The Electric Vehicle Initiative
7600 Mill Pond Loop Tallahassee, FL 32317
Phone 850.656 5409
Mobile 850.524.1972
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact Fran Sullivan-Fahs
Offi ce: 850.656.5409
Mobile: 850.524.1972
A Florida family is traveling to your hometown this summer to show
you that 100 plus miles per gallon
is a possibility for cars right now. Fed up with
waiting for the government or carmakers to solve our
rising gas costs, this mom, dad and teenage daughter are embarking
on an Electric Vehicle Initiative
tour of the state. Their 2,162 mile journey will stop in all the
major cities of Florida.
Their plug-in hybrid electric vehicle will be met in cities by
other members of The Florida Electric Automotive
Association http://fl oridaeaa.org with their own vehicles of all
types.
The purpose of The Electric Vehicle Initiative is to educate the
public about the benefi ts and possibilities
of electric and hybrid/electric cars. The family will be meeting
with interested individuals, one-on-one,
to help them select the type of electric car which fi ts their
family and the electric vehicle provider
which meets their needs. Also, information on converting a gas car
to electric will be provided.
Fran Sullivan-Fahs, Communications President for The Initiative
states, “For years we have wanted
to do something substantial to help the environment. Empowering
people to take control of their
transportation costs while taking a big chunk out of global
warming is our desired contribution.”
Join the trip blog at
http://eviblog.fl oridaeaa.org/
http://eviteenblog.fl oridaeaa.org/
The Initiative provides contact information to help individuals
and fl eet owners meet their needs for
total electric and hybrid electric transportation. For more information,
contact Fran Sullivan-Fahs at
850-656-5409
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We are oh-so-ready for the adventure known as The EVI! September 20th, 2008 OK, Ev folks, we will be taking off to driving over 2 thousand miles through Florida in Jan. and Feb. of 2009 to help people like you & me become aware that electric cars are practical, cool, and they exist *right now*. Forget what you have heard about the need for more research on batteries or about only being able to get a range of 10 or 20 miles electric. Our converted 2005 Prius, if driven conservatively, can get 40 miles or more on a 6 hour plug-in charge that costs us about 72 cents. It has a battery pack developed by A 123, a solid battery company our of Massachusetts that developed this EPA-tested battery pack without help from any major automakers. Right now the pack is more expensive than it will be in months & years to come. Soon WE, THE PEOPLE, will demand that our administration offer rebates for these PHEVs and for total EVs. Then, the technology will move beyond early adopters and take off! If you live in Florida and want us to drive into YOUR hometown on The Electric Vehicle Initiative, join this blog and tell us to stop by. We will do our best to do just that. If you are already an EVperson, and you’re savy (already) about the existance of good batteries and cool EVs, then WE NEED YOU as a part of The Electric Vehicle Initiative. You don’t have to have an electric car already. But your knowledge about EVs or about your local media and how to connect with them or your knowledge about web based comunications, etc. could help us promote the trip. Believe me, you have something to offer no matter your knowledge or skill level. Join the blog. Let us know what interests you, what you hope to do, or, what you are doing or have done. We especially encourage mechanical or electronics engineers, to join in, as we lack your skills and we need to put people in contact with you for technical engineering answers to questions about electric cars. So, don’t be shy, potential new EVfriend! Join our Florida Electric Automotive Association. Join this blog. evifloridaeaa.org
Leave that hopelessness about high gas costs and environmental problems
behind as you engage with those of us who think that The Great Restoration of
the earth is not only possible: it is going on right now! Let’s maximize the
fun while we’re at it! Fran & The EVI |
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For now, the EVI is the Electric Vehicle Initiative. This is a project that has been
constructed to help bring to the people of Florida an awareness about the
existence of cool, fun & practical electric vehicles that exist right
now. The members of the FLEAA have taken this project as their own and have
arranged some wonderful venues for getting this message out. Fran Sullivan-Fahs, Ron Fahs, and Joy Fahs, a family who
live in N. Florida, will be driving their plug-in hybrid Prius to meet these
other members in their home areas to showcase the variety of PHEVs and EVs
that are available and to help individuals, families and fleet owners choose
the type of vehicle that fits their needs. Update re: the Initiative... There has been a delay in the conversion of our family's
Prius. It will not affect the wonderful presentations which some of you have
set up for the Initiative in your regions. It will require pruning the first
part of the trip -i.e., initial Tallahassee photo ops and the FSEC at Cocoa
plans. I have a lot of respect for A 123, the battery makers and
makers of the lithium ion nanophosphate kit that is EPA crash tested. They
are very careful with their testing. Their kit will help our electrification
of vehicles in a big way. Just yesterday I got to talk with a young woman,
Erin Scott, who is their Inside Sale Representative. She is really dedicated
to A 123's commitment to produce an impeccable battery kit. I am also very fortunate to have had Charles Whalen help
me connect with The Advanced Vehicle Research Center. They are our installers
and Negotiators Supreme. Dick Dell, The Executive Director of AVRC and Glenn
Edmonds, the Program Manager have a lot of big projects that they are working
on, but they have kept the communication going through this whole process in
a great way between A 123 and myself. This situation reflects what I call the challenge of being an early
adopter. The sooner one can release one's specific expectations and go with
whatever is, the better everything will be.
I trust that all players are doing their best and that will be quite
wonderful enough. This will be a grand adventure. Thanks, everyone, for your
important parts that you are playing! Fran |