[Imc-makerspace] [Fwd: [Illinois EV Club] Meeting Announcement for This Wednesday's August EV Club Meeting]

[Stewart Dickson]

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Subject: 	[Illinois EV Club] Meeting Announcement for This Wednesday's 
August EV Club Meeting
Date: 	Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:01:29 -0500 (CDT)
From: 	David L. Noreen <d-noreen at illinois.edu>
To: 	Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com>, Jennifer L Deluhery 
<deluhery at illinois.edu>, Stewart Dickson <mathart at emsh.calarts.edu>



    On this coming Wednesday, August 11th, from 6 – 8 pm in the front hall of the University YMCA on the SW corner of Wright St. and Chalmers  (http: www.illinois.edu/goto/ymca), the UI’s “Illinois EV Club” will hold its monthly meeting.  Club President Matt Childress will share some inside stories and updates from last month’s Progressive Automotive X-Prize competition, held at Michigan International Speedway. (The competition pitted super fuel-efficient vehicles against each other.) He’ll also elaborate on the presentation he gave at Krannert Center’s recent Pecha Kucha Night, allowing additional time for questions, answers, and discussion from members and guests.

    Some additional topics on the agenda include:

-  Discussion of the neXt ride (where to go after the X-PRIZE)…
-  Status updates on University EV charging stations…
-  Champaign-Urbana’s first public green EV charging station…
-  And updates from members on ongoing interests and projects…

    New members and guests are always welcomed and encouraged! Please help spread the word about our club by forwarding this message to anyone you think might be interested in the club!

Note:   Free parking is available (after 5 pm) in the UI lot that's 1 block due west of the YMCA, on the SW corner of Chalmers and Sixth, so that's another option that's available in addition to the on-street, metered parking near the Y. (As long as you don't mind walking that short block on Chalmers after you've parked in the UI lot.)
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More information about the UI’s “Illinois EV Club”:

Please feel free to contact Club President Matt Childress  [childrss "at the domain" illinois.edu] for further information. Matt can also add people to our email Discussion/Mailing List.

The club, which Matt started just last November, has been mentioned in several local newspaper articles:

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/technology/2010-07-03/electric-vehicles-will-take-part-fourth-july-parade-c-u.html

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/economy/2010-04-11/ui-engineering-students-build-mans-prototype-personal-vehicle.html

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/campus/2010/04/22/sugar-rides-concept-a-sweet-jolt

You can visit our Facebook page by simply typing “Illinois EV Club” in Facebook’s search box. You can also view the following online videos, which feature several members of the club:

1. Matt Childress's video of his Twike:

http://www.youtube.com/champaigncountynet#p/u/3/dPlNJLkKleA

2. A video featuring  Randy Reisinger discussing the Sugar Rides EV (built by members of the club):

http://www.youtube.com/champaigncountynet#p/u/5/0vfCsMShrGg

3. More information on Matt’s Twike:

http://web.mac.com/mattchildress/Twike/About_Me.html

4.  Club member Jack Miller has converted two vehicles to electric and has driven in excess of 40,000 miles in electric vehicles:

http://www.youtube.com/champaigncountynet#p/u/15/M6wHY7CEXjM

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