Electric Vehicle Internet Resources 


There are just zillions of web pages and other resources about EVs available on the internet, some better than others. This list is meant to give some suggestions for the kinds of information available and comments on a few of the best places to look. It is not meant to be exhaustive.


[ Links | Information | Chapters | News | bikes | Racing | Pictures | Conversion | Parts | Companies | Battery | For Sale | RoadTests ]


 

Starting point 
Official EAA Web Page http://www.eaaev.org/
Book mark this page and it will eventually lead you to everything else. Information about EAA, list of chapters, pointers to chapter web pages, Events listing, long list of other web sites. 

You can now join the EAA and pay on-line using PayPal at http://home.pacbell.net/beckettw/member-paypal.htm

Frequently Asked Questions http://www.infoev.com/faq/index.ws4d


 

Weblinks 
These URLs contain lots of pointers to other resources on the net. If you just want to surf around, then click on all of these links 

Official EAA Web Page  http://eaaev.org/
Sacramento EVA's Webpoints http://saccityweb.com/seva/webpoint.html 
Mid-America EAA's Links page: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/4214/ 


Clean Cities

TEAA is proud to participate in the Triangle's Clean Cities coalition.


 

How Many EVs Are There?

EV Census: http://www.econogics.com/ev/evwhere.htm

 


EV Information 

Green Car Club: http://www.greencarclub.org/ Has information and discussion forums on environmentally-friendly vehicles, including EVs. Sponsored by the NESEA.
Cars.com : now has an alternative-fuels section including EVs. Good coverage of major-manufacturers.
EV World:
http://www.evworld.com/ An "internet magazine" covering electric vehicles. Starting coverage in earnest with the January 1998 issue, EV World is setting itself up to be a major source of news about EVs 
EV Online: http://sloan.stanford.edu/EVonline/ provides a web-based archive of information on EV history. 
EV mailing list: Get the latest EV race results, press releases, battery and controller wars, etc. To see the old messages, visit the archive site at http://solstice.crest.org/efficiency/ev-list-archive/ .
To join the list, send e-mail to listserv@sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu with the message "subscribe ev yourname", and follow the instructions in the automatic reply. For more information and instructions, see http://www.evdl.org
Bruce Parmenter (EVangel): http://members.aol.com/BruceDP/ Bruce has collected a lot of information from the mailing list and newsletters. Not fancy, but full of facts. 
Essay on EVs and hybrids by R.Q. Riley: http://www.netzone.com/~rqriley/ev-tech.html 
Calstart: http://www.calstart.org/ Has lots of technal papers, news, etc. 
Southern Coalition for Advanced Transportation: http://www.advtrans.org/ 
US Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network. http://www.eren.doe.gov/ and Electric Vehicle Field Operations Program http://ev.inel.gov/sop/
An interesting web site in the UK: http://www.evuk.co.uk/
Uve's Electric Vehicle Calculator http://www.geocities.com/hempev/EVCalculator.html

 

EAA Chapters and Other EV clubs 
Phoenix http://www.phoenixeaa.com/ Sacramento http://saccityweb.com/seva/
San Jose http://members.aol.com/sjeaa/  Silicon Valley http://eaasv.org/
Triangle http://www.rtpnet.org/~teaa San Francisco http://www.bjharding.com/sfpeaa/
New England: http://neeaa.org/ Washington DC: http://www.evadc.org/
Las Vegas: http://geocities.com/lveva/ Kansas/Missouri http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/4214/
EV1 Club http://ev1-club.power.net/ Fox Valley (Chicago area) http://www.fveaa.org/
Albuquerque : http://www.abqev.org/ Amherst,MA: http://www.geocities.com/pveaa/
North Bay (San Francisco) http://geocities.com/nbeaa/ San Diego: http://home.att.net/~NCSDCA/EVAoSD/
East Bay (San Francisco) http://geocities.com/ebeaa/ Vancouver, BC: http://www.veva.bc.ca/
Seattle: http://slough1.home.mindspring.com/seva.html EV Club of the South (Atlanta): http://www.evclubsouth.org/

 

EV Model-specific clubs/webpages
GM EV 1 http://ev1-club.power.net/ Solectria Force http://geocities.com/force_ev/
Ford Ranger http://geocities.com/ranger_ev/ Honda EV+ http://www.hondaev.org/
Corbin Sparrow http://geocities.com/sparrow_ev/ US Electricar: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uselectricar_ev
Ford Th!nk http://geocities.com/think_ev/ Daimler-Chrysler Smart http://geocities.com/smart_ev/

 


 

