Helpful EV Sites

 

Here are some links that will help you find out more about EVs, It contains links to sites that are useful to the EV enthusiast so check back as the site grows

 

Index

EV Charging Stations

 

The latest Info on charger status can be found at the EV Charger News site.  This site is used in conjunction with the EV1 club charger site and is the most up-to-date site for California and Arizona

EVCarolina lists charging location in South Carolina

Metro EV has a list of charging location in Wisconsin

PluginMap.org allows you to find and add charging locations

PluginOlympia has a list of charging stations in the Olympia, Washington area

Puget Sound EV charging directory presented by the Seattle Electric Vehicle Association

Public Charging in Floridahttp://www.floridaeaa.org/modules/content/index.php?id=6 presented by the Florida EAA

DOE Alternate fuel Data Center has listings for all types of alternative fuels including electric

Energy Trust Alternative Fuel site allows you to search for EV charging by City in the UK

EV Network aims at maintaining a comprehensive list of charging locations for the UK

EV Converters, Parts and Accessories Suppliers

 

Batteries

A123 makes Lithium Ion batteries

Altairnano will supply the lithium batteries for Phoenix motors

East Penn makes the Deka line of Lead Acid batteries

Exide makes a variety of batteries including the Orbital range of deep cycle batteries

Greensaver Technology Manufactures Silicone batteries

Interstate Batteries makes deep cycle lead acid batteries

Johnson Controls makes deep cycle batteries including Optima

Kokam makes lithium polimer batteries also see Kokam America

MES-DEA makes the Zebra NiNaCl battery

Saft make NiCad and other large format batteries

Trojan makes Lead Acid batteries for EV applications

Valence makes large format Lithium Batteries

 

Controllers

Altrax sells electric vehicle controllers

Cafe Electric manufactures the Zilla line of controllers

Curtis Instruments makes a range of EV controllers

Zapi sells electric vehicle controllers

 

Chargers

ElCon sells and services Zivan chargers

Delta-Q manufactures a line of EV battery chargers

Manzanita Micro sells Chargers and voltage regulators for EV applications

Battery Tender sells a battery charger designed to maintain charge on a battery when stored for a long time

 

Conversions and Conversion Kits

Ampmobile Conversions is a South Carolina based company that does EV conversions

Arizona Ranch and Resort Cars does EV conversions

Blade Electric Vehicle is an Australian EV converter  

Canadian Electric Vehicles sells EV parts and does EV conversions

CoolGreenCars.net based in West Palm Beach, Fl and Los Angeles, CA specializes in Porsche conversions

Eco Conversions based in Lisle, IL does electric car conversions

Electric Cars Plans sells plans to build an electric car in your garage

Electric Vehicles USA does EV conversions and sells EV parts

Electric Vehicle Systems based in Underwood, SC offers both EV conversion and repair services

Electro Automotive sells EV conversion kits

Elghe sells EV parts and converted Fiat Panda and Renault Twingos in Italy

Enova Supplies Electric vehicle systems to EV manufacturers

EV America sells EV conversion Kits and Parts

EV-Blue does Electric Vehicle Conversions

E-V Concept Cars Builds custom EVs and Electric Boats

EV Source sells all the EV parts needed for an EV conversion

KTA Services Inc. sells EV Conversion Kits and Parts 

Grass Roots Electric Vehicles based in Florida sells EV conversions

Gremco is an EV converter located near Hubbard, OR who do conversions mostly in the winter time

Left Coast Electric (formerly Left Coast Conversions) sells EV Conversion kits and will do Custom Conversions

Metric Mind sells AC conversion kits

Revolt Custom Electric Vehicles is an EV converter based in Austin, TX

SUNN Solar sells a street legal kit car, NEV or 3 wheel, that uses solar cells.

Wilderness EV sells EV conversion kits and will also do complete conversions

 

EV Parts

API-Assembled sells manuals and spare parts for the Citicar and Commutacar

AVT sells EV parts in the UK

Buggies unlimited sell parts and accessories for a wide variety of golf carts and NEVs

Brusa sells EV parts and complete traction systems

Cloud EV sells EV components

Electric Auto Association catalog of EV accessories

Electric Vehicles USA sells EV parts and accessories including GEM accessories

EV Parts sells EV parts and accessories 

EV Seat sells heating and cooling seat devices

HotJuiceElectric sells a battery monitor

GEM Car Doors Offers a variety of door options for the GEM

Gravitron is a UK company that supplies electric drive trains for most Kit cars.

