PTERODACTYL

John Waylands is the great mind behind PlasmaBoy Racing and the White Zombie, an old white Datsun converted to fully electric and taken on the drag strip to win the land speed record. The White Zombie is legend.

Sean Mitchell is a youtube channel host who covers Electric Vehicles, Tesla, and related technology developments in the marketplace.

His website is AllThingsEV.info

Interview starts at 9 minutes.

Russell Corbin is the Student Chapter Development Liaison for the Electric Auto Association, and is a student at Pomona College in California. He grew up in the DC Metro area, and he has never owned any vehicle other than a Battery Electric Vehicle.

As always, our podcast can be found at CentralEV.org/podcast

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The United States Army Futures Command in Austin is one of the four non-combatant commands in the Army, and its Futures and Concepts Center is located in Fort Eustis, Virginia. The team on the show today are those individuals in the Army that are actively working on bringing Electrification to the Army's battlefield fleet.

Pterodactyl is a program of the Central Washington University Electric Vehicle Club, and we are a chapter of the Electric Auto Association.

The podcast's website is at www.CentralEV.org

SemaConnect is a manufacturer of Level 2 Public EVSEs (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment - A.k.a.: EV Chargers). To charge at any SemaConnect public charger, simply open up the PlugShare App and find your charger. To find out more about installing SemaConnect at your location, go to www.SemaConnect.com.

Eric Smith is the SemaConnect Regional Manager for the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, and Hawaii.

OUR PODCAST lives at www.CentralEV.org/podcast

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 = Benjamin Cooley, Club Treasurer, updates us on the Wotorbikle

02:50 = "Halle Berry" talks about the 1996 film Race the Sun

03:58 = Announcements

05:56 = What is Sema Connect?

07:45 =  Why does it cost so much?

10:30 = What about Level 3?

12:36 = The Consumer Mindset   ~ Expectations vs. reality

15:41 = How big is your team? Where do you live?

18:56 = The community lifestyle

19:17 = small talk about Real Estate

19:54 = Career path avenues     ~ A day in the life

21:20 = Sema Connect makes the software AND hardware

21:49 = What does it take to get a unit installed?     ~ Praise for the WWU installation

23:22 = WHESC and CWU Sustainability Office

24:51 = Is your company an environmental company or a technology company?

29:00 = How to fight back

30:18 = Oil is not sustainable, nor efficient     ~ Oil is the alt. fuel

31:55 = A sense of purpose and innovation

34:55 =  Game: "Charge Me Up"  

37:37 = Are EVs better?     ~ Avoiding misinformation

39:15 = Dispelling the energy grid myths (with all respect to coal)

41:30 = The self sufficiency of islands     ~ Why Hawaii?

44:28 = What's it like crossing the border? Do you plan to expand beyond North America?

46:51 = How do I convince my University to install EVSEs?     ~ Why EV Drivers don't complain

49:55 = The re-birth of the CWUEVC

54:32 = What is the coolest EV you've ever driven?

57:06: Talking Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

58:13 = Do you drive an EV?     ~ "Buy mature tech, lease changing tech."

1:03:55 = The Wildcat Racing Team as an avenue of Engineering concepts

1:04:55 = Conversions are mature tech     ~ It is cheaper

1:06:54 = The Second life of recycled batteries 

1:11:40 = Does Sema Connect work with utilities?

1:13:19 = Inspirational quote

1:14:10 = Do your chargers need an App to charge?

1:16:26 = Interoperability of charging

1:17:22 = Data collection and privacy rights

1:22:07 = The problems

1:28:08 = EV drivers do not all charge at the same time

1:31:47 = What is the greatest adventure you've had in an EV?

1:35:41 = What are you most fearful of? What are you most hopeful for?

1:39:38 = Epilogue

The Limiting Factor is a youtube channel covering advancements in battery technologies in the fields of both Electric Vehicles and grid energy storage. Find The Limiting Factor on YouTube at THE LIMITING FACTOR.

You can also follow him on Twitter @LimitingThe

As always, please subscribe to the podcast! You can find the rest of our episodes at www.CentralEV.org/podcast

While you're there, check out our "EV 101" page, it's got a lot of awesome knowledge for beginners!

00:00 ∞ "Carl Sagan" speaks on spacetime.

2:04 ∞ Announcements

03:34 ∞ The Mustache in the room

06:39 ∞ What is "The Limiting Factor"?     ~ Why New Zealand? ~ Why did you start a YouTube channel

11:16 ∞ What video editing software do you use?

11:40 ∞ Do you own a Tesla?

12:59 ∞ Audio editing software

14:46 ∞ The Do-It-Yourself battery movement     ~ What does a "Million Mile Battery mean?"

16:12 ∞ JB Straubel's racing days

17:20 ∞ Small-town living, weather, wind power, and Wellington

22:24 ∞ Elon and Tesla     ~ What would you do if Elon went full Charlie Sheen?24:56 ∞ Are Elon's fans "Cult Members"?26:45 ∞ Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

29:13 ∞ Keeping up with Battery Developments

32:09 ∞ Solving the world's energy demand

33:46 ∞ Wallbox's "Star-Trek" themed EV Chargers

34:27 ∞ Game - "John B. Goodenough"

38:58 ∞ Have you been motivated to live sustainably?

