SAVE THE DATES - The Electric Vehicle Forum A discussion of the opportunities and
obstacles surrounding electric vehicles
When & Where Each forum is a full day session from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. · April 16, 2012 – Governor’s Mansion, 410 E. Jackson St, Springfield, IL · May 23, 2012 – Moraine Valley Community College, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills, IL · June 19, 2012 – Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL
Objective Please join us for a day of discussion and education on the opportunities and obstacles related to the use of electric vehicles in Illinois. Presenters from different areas throughout the industry will be on hand to share their insights and to answer questions from the audience.
Who Should Attend Local governments, businesses, fleet managers, electric service companies, car dealers, car rental companies, vehicle technicians/mechanics, and the general public
Topics · EV 101 – A panel discussion covering everything from basic electric vehicle terminology to perspectives from the automotive manufacturers and utility companies · Electric Vehicle Charging – Charging options, consumer behaviors, safety considerations, and electric rate options for EV owners · Incentives – Rebates, tax breaks and other incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure · Local pilot projects – Lessons learned from current electric vehicle projects and from electric vehicle owners
Registration Attendance is free, but limited to the first 60 registrants. Be sure to register for the Electric Vehicle Forum at www.DriveElectricIllinois.org. 2012 Membership Drive and Annual Clean Cities Survey Help CACC and US Department of Energy track alternative-fuel usage Each January, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy, the Chicago Area Clean Cities coalition (CACC) asks all stakeholder fleets to participate in the Chicago Area Clean Cities Annual Survey. This year you can receive a free 2012 CACC membership for your organization by participating in a couple of coalition related activities which are listed in the introductory letter below. Please read the introductory letter (PDF), and save the Annual Report file (XLS - Excel file) on your computer. Using the data from your fleet's operation in 2011, complete the blue blanks on all worksheets within the Excel file. Once again, this year you may apply for Illinois Green Fleet Recognition simply by completing the CACC Annual Survey. When finished, email the completed file to survey@chicagocleancities.org. Please contact Samantha Bingham by email with any questions about the survey (sam@chicagocleancities.org). Congratulations to CACC's 2011 Clean Fuel Champion Ted Barnes, P.E., Gas Technology Institute  A "Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project" Success StoryFood Liner, Inc of Franklin Park, Illinois is a hauler of bulk food grade products to the major bakeries, pop and beer manufactures in the Chicago region. Their routes are conveniently situated to bring their vehicles near the existing GTI public-access CNG station in Des Plaines, Illinois. Recently, Food Liner's use of six Class 8 dedicated Freightliner chassis trucks with the Cummins ISL-G CNG engine in their daily delivery fleet was highlighted by MotorWeek. For more information about this story, click on the link below to watch a short video: "Thank You For Not Idling" cards available  Thanks to Argonne National Laboratory, CACC is pleased to make available the card shown above for easy downloading and printing. The high-quality PDF (2.5 MB) printable version can be printed on both sides of a sheet of 8.5" x 11" card stock and cut (following the crop marks) into three cards per page. The simple and well designed card lists the major drawbacks of needless idling, and it summarizes the Illinois and City of Chicago laws on idling. Keep a few with you and use them to educate those around you about the benefits of shutting off engines when standing.
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