphy's 3-wheel kit personal electric
Carl Watkins
Eugene Electric Vehicle Sales and Service
mobile 513-5904
e-mail cw@eevss.com
Green Eye is discontinuing its dealership of ZAP vehicles.
Wheel Works
Pedal-assist electric bicycles
407 W 11th Street, Eugene
431-7300
Oregon area Dealers:
MC Electric Vehicles
At the corner of Canyon Road and 217 in Beaverton, dealer of Columbia,
Dynasty, Canadian EV, ZENN, E-Ride, Miles and Tiger electric vehicles
as well as Evader electric motor scooters. Work vehicles, Neighborhood
Electric Vehicles (NEV), and electric motor scooters; parts and service
for all brands of electric powered vehicles.
Ecomotion: Earth Friendly New and Pre-owned vehicles
Green Cars For Sale, EPA Smartway Certified pre-owned - Portland, OR
Elsewhere:
Commuter Cars (one- and two-person cars)
Descriptions of vehicles that may no longer be in production
EVFinder.com
2, 3, and 4-wheel electrics categorized
Electric Motor-scooters and Motorcycles
The Tango
Introducing the high performance, road-hugging, ultra-narrow Tango, waiting for funding to get into production
Zap cars
Made in China, where quality control comes last
Electric vehicles you can buy right now (CNET)
There's been a lot of coverage on who killed the electric car and which major car company is building the next great electric or hybrid-electric vehicle. The fact remains, there are still few electric vehicles that you could actually go out and buy tomorrow. We've compiled a list of some interesting ones CNET has discovered.
EV WORLD:
The Eco-Friendly World of Electric Cars, Hybrids, Plug-In Hybrids, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles includes daily industry news, electric car test drive reviews, and more on electric drive cars and transportation.
Other Electric Vehicle Associations
OEVA:Oregon Electric Vehicle Association
The Oregon Electric Vehicle Association (OEVA) is a non-profit association of electric vehicle enthusiasts. We promote electric vehicle education and encourage their safe construction and use.
OEVA:Oregon Electric Vehicle Association: Links
MAEAA Web links
Endless links to EV information by the Mid-America Electric Auto Association
The Electric Auto Association
Electric Auto Association - a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of Electric Vehicles (EV) and public awareness of EV use
Electrathon America
To create and develop a sport that improves public awareness and understanding of electric vehicles through continuously improved vehicle and event rules.
To help support the electric vehicle movement and welcome in new who are people thinking of converting their own vehicles. This web forum provides features which merge current knowledge with new discussion topics.
OEVA-list Archives
E-mail discussion group of the Oregon EVA
Personal Pages
97 Honda Accord
Bryan Avery's conversion of a 97 Honda Accord
humm-E
David Hazen's 3-wheel, 2-passenger wood-body EV
Lanny Thomason's Converted Rangers
Resource Conservation, Peak Oil, Climate Change
RideShare.us Carpooling
RideShare/Carpool site that allows an organizer to create a free, instant online ridesharing page for any workplace, school, festival or other event.
Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas
Post Carbon Institute
Post Carbon Institute is a think, action and education tank offering research, project tools, education and information to implement proactive strategies to adapt to an energy constrained world.
Eco Geek
Science, technology gadgets and...baby seals. We're in
a bit of an eco-mess, but we've got the brains to lick any problem. And
that's why EcoGeek.org publishes up to ten stories daily about
innovations that are saving the planet.