EV Parts catalogs
InnEVations http://www.mcn.org/a/innEVations/  Wilde Evolutions http://www.evparts.com/
Electro-Automotive: http://electroauto.com/ EV America http://www.inc.com/users/evainc.html

 

EV companies
Solectria http://www.solectria.com/  Dynasty http://www.attwoodgold.com/s/Background.asp
Available in North Carolina from ANT
AC Propulsion TZero: http://acpropulsion.com/ American Electric Automobile Co. http://aeaci.com/
Sparrow http://www.ev-sparrow.com/index.html  NEVCO Gizmo http://www.nevco.com/ 
GEM http://www.gemcar.com
Available in North Carolina from ANT
Bombardier http://www.bombardierNV.com/
EV business locator http://energy.sourceguides.com/businesses/byP/ev/ev.shtml
Calstart's Advanced Vehicle Catalog: http://www.calstart.org/services/catalog/ 
 Zap electric bikes http://www.zapworld.com/  EV Global electric bikes: http://www.evglobal.com/
 GM EV1 http://www.gmev.com/ Ford Think: http://www.thinkmobility.com/
Ford Ranger EV http://www.fleet.ford.com/products_services/alternative_vehicles/electric/default.asp

Bikes and Go-carts
 Electric Bike info: http://www.electric-bikes.com/
 Electric Bicycle Shop: http://evworld.com/electricshop/index.html
 US Pro Drive: http://www.currietech.com/
 EV Global: http://www.evglobal.com/
 Charger is no longer in business. Electroportal is supporting Charger owners and planning to bring out a followup product. http://abc.eznettools.net/D300013/X300109/eBike.html
 Zap: http://zapworld.com/
 
Plan for Slipstream: http://www.econvergence.net/emb.htm
 Kango go-carts: http://www.kangoev.com/index.html

EV Parts Manufacturers

List of Controllers: http://geocities.com/themr23/evcontrol.html

Zapi: motor controllers http://www.zapiinc.com/

Curtis: motor controllers http://www.curtisinst.com

DAX: motor controllers http://www.daxcontrol.com/

Manzanita Micro: motor controllers and battery regulators http://www.manzanitamicro.com/


EV conversion process 
Jerry Halstead http://jerryrig.com/convert/
A detailed diary of Jerry's conversion project. A must read for anyone planning a do-it-yourself EV. 
EVA/DC: http://www.evadc.org/build_an_ev.html
Nice tutorial on the process of conversion.
Saturn Conversion: http://home.sprintmail.com/~jlentz/ Another diary of a conversion. This one is a Saturn SL2 sedan.

 

 

Individuals' EVs
Bill Dube's Electwik Wabbit  Rich Brown's RX-7 
Ralph's Spitfire http://RTPnet.org/~ev/spit/ Brian Matheny's Electric Vehicles
Electric Fiero Dave Brockman's Porsche 911
Members of Mid-America EAA Mike Chancey's Jet Electrica 007
Tom and Elizabeth's Solectria Force http://asterius.com/solectria/ho/ Ford Ranger EV page: http://geocities.com/ranger_ev
Sparrow Driver's page: http://geocities.com/sparrow_ev EV-1 club: http://ev1-club.power.net/

 

Pictures 

EV Photo Album:http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/

 

Racing 
Wired Magazine article on NEDRA http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.03/drag.html
National Electric Drag Racing Association Home page:
http://www.nedra.com/
Pictures from 1998 Woodburn Drags: http://www.quiknet.com/~rvt/Default.htm
Pictures from 1997 APS Electrics: http://www.rtpnet.org/~teaa/aps97.html

 

News 
Calstart News page: http://www.calstart.org/news/  

 

EVs For Sale 
List kept by EcoMotion http://www.halcyon.com/slough/contributions.html 
List kept by InnEvations http://www.mcn.org/a/innEVations/used-evs.html 
List kept by Wilde Evolutions http://www.evparts.com/Classifieds.htm
List kept at the "EV Tradin Post"

 

Battery information
Hawker http://www.hepi.com Ovonics http://ovonic.com/  
  Optima http://www.optimabatteries.com/ 
http://www.dcbattery.com/optima2.html
 
Polystor http://www.polystor.com/ Johnson Controls http://www.jci.com/bg/  
Triangle EAA's Battery Glossary: http://www.rtpnet.org/~teaa/battery.html


 

EV Road Tests and similar articles 
EV1 Article in Time Magazine http://pathfinder.com/time/magazine/1997/dom/971215/busclim.is_this_clean.html 

Electric Vehicle story on MacNeill-Lehrer News Hour


Last modified: May 7, 2001, maintained by Jon Mauney, Send comments, corrections, additions to teaa@rtpnet.org
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