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News From
Our
President
Happy
New
Year
to
all,
We
will
have
an
exciting
year
ahead
of
us.
There
is
a
lot
of
buzz
around
EVs
and
many
manufacturers
are
going
to
bring
their
first
EVs
to
the
market
before
the
end
of
this
year.
Detroit
Auto
Show
www.naias.com
will
give
us
some
idea
what
will
be
happening
this
year
in
the
EV
field.
I
will
be
visiting
the
show
next
week
and
I
will
put
together
a
brief
report
about
what
I
see
and
find
out.
I
will
share
my
findings
with
you
at
the
social
hour
before
our
next
monthly
meeting.
For
the
actual
meeting
we
have
a
special
treat
for
you.
This
winter
has
been
a
bit
frosty
here
in
Minnesota
and
it
has
left
many
EV
owners
working
hard
to
make
their
heating
systems
work
right.
This
month
we
will
have
a
panel
of
experts
sharing
their
experiences
and
show
some
systems
used
to
heat
the
batteries
and
interiors
of
their
EVs.
This
panel
will
consist
of
Lee
Hart,
Dave
Peichel,
Stew
Roberts,
Michael
Shoop
and
Chris
Simon.
I’m
sure
we
will
have
interesting
stories
and
a
wealth
of
experience
to
learn
from.
In
our
November
meeting
we
started
a
process
to
form
some
Special
Interest
Groups
that
could
meet
independently
outside
of
our
monthly
meetings.
This
would
let
people
focus
more
on
specific
areas
and
also
give
an
opportunity
to
get
involved
for
those
of
our
members
who
can’t
make
it
on
Thursday
evenings.
We
will
continue
this
process
in
the
upcoming
monthly
meetings,
giving
groups
some
time
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
to
get
to
know
each
other
and
figure
out
if
they
can
find
a
common
time
and
place
to
meet.
Our
first
big
challenge
for
the
year
is
to
find
a
new
meeting
place(s)
for
our
group.
Flannery
Construction
is
looking
for
a
buyer
for
their
facility
and
therefore
will
not
allow
outside
groups
to
use
their
meeting
room
after
this
month.
We
are
also
starting
to
be
a
bit
too
big
for
the
Electric
Vehicle
Store.
The
board
has
done
some
preliminary
work
on
this,
but
we
haven’t
been
able
to
find
anything
great
yet.
Our
ideal
meeting
place
would::
-
Be
available
5:30 -
9:00 PM,
the fourth
Thursday
of the
month
-
Seat
at least
50-60
people.
-
Be
centrally
located
-
Have
a parking
lot by the
entrance,
where we
could take
a look at
vehicles
-
Allow
us to
bring food
into the
space
-
Free
parking
-
Free
space (we
are a
non-profit
and our
meetings
are open
to
everyone)
-
Shared
interests
with the
space
owner
would be
plus
(E.g. renewable
energy
company, auto
technology
training facility.
..)
If
anyone
has
a
nice
facility
in
mind,
could
you
please
contact
them
and
let
me
know
if
you
find
something
that
could
work
for
us.
Hope
to
see
you
on
28
th,
Jukka
Kukkonen
President
Upcoming
events:
Thursday
January
28th
6:00-9:00
PM
MNEAA
Monthly
Meeting
-
6:00-7:00pm
Social
hour.
Come
and
enjoy
a
light
dinner
with
others
(food
provided,
small
donation
suggested).
Jukka
Kukkonen
will
also
share
some
news
about
the
EV’s
shown
at
the
2010
Detroit
Auto
Show
www.naias.com
.
7:00-8:00pm
EV
winterization
experiences.
Panel of
experts
(Lee Hart,
Dave
Peichel,
Stew
Roberts,
Michael
Shoop and
Chris
Simon)
will share
their
experiences
and show
some
systems
used to
heat the
batteries
and
interiors
of their
EVs.
8:00-8:20pm
MNEAA
development
time
8:20-8:50pm
Small
group
discussions
in
Spercial
Interest
Groups.
8:50-9:00pm
Other news
from
members.
Place:
Flannery
Construction
, 1375 St.
Anthony
Avenue, St.
Paul, MN 55104
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FEBRUARY
Thursday
February 25th
6:00-9:00
PM
MNEAA
Monthly
Meeting
-
6:00-7:00pm
Social
hour. Come
and enjoy
a light
dinner
with
others
(food
provided,
small
donation
suggested).
You also
have a
chance to
see and
test drive
some EVs
and talk
with the
owners.
-
7:00-8:00pm
Dale
Berndt
will show
and tell
us about
different
kinds of
temperature
and
current
sensors.
Cost and
performance
of relays
and
isolated
high
voltage/current
solid
state
switches
will be
compared.
-
8:00-8:20pm
MNEAA
development
time
-
8:20-8:50pm
Small
group
discussions
in
Spercial
Interest
Groups.
