The NBEAA chapter visited Fetzer Vineyards in Hopland to become acquainted with the business’ 3E environmental program. Patrick Healy, Environmental Manager, and Brad Campbell, Design Engineer, described Fetzer’s electric vehicles (including Ford Ranger EV pickup trucks, NEVs and utility vehicles), organic growing practices, widespread recycling and the use of photovoltaic panels to generate electricity at the site.
Passing of a Pioneer by Don McGrath
Bob Wing, a true EV pioneer, passed away Sunday morning, March 17, at his home in Inverness, California. Bob has served the EV cause and the EV community for many years, dating back to the early 1970s. He was a hobbyist, a media correspondent, and an EV consultant, and after his retirement from his job as an executive at Stanford Research Institute, devoted much of his time to his consuming passion, electric vehicles and the environment.