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Australian Electric Vehicle Association - SA Branch
MEETINGS  - Held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month*              


 

Next Meeting Details: 


Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
- 7 for 7:30pm
with V2L BBQ from 5:30pm

*** NOTE: VENUE CHANGE ***

Guest Speaker:
Luke Varnes
from BYD will be showing us and talking about the new Shark 6 hybrid mid-size pickup truck.

Note:
If you are not feeling well, please do not attend this meeting.


Note: Memberships (new and renewals) are now all handled on-line. An email address is required for membership.


You don't have to be a member to attend.
Visitors are very welcome.
Visitors are ask to pay a $5.00 entrance fee
to help cover meeting room hire
.

      
       *** NOTE: VENUE CHANGE ***

We are now back at the Vogue Theatre...

Vogue Theatre,
 25 Belair Road,
 Kingswood 5062

This meeting will be held in the Function Centre, which is on the northern side of the theatre.

Entry to the building is via the northern car park.

Parking is available in the northern and southern car parks.
(Belair Rd is the continuation of Unley Rd.)
Note: The car parks against the northern wall are reserved for plug-in vehicles and this month reserved for EVs supplying V2L power to the electric BBQs

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The meeting will be streamed on YouTube this month.

 


Hungry!

Prior to the meeting, starting at 5:30pm, we will be having a BBQ with the power being supplied by electric vehicles (V2L)

Come and enjoy sausage and unions in bread and a soft drink.
The will be a charge for this food and drink, so bring your cash ready.

 


Future meeting dates:

  • March 19, 2025
    Guest Speaker:
    Dean Panos (Director) and  Stephen Bussenschutt (
    Technical Director) from VEMotion will be talking on their “Hybrid Prime Mover and Powered Trailer”.  

  • April 16, 2025
    Guest Speaker:
    TBA

  • May 21, 2025
    Guest Speaker:

    TBA

  • May 18, 2025
    Guest Speaker:
    TBA

For meetings in other states, please visit the AEVA National Website.

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Previous Meeting Activities

January 15, 2025 - Minutes coming soon
Guest Speaker:
Sam from EV Charge Australia speaking about the new  fast charger for your home.

This meeting was held at the Fullarton Park Community Centre.


December 2024
No General Meeting in December 2024
A BBQ was held for members at Eric's home on the 7th of December, to celebrate to end of 2024.


November 20, 2024 - Minutes coming soon
Guest Speaker:
Michelle Howie from SA Power Networks answered many questions put to her prior and during the meeting.

This meeting was held at the Fullarton Park Community Centre.

The video of the meeting is here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/kW7N8PeFCkU



October 16, 2024 - Minutes
Guest Speaker:
Matthew Stead spoke about his journey with his BMW Model 2002 conversion, using all the parts from a Nissan Leaf. He had the EV at the meeting for all to see.

The video of the meeting is here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/zK2ZVABFH-U



September 18, 2024 - Minutes
Guest Speaker:
James Costello, Business Development Manager from JetCharge, will be coming to speak to us about the latest in EV Charging systems.
James was accompanied by Mark Stewart.

The video of the JetCharge presentation will be on the Members page soon.

August 21, 2024 -
Minutes for the AGM
Minutes for the General Meeting

Guest Speakers:
Sam Puskaric and Scott Woods from VOLVO came to show us and speak about the new VOLVO EX30 electric vehicles, with two EX30s on display from 7pm.

The AGM for the AEVA SA Branch was held prior to the General meeting.

The video of the VOLVO presentation will be on the Members page soon.


July 17, 2024 - Minutes
Guest Speaker:
David Sargent from EVNV will be talking on EV hire for track experiences and how passion can drive faster EV adoption.

Due to a medical incident at the Vogue Theatre,
prior to the AEVA meeting, we couldn't hold the meeting in the Function Room. Instead it was held in another room at the complex, which did not have any technology available.
David's presentation can be downloaded here, but to see his Notes, you must step through it using the Microsoft Powerpoint application.


June 19, 2024  Minutes
Guest Speaker:
Phil Gell (From Gelco Services) will be talking on Sodium Ion cell research and development and also charger installations, selecting sites, what he has found over the years.


May 15, 2024 - Minutes of two meetings:
- NT Branch forming Special General Meeting
- General Meeting

Guest Speaker:
Luke Varnas (and his team) from BYD brought a couple of BYD Seal EVs and other BYD EVs giving a talk about this model plus a preview of some interesting new models.
Test drives of the BYD Seal EVs, Dolphin and Atto 3 were available from 6:30pm.

Please note:
The Special General Meeting (SGM) of the AEVA SA/NT branch, was held on May 15th, 2024 at 7:30pm.
This was held immediately prior to the AEVA SA/NT General Meeting.

The purpose of this SGM was to introduce and vote in the NT committee members for the newly forming AEVA NT Branch.
At the moment the NT members are part of the SA/NT branch.

All three motions were passed unanimously, so the NT Branch can officially now be a reality.

April 17, 2024 - Minutes
Guest Speaker:
Rob Chadwick, from the Flinders Uni FAST team, will give a talk on “Post Solar Challenge: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”.


March 30, 2024 - Minutes
Guest Speakers:
Mike Poll Jonker gave us an update on his electric projects.
Mike is the Director (National representative on the board) for our AEVA SA/NT branch.
Mike also runs his own business Dkubus Pty Ltd, which specialises in parts for performance vehicles.
Bruce Tonkin gave an update re. the Investigator 1 moving under its own power! - with videos.


February 21, 2024 - No minutes taken.

(20 people arrived in an EV)
This meeting was a site visit to Infinitus Aero at: 6 Coongie Ave, Edwardstown SA 5039
Barrie Rogers (Chief Commercial Officer)  showed us around their establishment, where they are developing Australia’s first commercially produced electric light sport aircraft, the E22 Spark.

   Site Visit to Infinitus Aero

Photo courtesy of Sue Mulryan (Infinitus Aero Co-Founder)

https://infinitus.aero


January 17, 2024 - Minutes
Guest Speaker:
We were pleased to have Roman Nedielka speaking about his e-around the world trip on his electric motorbike. (IG e.roundworld)

Roman Nedielka Roman and e-motorcycle with eric Rodda
This presentation was recorded and the video is available on the Members' page.



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