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CARB workshop #1, Sacramento 2000
(3/29/00 - click on images for full view)
 


Stopping to charge at San Ramon courtesy of and permission from Pacific Bell

All the descending EV drivers stayed at the 
Fairmont Motel in Vacaville. I plugged in for the night. 

Because Vacaville's EV programs are so  aggressive, EV drivers refer the city as 'Voltageville

One family did not fair the trip too well, on the road an ICE ... 

Slammed into their Honda EV plus 

Quik.com drove their employees to the workshop. The locals had no idea of their city's EV programs, ..

and laughed at all these people would drop everything to attend the workshop. 

The EV1 drivers found a car wash nearby, readying for the workshop

The next morning my EV was still charging

EV drivers made their way to ...

breakfast to finalize their approach

After breakfast, all ...

all the EVs lined up to parade their way to the workshop

I took up the rear, as I would be driving ...

to a different charging location on L street

I hiked over to CARB

The EVs took over ...

the CARB parking

All EV charging was in use

Inductive or conductive charging was available

Quite a view to see all the EVs from across the ..

street the locals had no idea what was going on

I drove over from L street to finish my charge at CARB.
With one 14-50 ...

connected to two 220 VAC K2 zivans put 32 amps into my pack.

Bob (my coworker) came down to check all the EVs

Even with a whole wall of charging, each EV took their turn

Afterward, we all drove back to 'Voltageville'

Chris Yoder [EV1-Club] charging up during the planned final dinner

I used the EAA AVCON adapter

The EV drivers took over the local restaurant for our fairwell dinner

On the return trip, I checked out the Stoneridge Mall EV charging

The trip would not have been possible if not for the EAA AVCON adapter
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(Hi-res original images) - page by BruceDP