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ation & advocacy since 1980 Seattle Electric Vehicle Assocation (SEVA) Promoting electric vehicles through education, demonstration & advocacy since 1980 Home About Who We Are History SEVA Award Meeting Minutes Wiki Archive Calendar Learn Why Go Electric? What’s It Like To Drive An EV? SEVA Educational Flyer History of Electric Cars Owner Profiles Buy Things to Know EVs For Sale Pre-Owned Seattle Area EVs For Sale Heavy Duty EVs Charge Charging your EV Charging Chart Charging Networks Buy Chargers Convert Converting Your Gas Car How To EV Components Get Involved Activities and Email List Become A SEVA Member Today! Donate Resources General Information 2022 Legislative News Other EV Groups We Like Gas to Electric Car Conversions Electric Car Charging Networks & Maps Parts, Supplies, & Know-How Electric Car Racing Parking Violation Videos News SEVA Members In The News World Wide EV News Contact Welcome to the Seattle Electric Vehicle Association Late SEVA member Dave Cloud probably converted more vehicles than anyone in Washington and held many records for all sorts of EV achievements. He is pictured here with his streamlined Geo Metro conversion which went over 200 miles on a single charge using lead-acid batteries! SEVA member and intrepid EV Road-tripper Lee Colleton snapped this photo while charging at Stevens Pass ski area after a long day of mountainous freeway driving in his electric Mitsubishi Miev. Does your solar installer show up in an electric vehicle? Puget Sound Solar founders & SEVA members Pamela Burton & Jeremy Smithson do! There are many good reasons to go electric and most EV owners love the rapid acceleration! At Pacific Raceways local Tesla owners run sub13 second times in the quarter mile at well over 100 mph! SEVA Member Jennifer Northern, at the helm, is an avid proponent of electric scooters! Washington State has a number of incentives for electric vehicles thanks to forward-thinking legislators and the work of many SEVA members such as Jeff Finn who is pictured here charging his LEAF in front of the Capitol. Washington State is a great place for taking an electric vehicle road-trip. The Department of Transportation has been strategically placing many DC Quick Charge stations along the states major highways. If you want to convert a vehicle to electric, there are many knowledgeable conversion experts in SEVA. Washington State is also home to electric vehicle components manufacturers such as Manzanita Micro and suppliers such as EV Parts. Electric vehicles can go anywhere gas vehicles can go as demonstrated by SEVA members Grace Reamer and Kevin Boze who once forded a small river in their Coda electric sedan. The Nissan LEAF looks good in the Seattle Autumn! Past SEVA President Stephen Johnsen (2014-2018) is shown here with a rare GM EV1 which he helped a small team from Western Washington University revive in 2007. Many SEVA members, like Roger Swearingen, have more than one electric vehicle in their households. Roger is pictured here with two OEM electric vehicles; a Fiat 500E, and a Ford Ranger electric pickup truck. Practically any vehicle can be electric and SEVA members own and drive many different electric models. The Seattle Electric Vehicle Association actively participates in many car shows throughout the year. Washington State leads the nation in per-capita electric vehicle sales! For many years SEVA members have taught electric vehicle technology courses at South Seattle Community College including a course where a gas car is converted to electric in just 6 days! Bothell High School’s student-built "Shock & Awe". SEVA member Pat McCune is their teacher. Seattle Electric Vehicle Association welcomes electric bicycles as well! The immediate and extremely high torque produced by an electric motor allows electric vehicles to accelerate VERY quickly and to produce impressive numbers when tested on a dynamometer. Many SEVA members are also members of the National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA) and they race their electric vehicles during race season at nearby Pacific Raceways. Steve Lough was SEVA’s first President up until 2013. He continues, as President Emeritus, to promote, demonstrate, advocate for, and educate people about electric vehicles which he has done for nearly 30 years. Seattle Electric Vehicle Association at Woodinville’s 21 Acres Farm Festival, 2017 Brutus Electric Motorcyles SEVA member Deb Seymour enjoys the long-range capacity of her white 2014 Tesla Model S. This photo was taken of her with her WA license-plated car in Salt Lake City, UT! Welcome! The Seattle Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA) is an all-volunteer group of Seattle-area folks who are passionate about all things having to do with electric cars. Our members run the gamut from brand new Tesla owners to folks who have been converting old gasoline cars since the 1980’s. We participate in car shows, educational events and political events having to do with electric vehicle legislation. But we mostly get together to have some plain, old fun at our free monthly meetings and by simply driving around on our zero-emission wheels. SEVA also serves as a gateway to the latest press and information on and about electric vehicles. Jump on in to see what’s happening in the world of electric cars! SEVA Monthly Meetings! All are invited to attend SEVA monthly meetings on the Second Tuesday of every month, you do not need to be a member to attend! The 2024 Mar 12th meeting will be held at: SEVA monthly meetings are held at the Rivian Showroom in University Village . 4601 26th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105 All the parking in U Village is free. There are four very large garages, two with Chargepoint Level 2. The south garage, is the closest of these to Rivian. Plus there are outdoor EA DCFCs. Please park on the top floor of the south parking garage (nearest NE 45th St.) Club members will meet there beforehand starting at 6:30 and again after the meeting for networking and car talk. Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/NgjeRanukrneZdVL6 Bellevue at DigiPen Institute of Technology in the Van Gogh Auditorium on the first floor, in the hallway to the right, in the third of their three conference rooms. 9931 Willows Road NE Redmond, WA 98052. Digipen also offers six Level2 EVSEsand a pretty large parking lot. Map: Google Map:9931 Willows Rd NE, Redmond WA 98052 Street view of Paid chargers: Google Map Street View of Paid Chargers: Charging Availability: PlugShare Vine Baptist Church, 7750 21st Ave. NW in Ballard. Church of the Nazarene 4401 2 nd Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105 (Wallingford Neighborhood-church is behind Dick’s Drive In)Car show in the parking lot at 6:30 p.m., meeting indoors at 7 p.m. Some things you may find at SEVA meetings: Featured car of the month Guest speakers on EV topics Policy updates Event announcements and planning Conversion project reports Charging infrastructure updates News about EV models and features Raffle drawing Special events Time for networking and Q and A Join the SEVA Listserv to Keep In Touch Meanwhile, our members are keeping in touch via our email listserv. To join the listserv, do the following: Subscribe to the list by sending an email message to: SEVA_list+subscribe@googlegroups.com . To Unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to SEVA_list+unsubscribe@googlegr oups.com . SEVA Car Shows and EVents” Calendar If Google calendar doesn’t load properly, please hit refresh” on your browser button. The bottom right corner of the calendar should have a +Google Calendar” button you can use to add these to your own calendar, it may appear as seattleeva.org@gmail.com under your calendar. You might also subscribe to this calendar using this URL: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=c2VhdHRsZWV2YS5vcmdAZ21haWwuY29t Other EV EVENTS: ONGOING: Tesla Owners Club of the PNW (TOCPNW) has an events calendar up: https://www.teslaownerswa.org/events Some events are private, but some are open to the...