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is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept 17 at the Davis Community Library in Bethesda, MD. See the Meeting page for details.

Tour of Solar Homes Coming Up October 5 . . . with EVs

Visit our Events page for a listing of the latest EVents.

Click here for pics of the Ride and Drive we had in an EV1

Solar Homes to Charge EVs in College Competition
September 26

The US DOE is sponsoring the 2002 Solar Decathlon, a college engineering competition featuring 10 competitions, including charging and racing an electric car with the solar photovoltaic [PV] panels. That's PVs for EVs !

From September 26 to Oct 5, 2002, on the Washington Mall right in front of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, one of the most visited sites in America, thirteen college engineering teams from Colorado to Puerto Rico will display their 800 square foot solar homes. . . (more)

Greg Pokorny Elected Vice President of the National Electric Drag Racing Association

EVA/DC Racing Chairman, Greg Pokorny, has been elected Vice President of the National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA). In a statement from NEDRA, "Greg has been the East Coast coordinator for NEDRA and has successfully organized the Power of DC events there. Greg brings great enthusiasm and a can-do attitude to NEDRA along with his organizational skills."

Congratulations Greg!!

2002 Power of DC Drag Race a Smashing Success!!

On June 29, EVA/DC hosted our 2nd Annual Power of DC Drag Race which was held at the Mason-Dixon dragway in Hagerstown, Maryland. This years theme was "American Amps." Electric drag racing enthusiasts from all over the East Coast converged at the dragway for a day of racing. The "Power of DC" is one of several NEDRA events held throughout the year. Visit our Power of DC web site for information and pictures from this year's event. Also look for an article on the race in the August edition of "EV News."

We still have plenty of T-Shirts left over featuring the "Power of DC" Car-Toon shown to the right. Contact Greg Pokorny for more information at grepok@aol.com.

The NESEA Tour de Sol came to DC May 14. 50 green cars entered the rally ranging from a VW Rabbit powered by vegestable oil to solar electric cars. Check out our Tour de Sol Gallery. Many of the entries included high school and college teams as well as local homebuilt vehicles.

On May 12 the vehicles were inspected and tested at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. The starting line began on 3rd Street on the Mall in DC on May 14 where the cars were put on display and EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman gave a speech commemorating the event.

From there the rally travelled to Sandy Point State Park in Maryland for an autocross event then onto Philadelphia, Trenton, and the finish line in New York City on the 18.

Also racing at the Tour de Sol were the Junior Solar Sprints which were built by area elementary school students. These are small solar powered cars that run along a guide wire and are about the size of a shoebox. Coordinating the event was our own EVA/DC Program Chairman Charlie Garlow. Visit http://www.ssfs.org/inside/middle/tourdesol.htm for pictures.

The Tour de Sol is the world's largest annual educational event that aims to advance the development and use of sustainable transportation and energy options, including solar-powered, fuel-cell powered, hybrid and battery powered electric cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, bicycles and other vehicles.

Special sale on a new Advanced DC XP-1227 Motor

Just in time for the racing season we have a brand new Advanced DC XP-1227 for sale. This is the heavy duty, high voltage version of the popular Advanced DC 8 inch motor. This motor can handle over 200 volts. This is the same motor used by Brian Matheny in his white MR2 and Chip Gribben in his blue Ford Escort shown above. Contact Dave Goldstein at goldie.ev1@juno.com

Get your electric drag racer ready with one of these new motors.

Show Your Support for EV Legislation

Congress is considering EV and hybrid-related tax incentives and programs.

Show your support and fill out a prewritten letter to your state representative. Visit the EVAA site and follow the "ACTION ALERT" prompts.

Let's NOT allow ALL the money to go to Big Oil, Big Gas, and Big Agribusiness. Please stand up and be counted!

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