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The Electric Vehicle Association of America (EVAA) was established in 1910 to facilitate co-operation in improving the public understanding of 
electric vehicle
An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes cha ...
s. It was founded on the initiative of Arthur Williams. It existed as an independent organisation until 1916 when it was absorbed by the National Electric Light Association
The National Electric Light Association (NELA) was a national United States trade association that included the operators of electric central power generation stations, electrical supply companies, electrical engineers, scientists, educational i ...
(NELA) of which it became the Electric Vehicle Section.
When Williams first proposed the project on 6 May 1910 to a group of engineers involved in the industry, the original conception was of an organisation local to New York
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, where Williams was based. However, when the matter was raised at the 1910 convention of NELA, at which it was decided that a national organisation was what was needed.
Presidents of the EVAA
* 1910-1912 William H. Blood, Jr. * 1912-1913 Arthur Williams * 1913-1914 Frank W. Smith * 1914-1915 John F. Gilchrist * 1915-1916 W. H. Johnson Edward S. Mansfield, of theBoston Edison Company
The Boston Edison Company (BECo) was incorporated as the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston in 1886. It was one of the earliest electric utility companies in the United States of America. The company was formally renamed the Boston Edis ...
, became chairman of the Electrical Vehicle Section of the NELA.
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