Gonev.com sells parts for the GEM 

Lincoln Golf Car sells spare parts for NEVs

Machine Design has lots of information on electric motors and a large list of motor suppliers

PakTrakr - sells a battery monitor

Peacock Ltd stocks parts for the Bombardier NEV

Ride for Fun offers GEM accessories

Vicor sells DC-DC converters

WAC sells accessories and upgrades for the ZAP Xebra

 

Electric Motors

D & D Motor Systems makes electric motors and also sells Golf Cart/NEV controllers

High Torque Electric Motors in Redmond, OR sells and repairs electric motors

Lynch Electric Motor is a UK based manufacturer of electric motors

NetGain Technologies sells a range of electric motors

 

EV repairs

ScooterWerks is a Maryland company that does repair work on electric scooters

Air Lab provides repair and evaluation services for the Corbin Sparrow and also sells BMS equipment

EV Rental locations

 

Electric Time Car Rentals, located on the Waterfront in San Francisco, rents GEMs

Me and My EV rents NEVs in Newport Beach

Key West Cruisers Rent GEMs in Key West, FL

Aloha Toy Store Rents GEMs in Maui, HI

Go Green Rents NEVs in Telluride, CO

Nautical Wheelerst rents NEVs in Port Aransas, TX

Gems and GEM Rentals rents GEMs in the Palm Springs area.  

301 N Palm Canyon Drive, (Next to the Hyatt hotel at Amado Road and Palm Canyon)

Palm Springs, CA 92262

Telephone: (760) 272-1083

O-Cartz provides a shuttle service around downtown Orlando, FL using NEVs

ZevNet - Irvine based car sharing program that features EVs

 

Check out Electifying Times and my Adventures renting a Kool Kar in Las Vegas.

EV Clubs and Associations

 

Australian Electric Vehicle Association - Based in Australia

Austin area Chapter EVAA- Austin, TX EV Club

AVERE - The Eurpean Association for Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Vehicles

Battery Electric Vehicles of Bristol - EV Owners club in Bristol, UK

Central Coast Chapter of EVAA - Santa Cruz, CA area EV Club

Chico Chapter of EAA - Chico, CA area EV Club

Durham Electric Vehicle Association - EV club located in Whitby, Canada (Toronto area)

Eastern Electric Vehicle Club - Valley Forge, PA based Electric vehicle club

Electric Automobile Association

East Bay Chapter of EVAA - San Francisco, CA area EV Club

Eastern Electric Vehicle Club - EV Club based in Valley Forge, PA

Electric Drive Transportation Association - Industrial association for the advancement of electric drive transportation

Electric Vehicle Association of San Diego - San Diego, CA based EV club

Florida Electric Auto Association - Miami, FL based chapter of EAA

Grassroots Electric Vehicles - Florida based Electric Vehicle Club

Greater Washington DC Chapter of EVA - Washington DC electric vehicle club

Japan Electric Vehicle Club - Japanese EV club

Japan Electric Vehicle Club Kumamoto chapter - Japanese EV Club

Konocti Electric Auto Association - Lakeport, CA area EV Club

Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association - Las Vegas, NV based EV club

Lincoln Hills Low Speed Vehicle Group - a group for residents of Lincoln Hills, CA who drive NEVs

Mid-America Electric Auto Association - Kansan/Missouri area EV Club

New England Electric Auto Association - Killingworth, CT based chapter of EAA

North Bay Chapter of EVAA - San Francisco, CA area EV Club

Oregon Electric Vehicle Association - Portland, OR area EV Club

Panhandle Electric Vehicle Association - Post Falls. IA chapter of EAA has no web site yet so Contact them via Email

Piedmont Carolina Electric Vehicle Association - Charlotte, NC based chapter of EAA

Phoenix Chapter of EVAA - Phoenix, AZ based EV Club

San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association - San Francisco, CA based EV Club

Santa Monica NEV Club - Santa Monica, CA Based Electric Vehicle Club dedicated to NEVs

Seattle Electric Vehicle Association - EV Club in the Seattle, WA area

Sustainable Transportation Club - Santa Monica based club that supports all forms of sustainable transportation

Triangle Electric Auto Association - North Carolina based chapter of EAA

Tucson Electric Vehicle Association - Tucson, AZ based chapter of EAA

Twike Club - Swiss based club for Twike owners

Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association - Vancouver, BC based EV Club

Ventura County Electric Auto Association - Thousand Oaks, CA based chapter of EAA 

Washington Electric Vehicle Association - Greater Washington DC chapter of EVA

EV Delivery and Industrial Vehicles

 

Bluebird Automotive sell a range of electric delivery vehicles in the UK

Bradshaw Electric Vehicles offers a range of delivery vehicles in the UK

Buying a Milk Float page gives contact information for the purchase of Milk Floats.

