Battery Vehicle Society

Come and join us at our second Battery Vehicle Society Spring Conference. A day of talks and electric-vehicle themed entertainment including: 2-course lunch, morning coffee, afternoon tea, and free parking (or secure cycle storage)

Date: Saturday 10 th April 2010 9.30am – 5.30pm approx
Place: Luther King House, Brighton Grove, Manchester, M14 5JP
Cost, payable in advance by Thursday 1st April : £28 standard rate for non-members, £21 discounted rate (25% off) for BVS members (£21 reduced rate also available to members’ partners)

Buy tickets online, (or download a form to pay by cheque) by following the link below.
http://www.batteryvehiclesociety.org.uk ... on2010.php

EDIT - Ticket deadline extended. Last few tickets remaining!

Do you take "PayPal"
All the best
Ed ?

Yes, Ed, that form is using Paypal to take payment either from your Paypal account or from a credit/debit card. The downloadable form is for people who distrust Paypal.

For your peace of mind, be aware that Mary is taking money directly for this event, so the address you will see on the Paypal page is "chezmary.com". This is genuine.

On a personal note, Mary says she has already received your money... Were you asking on behalf of someone else?

Doh!!
I had forgotten I had paid
Thanks
(Dozy...) Ed

First post edited with new deadline for buying tickets.

The final programme for April 10th is shaping up nicely.

Highlights include:

A speaker from Ford, Dr Tim Nicklin, coming to talk about the new electric Ford Focus.

Azhar Hussain, from TTXGP, speaking about the TTXGP egrandprix - some interesting developments going on there.

Mike Boxwell, G-wiz owners club, sharing with us some of the practicalities of being an electric vehicle owner and telling us about his new book.

Our very own Antoni Offert, an excellent public speaker, explaining the Peukert Effect (to do with discharging batteries at higher currents reducing available power).

And:
We have some members giving short informal presentations about the projects they have been working on in the last year - give me a shout if you want to be included here - we can squeeze a couple more people in!

And more.....

The final programme should be available in the next week (it has taken longer to finalise than I hoped for various reasons, including a couple of speakers having to pull out at very short notice, but I am finalising replacements as I type this....)

Hopefully the above will be enough to whet the appetite for now

As last year, we are setting up an EV display outside - do get in touch to reserve a spot for your EV if you would like it inlcuded in the display.

Mary.

The event last year was amongst the best events I've had the pleasure of attending on any topic at any time.

I hope to come this year (responsibilities for14 year olds permitting). If so, I'll be driving from the Midlands if anyone would like a ride.

Thanks for the kind words about last year

Breaking news:

I have just had confirmation from Mistubishi that they are coming along with an iMiEV to show us, and will be giving us a short talk about the development of the car etc

And we still have a few tickets left - snap them up quick folks!

Mary.

Here's the draft programme for this Saturday, correct as of 8th April - hopefully with no more changes!


10.00 - Welcome and overview of the day Mary Perkins, Secretary, BVS

10.10 - Ford Focus BEV UK Demonstration Project
Dr Tim Nicklin, Ford Motor Company

11.00 - Refreshments

11.30 - Introducing the Mitsubishi i-MiEV
Jason Scholes, Mitsubishi

12.00 - The birth and future of the TTXGP and egrandprix
Azhar Hussain, TTXGP

12.30 - Questions on the morning talks

12.45 - Lunch – and a chance to view the electric-vehicle display outside

14.00 - The Peukert Effect - a rather critical overview
Antoni Offert, BVS

14.45 - The Potential for Electric Vehicles in the UK Market
Benny Daniel, Frost & Sullivan

15.15 - Refreshments

15.45 - ‘Open-mic’ – Short presentations from BVS members on their activities/interests:

• Introducing the BVS - John Crayton
• Long-range challenges – part 2 - Tim Crumpton
• Peugeot 106 with Lithium ion battery project - Evan Tuer
• My ‘in-line’ project - Frank Wykes
• Personal & professional projects - Andrew Hanlon
• Are EVs cheaper to run? - Jonathan Jewkes
• Profiting from rising fuel prices – a collaborative project? - Malcolm Skeels
• Mark III Travel Machine - Stuart Quinn-Harvie

16.45 - Questions on the afternoon talks

17.00 - Closing Remarks Mary Perkins, Secretary, BVS

17.10 - Network and Close (5.30pm)

As last year, we shall probably retire to the pub down the road, and maybe go on for a curry.

Thurs 8th - I only have about 7 tickets left, so act fast if you would like to come :-)

Book online with your debit/credit card (or paypal) using the link at the top of this thread, or follow links from the website front page:
http://www.BatteryVehicleSociety.org.uk

When they are gone, they are gone!

Mary.

How did this event go ?

It was something I'd love to have visited but simply couldn't make it - any "match reports" from the day ?