The Oregon Electric Vehicle Association (OEVA) is a non-profit association of electric vehicle enthusiasts. We promote electric vehicle education and encourage their safe construction and use.
We are part of the Multnomah Hot Rod Council and a chapter of the Electric Auto Association.
Our Meetings
Our meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month.
For 2019 we are holding the Mar, Apr, Jun, Sep, and Dec meetings at the World Trade Center, with the meeting location and catering generously provided by Forth. Member EVs can park in the covered outdoor plaza off of SW 1st Ave north of SW Salmon St., Portland, OR. The meeting will be held in one of the meeting rooms.
All other months our meetings will be held at the Multnomah Arts Center, Room 30, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR. Closest parking is in the lot off 31st street. Enter the east hall (to the right). Room 30 is the first room on your right.
- 6:30pm – 7pm, Board Meeting
- 7pm – 7:30, Socializing, Car show and tell
- 7:30 – 9pm, Meeting
No charging is available at the Multnomah Arts Center.
Membership
OEVA membership is $20 per year. Additional donations are also accepted. To subscribe or renew, send a check payable to OEVA along with the Membership form.
E-Mail Announcements List
Sign up! Our meeting reminders and newsletter announcements are
delivered on the OEVA e-mail list. Subscription is free.
Sign up for the OEVA list.
A online archive
of this e-mail list also exists.
You may want to check out the fully searchable international
EV Discussion List (EVDL) too.
Oregon High Schools
Gladstone Electric Vehicle Organization S10 Conversion Project
Oregon Electric Vehicles
Oregonian, 1915: Driving Electric on the Columbia Highway
Driving Oregon’s Future – a video from Portland General Electric.
EV Myths
THINK’s Ten Myths About Electric Cars
Powerpoint and PDF Presentations
Gary Graunke wrote an Op-Ed for Ruralite magazine (PDF) dated Feb 2017.
OEVA member Gary Graunke gave an Electric Vehicle Update
(PPT)
(PDF) presentation at
SolWest on July 28, 2013 (An Excel spreadsheet compares the ownership cost of a Leaf vs a Versa).
Jana Gastellum of Oregon Environmental Council gave a presentation on the Oregon Clean Fuels Program on January 10, 2013.
Rick Durst of PGE gave an update on EV Infrastructure in Oregon from January 12, 2012.
THINK presentation from March 11, 2010.
EV Update presentation from March 12, 2010.
Interview of OEVA members
OEVA member Gary Graunke is interviewed on King 5 television in Seattle about Oregons Gas Tax replacement plans. Watch online here or download the MP4 file (43Mb). Skip to 3:43
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We intend this site to focus on the Good
News about Bicycling as a means of transportation and recreation in everyday life.
Edlin’s Crank An exquisite study by our favorite artist, Taliah
Lempert
(Used with
permission)
Like Edlin, who’s crank appears above, you may not have a racing bike
(regardless of the pretentious logo), but if you have a bike, any bike,
you can join the human race instead of the rat race. A quiet evening
ride or a trip to the store does not require a $2000 bike.
Many
bicycle web sites are “event” oriented. Lots are interested on races or racers.
Most are seasonally oriented, and a few are advocacy oriented. We are not disinterested in
these things. We are simply more interested in the promotion of cycling as a
“normal” means of transportation for every day travel needs as well as
recreation and healthy exercise.
We also want to counter all the fear mongering, intentional and
unintentional, that happens when bicycling is discussed.
Sometimes cycling enthusiasts are their own worst enemy.
It starts when fairly
competent cyclists start lobbying for bike paths and bike lanes at local public
meetings. It ends with school districts banning bicycles as a means of
transportation, or with local road closures because elected officials are afraid of
liability.
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Pennsylvania
Bicycle Driver’s Manual
Utah’s
Bicycle Commuter Guide
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We like to cover issues of media
bias, faulty reasoning, and misinformation. We hope by pointing a finger at these
things you will be able to recognize falsehood when you see it, and have a ready answer
when someone asks why you ride a bike.
But we also intend to cover the good news about cycling, the health aspects, the pure
enjoyment, the cost benefits, both to the rider and the community.
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Cycling
Survey
Please take our comprehensive on-line survey and encourage your friends to do the same.
Help us get the facts on cycling!
Take our Quiz
Review
the Results!
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We want to show that the bicycle is not only a reasonable means of transportation, but,
in the majority of instances, the method best suited for personal needs.
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Crank and Hub Answer your Bicycle Questions
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Now don’t assume we are just a bunch of Anti-Automobile bigots running off at the
mouth. We all drive. When necessary. It’s just that we have found that
the definition of “Necessary” varies dramatically from person to person, from
time to time. Biking is a lot more fun.
So come on in, snoop around and tell us what you think.
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