Asheville Area EV Committee

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Comment by Brian Taylor yesterday

Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church (Merrimon Ave in North Asheville) is planning an Earth Day celebration for Sunday, June 2nd and would like to have some plug-in electric vehicles on display. If you have a PEV you would like to put on display or questions about this event please contact
Susan Presson at 4pressons@gmail.com or Dave Erb at derb@unca.edu

Comment by Brian Taylor on January 17, 2013 at 5:02pm

EV Charging Station Tax Credit

The recent fiscal cliff deal passed by Congress includes tax credits for purchase and installation of an electric vehicle charging station. The Section 30C credit for Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property includes a credit of up to $1,000 for purchase and installation of a charging station for personal use.

Additionally, Section 30C includes a 30 percent credit, capped at $30,000 for business/investment use per site. Let your employer or favorite retailer know that businesses planning to install EV charging stations in 2013 can qualify for up to $30,000 in tax credits per site.

For more information, please visit:
US CODE: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/30C
And download:
2011 IRS FORM: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8911.pdf

Comment by Brian Taylor on August 29, 2012 at 2:12pm

Click on the link below to register for the North Carolina Plug-in Electric Vehicles Taskforce Q3 meeting, September 19, 2012, 10:00 am - 2:30 pm, at the Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC. The $15 registration fee includes lunch.

http://www.ncpevtaskforce.org/sept_2012_conf/index.php

Comment by Brian Taylor on August 7, 2012 at 10:56am

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Guest-Post-EV-Myths-and...

"Even with fairly dirty electricity, EVs are cleaner than ICEs. We only need to get to an average marginal generation CO2 intensity of 500g/kWh to have a Model S be cleaner than a Prius -- and many markets are already there. The only modern generation technology that is worse than this is coal, and even it can be improved with carbon capture & storage technologies. Comparing like-for-like, the Model S Performance is cleaner than a Mercedes E400 hybrid even if it’s running on a reasonably modern coal plant output.

If you see a new EV buyer lobbying for new coal plants, then you can perhaps accuse them of environmental ignorance. Otherwise, give them a pat on the back: they’ve put a decent chunk of their money on the line and braved a new technology to make the switch.  As long as we don’t totally fail the energy generation challenge, it’s a switch with a huge net benefit for everyone. EVs are not perfect, but they beat the snot out of any like-for-like midterm alternative on the radar today."

Comment by Brian Taylor on July 25, 2012 at 10:16pm

Come by the Land-of-Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition booth at Bele Chere this weekend to see the LEAF provided by Anderson Nissan.

Comment by Brian Taylor on June 26, 2012 at 1:54pm

IEEE WNC Section presents
"Making a Case for the DG PV EV:Electric Vehicles & the Power Grid"

by Dave Erb

Thursday, July 19, 2012
7:00 PM UNCA Robinson 125
5:30 PM, Dinner in the UNCA Dining Hall

The world's transportation is dangerously dependent on unstable supplies of petroleum and is responsible for massive amounts of undesirable emissions. While a sustainable mobility future could take many forms, most knowledgeable auto industry leaders now believe that energy supply and cost considerations make electric vehicles (EVs) a crucial and inevitable component of our future transportation system. Automotive engineer Dave Erb will explain why, and discuss the advantages of energizing these vehicles by deploying photovoltaic (PV) panels in a distributed generation (DG) grid."

Comment by Brian Taylor on June 21, 2012 at 11:34am

The Energy Department will present a live webcast titled "Clean Cities' Electric Vehicle Summer 2012 Quarterly Discussion Webinar" on June 25, 2012, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time. The webcast will describe the latest results from Ecotality's EV Project, which is collecting data from more than 4,000 plug-in vehicles and 5,000 electric vehicle chargers. Speakers will share lessons learned and how participants may be able to apply them to electric vehicle projects in their communities. For more information, see the Clean Cities' webinar listings. Register here to attend the webinar.

Full story

Comment by Brian Taylor on May 23, 2012 at 7:37pm

We need to make sure the EV Committee makes a showing at the Southern Green Living Expo in September:

http://www.advantagegreennetwork.org/events/southern-green-living-expo

Comment by Dave Erb on April 24, 2012 at 2:44pm

re:  Brian's comment on the EAA newsletter -

... especially the one at the bottom of page 32.       ;-)

Comment by Brian Taylor on April 24, 2012 at 10:59am

April 2012 Electric Auto Association Newsletter

There are some interesting articles in here that can help shape our EV vision for WNC.

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