• EV Ride and Drive

    Paypal Park 1123 Coleman Ave, San Jose, California

    One of our partner organizations, Breathe California, is sponsoring a EV ride-and-drive at Paypal Park on Saturday, April 12. There will be dealer cars available for test drives, and our chapter will be one of several non-profits with cars on display and your fellow members will be answering questions from visitors. We hope to see...

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  • Powering Outdoor equipment

    Maker Nexus 1330 Orleans Dr, Sunnyvale, California

    For professional landscapers and other users of outdoor power equipment, how do you keep your equipment charged when you're on the go all day? Mr. Jim Hanlon of Towa Tools will help us figure that out at this EVA Silicon Valley chapter meeting. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. The presentation will also be...

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  • Ride & Drive at Lake Cunningham Park

    Lake Cunningham Park 2305 S White Rd, Parking Lot D, San Jose, California

    Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition and Our PartnersInvite You to Our Seventh AnnualEV Ride-and-Drive Event! Get behind the wheel of an electric car, experiencethe latest technology, win prizes and more! • Electric Vehicles • Local Food Trucks • Music• Lawn Games • Face Painting • Raffle Giveaways Advance registration is not required, but it does...

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  • EV Charging for Older Apartment Bldgs

    This is not an official EVASV event, but may be of interest to our members. We will hear from panelists Nicole Appenzeller, Senior Clean Transportation Specialist for the San Francisco Environment Department, and Joy Massey, Senior Customer Programs Manager with a focus on income-qualified programming with the community choice aggregator MCE. Providing varied clean mobility...

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  • Silicon Valley Fall Festival

    This extremely popular annual event, sponsored by Cupertino Rotary, has booths representing dozens of community organizations, local businesses, food, lots of activities for the kiddies, and of course cars on display by your local EVA chapter (that's us). Event actually runs to 7:00pm, although the display EVs will be there only until 3:00pm. Come by...

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  • Reid-Hillview Airport Day

    Reid-Hillview Airport 2500 Cunningham Ave, San Jose, CA, United States

    Although it's called Airport Day, a big part of the draw for this event is the car show. Many of the show cars are classic ICE vehicles, but EVA will have a corner of the air field reserved for EVs. The emphasis here is on conversions, custom vehicles, and unique mechanical creations. But we will...

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  • New EV Charging Solutions for Multi-unit Dwellings

    Maker Nexus 1330 Orleans Dr, Sunnyvale, California

    Sven Thesen will discuss EV PlugBox, an EV charging hardware company deploying a switching device that enables simple rerouting of wiring between parking spaces and residential meters. This solution provides a low-cost, low-maintenance, and scalable direct wiring option for EV charging in multifamily settings.  He will also share a stealth widget from Siemens and grouse...

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  • Automotive Technology Shop Tour at De Anza College

    Save the date! We'll have a guided tour of the Automotive Technology facilities at De Anza College, led by Mr. Gerilowe Escalona, an instructor in the Auto Tech department. His talk will include how EV technology has been incorporated into the program, but please be aware that conventional (ICE) vehicles are an integral part of...

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  • Stanford Solar Car Team

    At this in-person event, we'll meet the Stanford students who have designed and built a solar-powered EV racer. There will be time to ask questions and see their latest creation. Attendance is limited to 20; please RSVP to evasv20260221@sunnyvista.net for this event, and the meeting details will be sent to you.

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  • GM Utility and Energy Markets

    This Saturday, we will have a chapter meeting on Zoom. Our guest speaker will be Timur Tufail with GM Utility & Energy Markets.  He will be speaking about GM's bidirectional charging solution.Please register in advance for this zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/F3f05ZNbSPKxUBytz23ehgAfter you register you will be sent a meeting link and password via email.

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