-
8:50-9:00pm
Other news
from
members.
Place:
The Electric
Vehicle
Store,
4417
Excelsior, St
Louis Park, MN
55416
Map:
http://tinyurl.
com/6laqsx
MARCH
Thursday March
25th 6:00-9:00
PM
MNEAA Monthly
Meeting
-
6:00-7:00pm
Social
hour. Come
and enjoy
a light
dinner
with
others
(food
provided,
small
donation
suggested).
You also
have a
chance to
see and
test drive
some EVs
and talk
with the
owners.
- 7:00-8:00pm
We will be
visiting
The
Foreign
Service
where
owner Stew
Roberts
will show
his famous
Ford
Ranger
conversion.
His shop
has also
extra
lifts
available
so we can
take a
peek under
some other
EVs,
too.
-
8:00-8:20pm
MNEAA
development
time
-
8:20-9:00pm
News and
conversion
updates
from
members.
Place:
The Foreign
Service, 1746
Terrace Drive,
Roseville, MN
55113
Map
More
information:
www.theforeignservicemn.com
APRIL
Thursday April
22nd 6:00-9:00
PM
MNEAA Monthly
Meeting
-
6:00-7:00pm
Social
hour. Come
and enjoy
a light
dinner
with
others
(food
provided,
small
donation
suggested).
You also
have a
chance to
see and
test drive
some EVs
and talk
with the
owners.
-
7:00-8:00pm
Christopher
Bineham
from
HOURCAR
will come
and share
their
experiences
with Plug
in Priuses
an solar
charging.
-
8:00-8:20pm
MNEAA
development
time
-
8:20-9:00pm
News and
conversion
updates
from
members.
Place:
TBD
Map:
More
information:
www.hourcar.
org ,
www.mneaa.com
MAY
May
1th-2th
Living
Green
Expo
Minnesota’s
largest
environmental
event, the
Living Green
Expo
provides real
solutions for
people to live
better,
healthier
lives with
less impact on
the
environment.
Place:
State Fair
Grounds, Saint
Paul, MN
More
information:
http://www.mepartne
rship.org/
mep_newsroom.
asp?new_id=
3685
Thursday May
27th 6:00-9:00
PM
MNEAA Monthly
Meeting
-
6:00-7:00pm
Social
hour. Come
and enjoy
a light
dinner
with
others
(food
provided,
small
donation
suggested).
You also
have a
chance to
see and
test drive
some EVs
and talk
with the
owners.
-
7:00-8:00pm
Dave
Peichel
will
update us
on
lithium-ion
batteries
and
battery
management
systems.
-
8:00-8:20pm
MNEAA
development
time
-
8:20-9:00pm
News and
conversion
updates
from
members.
Place:
TBD
JUNE
Thursday June
24th 6:00-9:00
PM
|MNEAA Monthly
Meeting
-
6:00-7:00pm
Social
hour. Come
and enjoy
a light
dinner
with
others
(food
provided,
small
donation
suggested).
You also
have a
chance to
see and
test drive
some EVs
and talk
with the
owners.
-
7:00-8:00pm
Cool me
quick: Air
Conditioning
in EVs.
Facilitators/
speakers
TBD
-
8:00-8:20pm
MNEAA
development
time
-
8:20-9:00pm
News and
conversion
updates
from
members.
Place:
TBD
Map:
More
information:
www.mneaa.com
JULY
Thursday July
22nd 6:00-9:00
PM
MNEAA Monthly
Meeting
-
6:00-7:00pm
Social
hour. Come
and enjoy
a light
dinner
with
others
(food
provided,
small
donation
suggested).
You also
have a
chance to
see and
test drive
some EVs
and talk
with the
owners.
-
7:00-8:00pm
Topic and
speaker
TBD
-
8:00-8:20pm
MNEAA
development
time
-
8:20-9:00pm
News and
conversion
updates
from
members.
Place:
TBD
AUGUST
Thursday
August 26th
6:00-9:00
PM
MNEAA Monthly
Meeting
-
6:00-7:00pm
Social
hour. Come
and enjoy
a light
dinner
with
others
(food
provided,
small
donation
suggested).
You also
have a
chance to
see and
test drive
some EVs
and talk
with the
owners
-
7:00-8:00pm
Topic and
speaker
TBD
-
8:00-8:20pm
MNEAA
development
time
-
8:20-9:00pm
News and
conversion
updates
from
members.
Place:
TBD
August
26th
– September
6th
Minnesota
State Fair
Place:
State Fair
Grounds, Saint
Paul, MN.
More
information:
www.mnstatefair.
org
.
Jukka Kukkonen
President, MN
EAA
http://mneaa.com/
"ELECTRIVIA"
by Marty
Elstrom
Electric
cars were
introduced in
1896 and by
the end of the
century almost
50 percent of
motorcars
worldwide were
electric.
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