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The Electric Vehicle Association (EVA) is a non-profit educational organization that promotes the advancement and widespread adoption of battery electric vehicles. It was formed in 1967 in San Jose, California.


Members

The Electric Vehicle Association (EVA) has over one thousand members internationally, with most in the United States. Members of the EVA receive the monthly "Current EVents" magazine. Many members also belong to one of more than fifty chapters, which serve a local area and meet periodically to exchange information pertinent to electric transportation. Some have their own newsletters as well. Other EVA chapters have developed into substantial 501c3's on their own, such as Plug In America, which began as a chapter of the EVA. Still, others sprang up to promote special interests, such as
plug-in hybrid A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is a hybrid electric vehicle whose battery pack can be recharged by plugging a charging cable into an external electric power source, in addition to internally by its on-board internal combustion engin ...
vehicles by CalCars.org. Starting with a commercially available product such as the Toyota Prius, an external power source was added to recharge the on-board battery, instead of burning hydrocarbons to accomplish that task. It's cleaner and more efficient to do so. Now plug-in hybrids abound in the marketplace, owing largely to this concerted push. In recent years, various Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) began producing fully electric vehicles for sale, necessitating less ″backyard craftsmanship″ efforts by our members. Then automakers took notice and the product has become a serious market segment contender. Now anyone can go out and buy a battery-powered car, bring it home and enjoy the benefits, which are substantial. But experiments with the many trade-offs in automotive design continue. Exploration of alternative approaches develops into products that become commercially viable. The loose-knit nature of the organization promotes such interaction. The past two decades have shown the technological advances which allow for the products seen on the streets worldwide today. EAA members have experimented with and demonstrated EV feasibility since the earliest days. Automakers are now progressively being required to reduce the emission footprint per distance traveled and will continue to need to meet both EU and EPA limits.


EVA Chapters

Full Current Chapter List
Select Chapters:
Central Coast Chapter Electric Auto Association (California)

Sacramento Electric Vehicle Association (California)

Electric Vehicle Association of San Diego (California)

Silicon Valley Chapter Electric Auto Association (California)

Denver Electric Vehicle Council (Colorado)

Seattle Electric Vehicle Association (Washington)

Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington, DC (Washington DC, Maryland & Northern Virginia)


See also




Drive Clean
* CalCars * Plug-in electric vehicles in the United States * Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles in the U.S. *
Green vehicle A green vehicle, clean vehicle, eco-friendly vehicle or environmentally friendly vehicle is a road motor vehicle that produces less harmful impacts to the environment than comparable conventional internal combustion engine vehicles running on ...
* List of modern production plug-in electric vehicles * Plug In America * Plug-in electric vehicle *
RechargeIT RechargeIT is one of five initiatives within Google.org, the charitable arm of Google, created with the aim to reduce CO2 emissions, cut oil use, and stabilize the electrical grid by accelerating the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles. Histo ...
* Tour de Sol
Evolve KY - Kentucky's Electric Vehicle Group


References


Electric Vehicle Association

21st Century Automotive Challenge
(PDF).
Electric Auto Association Europe
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