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This Home Page last Updated March 8th, 2010
U.S. and World Electric Vehicle News Updated March 8th, 2010
MAINE’S LATEST BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE NEWS
(Tell us your Maine EV News at webmaster@evmaine.org or 207-342-5042)
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 ANNOUNCING
THE OFFICIAL MAINE ELECTRIC CAR DAY 2010
at the
SEAL COVE AUTO MUSEUM
The Seal Cove Auto Museum in Seal Cove, Maine (next to Southwest Harbor and bordering Acadia National Park) will be hosting an Electric Car Day on Saturday, August 21st, 2010. This will be in cooperation with the “History and Greening of the Quiet Side” Day of the Southwest Harbor/Tremont Chamber of Commerce.
There will be many surprising new electric vehicles on display, including a Nissan Leaf, as well as the two antique electric autos in the Museum’s collection. Also many events and food vendors will be available for all to enjoy. More details later. Be sure to put this date on your calendar now, and enjoy a great day of both old and new green technologies on display.
If you are interested in electric cars, this is the place to be. See you there on August 21st!
Got an electric car, truck or motorcycle? Bring it and join the fun. Contact Barbara Fox at bandstandlady@gmail.com
images copyright Seal Cove Auto Museum
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DO YOU WANT TO BUY A BATTERY ELECTRIC CAR?
Although the Auction for these two electric vehicles is over, see below for more.
Click Here to see what’s available now on Ebay
Click Here to see what’s available now on The EV Tradin’ Post
EVMaine has no connection whatsoever to any ebay or EV Tradin’ Post listings
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On Friday, February 5, 2010 the Alternative Vehicles Working Group of the Maine Legislature’s Transportation Committee Presented the Following Report to the Committee
ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES WORKING GROUP REPORT
To the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation
February 2010
Presented by Garry Hinkley, Director
Vehicle Services Division, Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles
To read more
Click Here
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WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO OFFER A PUBLIC CHARGING STATION IN MAINE?
Will it be a Small Business, or a Municipality?
Most folks think it has to be an expensive and sophisticated stand-alone battery charger setup like this one, but in fact
It really only has to be an outside 110 volt outlet for most battery-powered electric cars because the majority of them have an onboard charger, so all they have to do is plug it in.
If you’re planning on installing an electric car charging station in Maine, let us know. We’ll give you great coverage of your opening ceremony on this website!
contact: billd@evmaine.org
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THE NEW EVMAINE SHOP IS SLOWLY TAKING SHAPE
I am currently expanding my small storage shed into a shop large enough to finish building my electric car in it before spring so I can drive it next summer. I’m retired, so I take my time on such projects. Anyway, here are some photos.
This most recent photo was taken on February 1st, 2010. The outside alcove is for my snowblower.
FOR MORE PHOTOS
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MICHAEL LEWIS GIVES TALK ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS TO MAINE ANTIQUE CAR ENTHUSIASTS
On Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Electrathon World Record holder Michael Lewis from Portland, Maine gave an interesting talk in Augusta at the annual dinner and confab of the Maine branch of The Antique Automobile Club of America. He talked about the history of early electric cars, and of his own multi-year successful quest to break the World’s Record for Electrathon electric cars by averaging 63 mph for one hour on a closed course.
MAINER SETS NEW WORLD RECORD IN BATTERY ELECTRIC CAR
C. Michael Lewis with his son, Mica and the Eracer electric car
FOR MORE
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DANGEROUS NEW YEAR’S PREDICTIONS
Transportation Trends for Maine and the Nation for 2010 and Beyond
by Bill Drinkwater, Executive Director, EVMaine.org
If you dare to read more
Click Here
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CITING MONEY TROUBLE, VIENNA, MAINE PROPOSES DIRT ROADS
Town Roads Riddled With Potholes, Deep Cracks, Frost Heaves
(Michigan has Already Ground Up 50 Miles of Their Roads)
Here’s a road in Michigan with its ground-up pavement.
For the Michigan Story Click Here
(The Maine story below also includes a video)
For the Maine Story Click Here
Ed. Note: Would going back to dirt roads slow all vehicles down so that 25 mph Low Speed electric cars would be more acceptable on our roads?
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MAINER MARK KANDUTSCH’S CLEAN 1972 SAAB 96 CONVERSION
FOR MORE
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WAYNE KRAUTH SAYS, “QUITTING BUYING GAS IS A GREAT FEELING.”
Here is his beautiful 1999 Saturn electric conversion with the trophy
it won at the 2009 Standish Kiwanis Beach Car Show.
For More
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MAINE’S OWN:
THE SUNN SOLAR/ELECTRIC KIT CAR
Here’s a happy owner of a 2009 model
www.sunnev.com
SPECIAL FEATURE
Who says it costs two billion dollars to start a new car company?
IS THIS MAN MAINE’S NEW HENRY FORD?
Art Haines with his prototype solar car in 2007
AN INTERVIEW WITH ART HAINES ABOUT HIS SUNN SOLAR KIT CARS THAT CAN BE SHIPPED, ASSEMBLED, LICENSED AND DRIVEN ANYWHERE IN THE U.S.
CLICK HERE
AND HERE’S THE NEW SUNN “SPIRIT” 3-WHEELED PROTOTYPE
IT’S A SOLAR, PEDAL AND BATTERY-POWERED MOPED
AND FOR THE SUNN CAR COMPANY’S WEBSITE
CLICK HERE
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RECENT EVMAINE ACTIVITIES
THE CONSERVATION FAIR
This was our display table at the recent annual Knox-Lincoln Counties Conservation Fair on the Union (Maine) Fairgrounds which was sponsored by the Agricultural Extension Service. Four hundred 6th and 7th Graders came thru and we informed them about electric cars in their future. We also do PowerPoint presentations for Maine high schools and universities about electric cars in the future. You can contact us at billd@evmaine.org or at 207.342.5042
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THE EVMAINE TRAILER PROJECT
This photo shows where one side was widened.
