SEVA Meeting Minutes – October 2026
Seattle Electric Vehicle Association
October 13, 2026 meeting minutes
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Ballard Marine Building
The meeting was called to order at 7:01 pm by President Stephen Johnsen
NEW ATTENDEES –
Wayne has a RAV4 and Nissan Ariya.
Rudy Ziemba, organizer for Revolve Motors’ Renton Drives Electric event
John had a Tesla Model S with 320,000 miles
Aaron founded Charge World and supports customers through home charging installation. and he had a leased Ford Lightning.
Michael, friend of Ballard Marine building owner Kent Bakke
EVENTS:
ROADMAP CONFERENCE – Stephen, Jay Donnaway and Brian attended the Forth Roadmap conference Sept. 13-15. Forth announced its merger with Calstart, and the new name is Catalyst.
RIVIAN R2 CELEBRATION – Rivian R2s are getting delivered in Washington now, and SEVA member Chad Schwitters got his. He and Stephen attended an event Rivian hosted to celebrate, featuring a custom R1S that is being used for filming tire videos and commercials.
GM EV1 30th ANNIVERSARY – Stephen and Micah Peterson attended the 30-year reunion of the EV1 engineering team on Sept. 17 at Kettering University in Flint, Mich. Stephen shared a story about transporting an original EV1 nickel metal hydride battery to donate to the team.
GREEN RIVER COLLEGE EV SHOW – Green River College’s first EV show on Oct. 5 had a good mix of 15 vehicles including conversions. SEVA members talked to lots of students and faculty.
CLE ELUM RIDE AND DRIVE EVENT – Stephen, Paul and Chad took their cars to the Oct. 10 event in Cle Elum. Drivers could select the car they wanted to drive, and some drove several. PSE brought a trailer with their charging exhibit, pulled by Cybertruck.
RENTON DRIVES ELECTRIC – Revolve Motors hosted a two-day event Oct. 10-11, with a wide variety of vehicles for test drives. They brought in partners for charging, insurance, batteries, solar, bikes and scooters.
SPECIAL GUEST – Matt Mortensen of Revision Marine gave a presentation about his experiences with EV road trips, camping, towing and boating, such as hauling a trailer loaded up with a full hot tub that is powered by his Ford Lightning.
The meeting adjourned at 8:42 p.m. Next meeting – Nov. 10, 7 p.m., Ballard Marine Building, 1526 NW 46th St.
Submitted by SEVA Board Secretary Grace Reamer
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Zoom/YouTube Meeting Recording(s):
: YouTube: SeattleEVA.org 20261013 Meeting