NBEAA NEWSLETTER Originally sent out August 4, 2007 CORRECTED AUGUST 14, 2007 ******************************************************* THE AUGUST 18 MEETING WITH PETER SENKOWSKY IS CANCELLED BECAUSE HE IS TOO BUSY MAKING EVS! ******************************************************* Hopefully we can reschedule with him to discuss his Raptor controllers and lithium powered Corbin Sparrow once he gets caught up on his EV deliveries. Good luck Peter! Sorry to all the rest of you for the inconvenience of this schedule change. August NBEAA Event (already passed) ----------------------------------- Wednesday, August 8, 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Santa Rosa Downtown Farmer's Market EV Show-and-Tell at the Way to Go Alternative Transportation Expo (Listed here for archival reasons since incorrect newsletter will not be posted.) Future NBEAA Events ------------------- Saturday, September 1, 10 AM - 4 PM, Napa County Airport EV Show-and-Tell at the Experimental Aircraft Association (the other EAA) Napa Airport Day Saturday, September 29, Spring Lake Regional Park, Santa Rosa EV Show-and-Tell at the American Lung Association 29th Annual Asthma Walk Other Future Events of EV Interest ---------------------------------- Thursday, August 9, 10 AM - 8 PM, Presidio Parade Grounds, 103 Montgomery Street, San Francisco West Coast unveiling of the Vectrix 62 MPH 68 mile range 2 hour recharge time EV Scooter See http://www.vectrix.com/Portal/1/Language/47/Page/55/Vectrix_News.aspx for more information Friday August 10, 2 PM, Napa Valley Unified School District Office, 2425 Jefferson Street, Napa, CA View one of the nation's first plug-in hybrid electric school buses at a press conference announcing the delivery of one of 19 plug-in hybrid electric school buses in the nation awarded by Advanced Energy. For more information contact Ralph Knight, (707)253-3556, rknight@nvusd.k12.ca.us . Wednesday and Thursday, September 12 and 13, UC Berkeley The Meeting of the Minds: designing more sustainable post-carbon cities while creating more sustainable vehicles. See www.UrbanAge.org for more details. Local EV Items for Sale ----------------------- Larry Rau of Sonoma County is selling his Roadrunner RG-400 3 wheel, 2 seat, 35 MPH EV. See EV Tradin' Post ad http://www.austinev.org/evtradinpost/index.php?list=advertisement&method=s howdetails&rollid=1725 for details. Bruce of Sunnyvale is selling his large Paddle Inductive charging station. See EV Tradin' Post ad http://www.austinev.org/evtradinpost/index.php?list=advertisement&method=s howdetails&rollid=1754 for details. Other Announcements ------------------- The NBEAA hard copy Library has been updated! See our new "Chapter Library" link at www.nbeaa.org. See www.nbeaa.org for more details and contact information for all contents presented here.