{"id":155703,"date":"2016-06-06T20:55:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T03:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seattleeva.org\/wp\/?p=155703"},"modified":"2022-12-08T18:26:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T01:26:31","slug":"seva-june-2016-meeting-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seattleeva.org\/wp\/seva-june-2016-meeting-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"SEVA Meeting Minutes \u2013 June 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
SEVA Meeting Minutes: \u00a0June 6 2016, \u2013Called to order. Officers introduced. 44 persons in attendance.<\/div>\n
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NEW PEOPLE \u2013 We are pleased to welcome Darren (Mr. Electric Bicycle!), Michael (Graphic Designer\u00a0who’s made some super cool EV shirts! \u00a0www.evince.com<\/a> ) John (first had an EV in 1992), William (interested in fuel-efficient vehicles and electric bikes) David (interested in the group) and Steve (curious about an EV conversion) who are joining us for the very first time.<\/div>\n
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EV of the MONTH \u2013 is Billy\u2019s 2017 Volt, leased from Bill Pierre Chevrolet.\u00a0 Battery has increased to 53 miles of range (43 \u2013 56 \u00a0miles \u201creal world\u201d experience), new styling, better audio system.\u00a0 Charger has improved to 3.6 kWh. $35,000 MSRP.\u00a0 Billy was happy with the lease terms he was able to come to with the dealership. Come out into the EV lot to see it!<\/div>\n
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GREENWOOD CAR SHOW \u2013 June 25th<\/sup>.\u00a0 This is the \u201cSuper Bowl\u201d of the car show season.\u00a0 Hopefully everyone has filled out their car show applications, although Mark Schiller was on hand to take last-minute<\/span> applications.\u00a0 SEVA has 29 vehicles (and counting) ready to display, and SEVA\u2019s section will be at the Walgreen\u2019s parking lot, as usual.\u00a0 If you are showing a car, please be in place by 8:00am.\u00a0 After party will be at the Lough residence.\u00a0 Pre-show fun starts at Woodland Park at 6:30am for coffee, donuts, and socializing. Wayland will be there and if anyone else is bringing a trailer, there is room in the parking lot here and we can all caravan our EVs up to the Walgreens lot.<\/div>\n
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FENDERS ON FRONT STREET\u00a0\u2013 This\u00a0 is Father\u2019s Day on Front Street in Issaquah.\u00a0 One of the region\u2019s biggest car shows.\u00a0 Whether you are showing or looking, be there.<\/div>\n
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PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB June 26th\u2013 Will the Electric Vehicles dominate this year?<\/div>\n
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EMERALD CITY JOULES III\u00a0\u2013 July 20th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Bring your EV out to bracket race against other EVs of all types or kick gas by challenging a gas burner to a drag race! Gates open at 4pm and there’s plenty of charging at the track for this Wednesday evening event.<\/div>\n
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SOLARFEST \u2013 Saturday, July 23rd<\/sup>.\u00a0 A big, big event at Shoreline Community College.\u00a0 And it\u2019s free so please bring out your EV!<\/div>\n
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RENTON RIVER DAYS \u2013 July 24th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Treasurer Mark Yormark wanted to remind everyone of this event.\u00a0 It is on SEVA\u2019s calendar (right after SolarFest), and this presents a good opportunity to improve the visibility of EVs in the area. There will be 30A public charging available as well as a chance to win a $100 IKEA gift card!<\/div>\n
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SHOCK AND AWE BOTHELL HIGH SCHOOL’S 800V DRAG RACER\u00a0\u2013 Instructor (and car driver) Pat McCue shared his experiences with sending \u201cShock and Awe\u201d to the drag strip. The car has\u00a0made it out to the\u00a0track for two events\u00a0now and about 10 runs. It has worked its way down from a 12 second\u00a0time, through the elevens, to 10 seconds and finally a staggering 9.5 second pass at over 150 MPH!\u00a0Pat shared some amazing videos of the car including this one from our Canadian NEDRA friend Casey Mynott:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L53JTDnmj_w<\/a><\/div>\n
Congratulations to Mr. McCue and his students on this fantastic achievement.<\/div>\n
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LOOKING \u201cFOB\u201d-ULOUS \u2013 The membership shared some strategies for dealing with weak or disabled key fobs on newer electric vehicles.\u00a0 Buying a new key fob is expensive and it’s good to keep spare batteries on hand.<\/div>\n
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Don Baer recommended Gaurdian Locks in Tacoma who can re-key a new Nissan LEAF Keyfob for over $100 less than what the dealer was going to charge him. Brian Henderson let people know that even if the LEAF key fob battery dies, you can pull the metal key out and then open the door and once inside, you can place the key fob right up to the “start” button on the Nissan LEAF in order to start the car. Grace Reamer mentioned that with the Tesla Model S, you can also place it’s key fob up at the base of the windshield in order to unlock the car, and then in the cup holder area of the center console in order to start the car if your Model S key fob battery goes bad.<\/div>\n
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SURVEY \u2013 UW researchers have distributed a survey about charging habits and strategies. Don MacKenzie\u00a0and his students have been developing a new survey, which focuses not only on charging choices, but on choices about whether to use an EV or a conventional vehicle for a planned day of travel. They will use the resulting data to better predict electricity demand profiles from EV charging and to inform the design of public charging infrastructure. As a thank you, they will be entering all survey respondents in a drawing for a choice of an\u00a0Apple iPad or a Microsoft Surface tablet<\/b>\u00a0(a $499 value).<\/div>\n
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The survey should take 10-20 minutes and can be found here:\u00a0http:\/\/evchargingsurvey.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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Meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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