Technosanity #9: 36th Annual Silicon Valley EV Rally

The Silicon Valley EAA Chapter has done a yearly rally for, now, 36 years and I have been attending for 10 years or so. Back the major car companies showed up, the most impressive being GM's presence with the EV1. They'd arrive with one or two tractor trailer trucks with 4 EV1's and make them available for test rides. I got to test drive the EV1 a couple times due to this, and other car companies showed up back then as well. Needless to say, since GM axe murdered the EV1, that the major car companies did not show up today. But there were still a lot of people attending anyway.

Car companies in attendance included:-

AC propulsion: http://www.acpropulsion.com/

Green E Motors: http://greenemotor.com (since defunct)

Green Rides: http://greenrides.com (since defunct) -- BTW in the podcast episode I only mentioned the EVT4000. They also had on display a kitcar conversion they're getting ready to sell. It's a kitcar version of the old Spyder sports car, and converted to electric drive they're claim it will cost $50,000.

Electric Bikes: http://electric-bikes.com

Green Vehicles: http://greenvehicles.com (since defunct) -- I wrote a piece about their Triac on V is for Voltage

Electric Motorsport: http://electricmotorsport.com -- I wrote a piece about their GPR-S motorcycle on V is for Voltage

Technosanity #9: 36th Annual Silicon Valley EV Rally

Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/e000008.mp3