Our EVA chapter will display members' custom electric vehicles at PG&E's first-ever custom car show, taking place at the PG&E Cupertino Service Center. This is event is not exclusively for EVs, but there will be a separate area for EV displays. George's flamin' hot Studebaker conversion will be there. Admission is free to the public,...

Come to Los Altos and check out the latest lineup of electric vehicles and talk to vehicle owners and exhibitors from the EV ecosystem. This event is at the Los Altos Community Center -- arrive early, as parking here is limited, and bicycling or carpooling is encouraged. We already have a full line-up of EVs...

Your local EVA chapter has been busy in the field for the last couple months, displaying cars and staffing booths at events in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino (twice!) and Los Altos. On July 22, we return to our regular monthly meeting format (via zoom) with a guest speaker from GoPowerEV. Rachel Corn will tell us...

Visit your EVASV friends while checking out the newest electric vehicles at the fifth annual Lake Cunningham Park Ride-and-Drive event. We are co-sponsoring this event with Breathe California and Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition. Our chapter will have 3 EVs on static display, and a number of dealers will be represented to give test drives....

Come visit our booth at Reid-Hillview Airport Day on Sep 23. We'll have several member EVs on display, and we'll be available to answer your questions. In addition, there will be an impressive display of classic cars (not exclusively EV), airplanes, military vehicles, and a live brass band. Food trucks, too. This event usually attracts...

Our speaker this month is Linda Hutchins-Knowles, the Multi-Family Housing Senior Manager for nonprofit Charge Across Town, educating apartment and condo residents about the benefits of driving an EV.  She also serves on the leadership team of the EV Charging for All Coalition (EVCAC) and is the Co-founder and Team Coordinator of Mothers Out Front Silicon Valley. In both...

Our guest s peaker will be Brock Glassman - Northern California District Manager for ES Solar. As our EVASV chapter Vice President George Stuckert pointed out in his recent email "Enough of PG&E rate increases," PG&E has killed the Solar industry in Northern California. Many solar installers have lost their jobs and several of the...

As part of Drive Electric Earth Month (DEEM), EVASV will staff a booth at Santa Clara Arbor Day on April 11, at Santa Clara Central Park (909 Kiely Blvd). We'll have 2-3 member EVs on display, and we'll be available to answer questions. Other environmental and civic organizations will be at the fair, as well....

Your EVA Silicon Valley Chapter will staff a booth at the Cupertino Earth Day / Arbor Day festival on Saturday April 20, at Cupertino Library Field Park. We'll have 4-5 member EVs on display. Other community organizations will be at the event, and food trucks will be available. For directions and further info, click here.

Although it is very eco-friendly, growth in the wind turbine industry is slowing down. Today’s wind farms generally employ Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs), but their construction involves the major logistical feat of transporting huge blades (as long as 118 meters) to locations that are often remote. However, as HAWTs cannot handle the most turbulent...