FOR MORE
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THE EVMAINE “BELMONT COMET” ELECTRIC AUTOCYCLE PROJECT
2008
2009
It will be on the road in Summer 2010
FOR THE EVMAINE PROJECT CAR BLOG
CLICK HERE
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WE’RE SEARCHING FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES
FOR BATTERY ELECTRIC CARS IN MAINE
Please Contact Us Immediately! The Early Bird Gets the Ad Space.
webmaster@evmaine.org
Electric Vehicle Stuff for Sale Here
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HUMANITY’S TWO OVERARCHING CONSIDERATIONS
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change - can lead to local weather pattern disruptions, more violent
storms or even to an unstoppable and deadly progressive warming of the Earth.
Battery electric vehicles are the only vehicles on the market today that help
fight Climate Change through zero emissions, plus they can easily be recharged
using 100% clean energy from rooftop solar panels or a backyard wind turbine.
Reference: NEWSWEEK: WHY CLIMATE CHANGE IS WORSE THAN WE THINK
Click Here
And the other threat to our well being is
PEAK OIL
Peak Oil - can lead to a collapse of our economy because our massive
energy supply needs will soon be disrupted by a natural decline in the
worldwide supply of oil, and no energy-equal substitute has yet been found.
Battery electric vehicles reduce our oil consumption because they use
electricity for fuel, instead of oil-derived gasoline or diesel fuel.
Reference: IEA ECONOMIST WARNS OF OIL SHORTFALLS
Click Here
PLUS ELECTRIC CARS ARE LOTS OF FUN TO DRIVE!
However, if you don’t believe one or both of the above situations,
electric cars are still fun to drive.
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RENT IT TODAY
MAD MAX - THE MOVIE (1979)
Is this what you’ll have to do to get any gasoline in the future?
Copyright MGM 1979
The plot of this 1979 Australian movie is in the near future gasoline supplies have become extemely difficult to obtain, and gangsters are now terrorizing all gasoline sources. So a good cop (Mel Gibson) is out to fix the situation, in this, his first hit movie.
"George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do
almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations
would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative
energy until it was too late." James McCausland interview (12/04/2006)
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Iver’s Electric Car Blog
Updated July 5th, 2009
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June Rally in Skowhegan
Article 1 Click Here
The First Thousand Miles
Article 2 Click Here
Another Maine Electric Vehicle
Article 3 Click Here
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MAINE’S FIRST ELECTRIC VEHICLE RALLY
IN SKOWHEGAN WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!
It took place on June 20th, 2009.
Three very different electric vehicles were present, the public enjoyed the show,
and we enjoyed our little emissions-free parade around town afterward.
FOR MORE
CLICK HERE
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ELECTRIC CAR MEETS MAINE STUDENTS’ ASPIRATIONS
They are pre-engineering students at the Mid-Coast School of Technology
in Rockland, Maine
Getting ready to run
FOR MORE
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THIS ELECTRIC SNOWMOBILE IS FROM MARK BLACKIE OF SCARBOROUGH, MAINE
Here are a couple pictures of my electric conversion of my Dad's 1970 Skidoo Nordic 399. It's still in the Frankenstein's monster state of wiring and refinement. It's 36 volts, low speed, short range, and good for only about eight laps around the house without annoying any of the neighbors, but good fun for my three kids. I'll bump the voltage up whenever I can scrounge all the parts together. There’s still much to be done to reduce drag and extend range, if time ever allows. I've got a spare pallet jack motor and low voltage controller that I'll dig up the pictures on and take you up on the free ad. Right now they are just taking up space in my garage.
- Mark -
Here’s a photo of me and my youngest daughter riding it.
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THANKS TO ALL FOR THE FUN
THE 2009 ELECTRIC VEHICLE ENTHUSIASTS POTLUCK BBQ
WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
Here are a few of the dozen+ folks who dropped by during the day to enjoy the festivities
And here are some of the guests looking over Walter Guinion’s electric Ford Focus
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HERE ARE TWO CUSTOM ELECTRIC TRIKES FROM MACHIAS, MAINE
ON JUNE 14, 2008 AT THE SECOND ANNUAL CALAIS INTERNATIONAL
ANTIQUE AND CUSTOM AUTO SHOW
Above: Fred Thorne on his 3-Wheeler
Above: Dennis Smith with his 3-Wheeler
FOR MORE
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FRED AND DENNIS’S ELECTRIC VEHICLES AT THE EARTH DAY FESTIVAL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT MACHIAS ON SUNDAY, APRIL 26th, 2009
This model has a solar panel on the roof which can supply most of the
power to recharge the batteries as this student tries it out
FOR MORE
CLICK HERE
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Another Maine Electric Vehicle Business
EAST COAST E-BIKES
“Making Portland Flat”
www.eastcoastebikes.com
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SEE MAINER ED MILLER’S TOYOTA TERCEL CONVERSION
Click Here
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Here is a very practical idea
MAINE’S OWN JOHN HOWE, INVENTOR AND RETIRED ENGINEER, AND HIS SOLAR POWERED TRACTORS
Wasting acreage, time, effort, equipment and money creating your own biofuels is crazy when the sunlight can directly power your tractor.
Be sure to read his very informative website:
www.solarcarandtractor.com
Click Here for His Youtube Video
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