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January 10th 2012 Meeting: Notes

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		+	First speaker was Jeff Finn, bringing us up to date on SEVA's
		+	legislative agenda. Upcoming is WA's short session. First though, West
		+	Coast Electric Highway is narrowing down choices for two more
		+	quick-charge station out I-90 on Snoqualmie Pass. Construction has begun
		+	on the quick-charge (level 3) charging station near Bellingham and most
		+	others are planned for Spring 2012.
		+
		+	There are currently three active bills that affect EVs:
		+	1. 2ESSB 5251 $100 annual license fee
		+	2. HB 2106 HOV lane access by Sen Frockt (introduced when he was a
		+	representative). He is our biggest EV proponent in the Congress.
		+	3. HB 1758 Sales tax exemption for plug-in hybrids
		+
		+	1. Needs a full House vote; after that it would probably breeze though
		+	the Senate. So the best way is to stop it in the House so please
		+	pressure your representative to vote against it.
		+	2. Needs a House sponsor; people in the 33rd Legislative District
		+	(SeaTac, Des Moines, Kent) should pressurize Rep Dave Upthegrove
		+	chairman of the Environmental Committee to be the sponsor.
		+	3. Make motion to support
		+
		+	Other legislative ideas:
		+	* Special License Plate -- would need a volunteer from SEVA to champion;
		+	another idea brought up was just a plate Frame, which would be far
		+	easier to pull off...
		+
		+	Rick Woodbury of Commuter Cars (www.commutercars.com) is driving a
		+	Lithium Tango from Spokane to Yakima.
		+
		+	Transportation Choices is having an advocacy day in Olympia, see
		+	http://transportationchoices.org/action/transportation-advocacy-day-2012
		+
		+	The movie Carbon Nation is premiering in this area on the 21st, which
		+	may be of interest of some members. Also should be out for sale soon.
		+
		+	Revenge of the Electric Car movie is available on DVD.
		+
		+	State Department of Commerce/Transportation EV Task Force had 30 in
		+	attendance.
		+
		+	Stephen Johnsen showed off the new SEVA Calendar.
		+
		+	Zach Fung presented an update on his UW Electric SAE Formula SAE Car
		+	project, which got funding from Genie. They bought LiPo batteries, BMS,
		+	and some motor plates.
		+
		+	Stephen Johnsen and Ron Easley shared about the November trip they
		+	took with Chad Hohn down to Southern California and back without using
		+	any gasoline. Three guys, a 1997 GM S-10E packed full of gear and
		+	their lithium Range Trailer weighed in at just over 8,000 lbs of total
		+	vehicle/trailer weight! The three covered about 3,000 miles in 6 days
		+	driving from Maple Valley to the Southern California Coast just North
		+	of Los Angeles and back again. Relatively quick charging was
		+	accomplished using public Tesla HPC stations as well as even faster
		+	charging at RV parks where they used a special combiner box and
		+	isolation toroid to add extra chargers and pull a total of nearly
		+	35,000 watts! More photos and information from the trip is available
		+	at the Range Trailer's facebook page:
		+	http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Range-Trailer/257589060955815
		+
		+	Michael Oziel (206-227-8673 or michael.oziel@successcharging.com) with
		+	Success Charging (www.successcharging.com) is providing for-pay
		+	EV-charging stations at no cost to the owner of the property along with
		+	revenue sharing and advertising with the property owners.
		+
		+	Jake Oshins crashed his lithium sparrow on 520, fortunately with few
		+	injuries though the vehicle was destroyed.
		+
		+	Also the annual EAA meeting is coming up on 2/25/2012 and can be heard and listened to over the internet, or by phone
		+	Contact EAA for details. http://www.electricauto.org/
		+
		+	Also forgot to mention this Friday, 1/13/2012 Another EV Charging Station Opening.. at the MERCER ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER1 NEAR I-90/ISLAND CREST EXIT
		+
		+	Address: 8236 SE 24TH STREET, Mercer Island, Wa.

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