Club Car makes a range of electric golf carts and utility vehicles

Crown sells a range of electric fork lift trucks

Cushman makes a variety of electric vehicles for industrial use

EZGO - makes a variety of golf carts and utility vehicles

General Fork Lift Company sells and electric fork lift

Hyster manufactures electric forklifts

Legend Electric Vehicles is part of ParCar and produces electric utility vehicles

Mitsubishi sells electric fork lifts world wide.

Modec Ltd.  sells a line of electric delivery vans in the UK (London dealer can be reached at 020 7377 2131)

Mr Carts builds custom golf carts and utility vehicles

Smith Electric Vehicles Sells a range of electric vehicles for both delivery and industrial use

Still sells a range of electric fork lifts

Stiker Electric sells a golf cart based electric utility vehicle

Tiger Trucks sells a variety of Electric Utility vehicles and people carriers

Towrite is a UK Manufacturer of electric delivery and comercial vehicle

Yamaha produces a variety of golf carts and people carriers

EV Advocacy

 

Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa seeks to promote electric vehicles in Canada

EVMain - seeks to promote Electric Vehicles in the State of Main

Plug-in-America - Seeks to get more EVs available in the USA

CBEV - The Campaign for Battery Electric Vehicles is trying to raise the awareness of BEVs in the UK

EV Magazines

 

AutobolgGreen Has good coverage of alternative fuel vehicles including EVs

Electric Scooter Magazine has reviews of electric motor bikes and scooter

Electric Scooter World gives reviews of all classes of electric scooter

Electrifying Times is a magazine dedicated the EV.  Also check out their ETList on Yahoo Groups

Electrifying Times India is the place to find out what is happening with EVs in India

EV World is the on-line magazine for EVs and Fuel Cell Vehicles

EVUK is the on-line magazines for EVs in Britain

Go Electric is an EU based site about electric cars

Green Car Journal has lots of information on all types of Alternative Fuel Vehicles including EVs

Plugs and Cars - Marc Geller's excellent Blog page

Treehugger.com is an magazine on environmental issues that also has good EV coverage

V is for VoltageForum Forum for electric motor bikes and scooters

EV Bikes and small "Zappy style" scooter sites

 

An excellent site for general information about "Zappy" style electric scooters is electric-scooters-info.com which contains lots of information about where to buy, what to look for, safety tips, legal tips and more.

 

Aerorider is a Human/Electric hybrid velomobile

Boomerbents is an Electric Trike

ELbike sells a line of electric bikes in Europe

Electric Bikes Northwest sells a variety of electric bikes

Electric-Scooters-Electric-Scooters.com for those looking for a "Zappy Style" electric scooter

Electric Scooters Galore also carries "Zappy" style and electric mobility scooters

ElectricScooterParts sells parts for many brands of "Zappy" style scooters and electric bikes

Electric Vehicles Northwest sells electric bikes in Seattle, WA and Oceanside, CA

Freebird Scooters sells electric scooters and bikes in Australia

Funtime Electric Scooters sells a low cost "Boreem" style scooter

Go-Ped makes "Zappy" style electric scooters

Joyce International sells, services and distrbutes parts for "Zappy Style" electric scooters

Palmer Industries - manufactures electric trikes

Rad2Go makes "Zappy Style" electric scooters and the Sunbird electric bike

Schwinn Stingray - electric scooter

scootergo.com for "Zappy Style" electric scooters

Scooters and Mopeds Unlimited for those looking for "Zappy Style" electric scooters

Scurryoffscooters.com sells a variety to "Zappy Style" electric scooters

Segway by the Bay - sells and rents Segway scooters in Pizmo Beach, CA

Silent Scooter - Distributes scooterteq electric bikes

Speedbikes - Sells a whole range of electric bicycles

Sunzeecar - Maker of Human Electric hybrid trikes

T3 Personal Transporter is a three wheel stand up scooter targeted for use by the Police 

Thunderstruck - Sells Prima electric bikes

Urbanscooters.com also carries Zappy style scooters

X-Tremescooters.com is a wholesale supplier of electric "Zappy Style" scooters. 

EV Owners Web Sites

 

Charge Across America - The story of how Kris Trexler drove his EV1 from Los Angeles to Detroit

Dale's Citicar Page - Details on how Dale restored a 1976 Citicar

Danny's Contentment - A great owner site for the G-Wiz

Darrell's EV page - EVNut.com is the best site for info on the RAV4 EV

David Ropers Xebra PK Zero - has lots of info and a daily log about a Xebra PK fitted with Solar pannels.

Electric Porsche 550 Spyder - Peter Ohler's hot electric kit car

EV1 Chronicles - Dave Kodama's diary of life with an EV1

EV Album - Contains photos and information about EVs and there owners around the world

EVCarolina is a Xebra owner's web site

Ford Express Conversion - Svein Medus' EV conversion from Norway

GEM NEV Electric Car Owners - a site for GEM owners to share tips and stories

GEM Town - Global Electric Motor Vehicle's site for GEM owners

Irvine, CA to Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe - Greg Hansen's EV1 trip reports 

Honda EV+ Owners web site - unfortunately nearly all of the Honda EV+ vehicles are now gone

Michael's RAV4 EV page has information about RAVInfo and RAV4EV Cruise Control

Milburn Electric Car web site is the official web site for Milburn owners

Mygreenwheels has good information about EVs sold in the UK.

Neon John's Citicar page has some good info on Citicar/Commutacar maintenance

Sparrow Wiki contains lots of information and "How To" on the Corbin Sparrow and Myers NmG

Solectria Owner's web site - How Solectria owners are using their electric vehicles

Southtownlanes contains information about converting the Ford Ranger EV from 8v batteries to 12V batteries

Tim U's ZENN Fan site has lots of stuff about his experience with his ZENN

Wolf Tronix has a great site about the restoration of a Solectria S10

Xebraworld.com is a site set up for Xebra owners

Plug-in HYbrids - other

 

Amberjack Projects provides conversion kits for the Prius

CALCARS Is working to get major manufacturers to make Plug-in Hybrids

EDrive offers plug in conversions for the Toyota Prius

Going Green is now offering a Plug in Conversion of a Prius

Green Gears Does conversions to Plug-in using Hymotion's system

Hybrids Plus in Boulder, CO offers a Plug-in conversion for the Toyota Prius 

Hymotion offers plug conversions for the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape in Canada

Pat's Garage works with Green Gears to do plug-in hybrid conversions

Plug-in Conversions Corp offers plug-in Prius using NiMH batteries

PlugInWannabe.org is a site promoting Plug-in Hybrids run by the EAA

Set America Free is an advocacy group for Plug-in Hybrids

Solar Electric Vehicles add solar panels to charge the Prius Hybrid battery

Electric Boats

 

Budsin Woodcraft North Carolina based electric boats builder

Duffy Electric Boats is a California based builder of electric boats

Nauticraft builds electric boats

Tamarack Lake Electric Boat Company is a Canadian based company that sells electric boats

EV links - other

 

Altabicycles has links to electric bike sites

Batricar in the UK makes electric mobility vehicles for the disabled

Cartelec has lots of information on electric go-carts

Do it yourself EV forum is a place do discus EV conversion issues

earthlink.com contains links to many green products including EVs - currently covers the San Diego, CA area 

e-cycle discussion list is a discussion group for those interested in building or buying freeway capable motorcycles

Electricab Taxi Company has an electric taxi in Sacramento, CA

Earth Shuttle Pedalcabs is based in Orlando, FL and provides pedal powered taxi service.

Electric Cars are for Girls presents a girls view on electric vehicles

EVTransPortal has lots of links to other EV sites

Low Rolling Resistance Tire Report - a good report on low rolling resistance tires

Nedra - The National Electric Drag Racing web site

Noel's EV page also has a good list of EV Associations and Clubs

Solartaxi is attempting to drive around the world powered by solar energy

WhywaitforDetroit contains some excellent information on selecting an EV Conversion

VEL-2 is a Swiss project that promotes eco vehicles including BEVs

If you have questions about EVs and you can't find the answer at EV Finder or in the above links then email evfinder and I will do my best to answer your questions.