39:48 ∞  Is New Zealand a Continent?

42:18 ∞ Making the world a better place through technology.

43:41 ∞ Do you believe in Humanity?

45:23 ∞ Batteries are REALLY complicated.

54:05 ∞ Battery Developer Profiles

58:30 ∞ How do you make money?

1:01:05 ∞ New Zealand perspectives on China vs. America

1:06:15 ∞ New Zealand, where nothing hurts you

1:09:32 ∞ Talking about Lord of the Rings (you can't do a podcast about New Zealand without talking about LOTR, it's the law)

1:12:09 ∞ What was your greatest adventure?

1:16:02 ∞ What do you fear the most? What are you most hopeful for?

1:19:07 ∞ Epilogue

Energy Pal is a solar and home battery storage consulting company that operates entirely online. They are based out of Canada, but they have companies in both the United States and Canada. If you have a roof, and are even just THINKING about solar, they won't charge you to answer their questions. Visit www.EnergyPal.com for more.

As always, you can find the rest of our podcast at www.CentralEV.org/podcast

Pterodactyl is a program of the Central Washington University Electric Vehicle Club, a college campus chapter of the Electric Auto Association. Visit www.CentralEV.org for more about who and what we are.

00:00 ∞ "Scottish Mel Gibson's" Monologue

02:43 ∞ Announcements

04:47 ∞ What is EnergyPal?

16:57 ∞ Integrating Solar with Electric Vehicles

19:49 ∞ What happens when it's cloudy?

21:42 ∞ Do you need three-phase?

22:56 ∞ Do you need a second home battery?

24:11 ∞ The Next Evolution of solar batteries

26:19 ∞  Elon and Joe Rogan

28:05 ∞ Planet of the Humans     ~ The worst documentary ever made?     ~ Dispelling the myths

44:57 ∞ Game - "The Great Escape."

50:15 ∞ Does Energy Pal work with Vehicle to Grid?

51:43 ∞ Turbine technologies

54:38 ∞ Career opportunities

56:18 ∞ The Name change

57:51 ∞ Do you drive an EV?

57:59 ∞ Advancements and new technologies in solar

1:03:04 ∞ Your greatest adventure

1:07:11 ∞ What do you fear the most? What are you most hopeful for?

1:10:14 ∞ Epilogue

Kia is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Their current Battery Electric Vehicle lineup includes the Kia Soul EV, and the Kia E-Niro. By the year 2025, they will have a lineup of 11 pure BEV vehicles for sale. Is this a great leap forward, or too little too late? Neil Dunlop works for Kia North America.

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00:00 ~ "Justin Bieber" talks about his Fisker Karma

02:36 ~ Announcements

04:08 ~ Is Kia moving fast enough?

08:45 ~ CES stories. What is an "autobus?"

11:27 ~ Robots and the new mobility paradigm

13:51 ~ Kia Soul EV gets World Car of the Year

16:13 ~ What's up with Batteries?

18:00 ~ Talking cars

21:20 ~ EV's are better

22:25 ~ Guy's camping nightmare

23:37 ~ The Icarus metaphor

32:24 ~ The burden of choice and Plato's Cave

41:55 ~ What are you most afraid of? What are you most hopeful for?

45:24 ~ What's it like being the PR guy?

49:12 ~ Career path avenues

52:02 ~ The Wildcat Racing Team

56:18 ~ Upcoming Events and the effects of COVID

59:19 ~ Inspirational quote

1:01:01 ~ Epilogue

On this episode of PTERODACTYL, we interviewed Jared B. Adams, the Chief Communications Officer for DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. If there is any scientific frontier, then DARPA is there. DARPA is an Agency of the United States Department of Defence, meaning that their mandate is to come up with inventions and discoveries that will assist the military.

DARPA can be found at www.DARPA.mil

As always, PTERODACTYL can be found at www.CentralEV.org/podcast

This podcast is a program of the Central Washington University Electric Vehicle Club, a college campus chapter of the Electric Auto Association.

00:00 ~ "Lorne Michaels" drops by the studio to give us a piece of his mind.

02:36 ~ Announcements

04:53  ~ What is DARPA?

08:45 ~ Game - "DARPA, or You-Wish-You-Were-DARPA!"

17:26 ~ Attaching guilt, and the nature of invention

18:59 ~ A day in the life at DARPA

22:26 ~ DARPA and Electric Vehicles

24:50 ~ DARPA's relationship to other institutions

28:50 ~ DARPA and the private sector

30:04 ~ DARPA and outer space

31:55 ~ Is your life affected by DARPA?

32:57 ~ DARPA's coolest things

35:47 ~ The Baker Electric, and the early days of EV

38:58 ~ The Supply Chain Problem

41:20 ~ Career Path Avenues

43:53 ~ DARPA and undergraduate studies

46:35 ~ We Pitch some ideas to DARPA!

49:22 ~ Does DARPA retrofit current tech?

51:01 ~ Tools can be used for both good and bad

55:53 ~ How conspiracy theories are created

58:43 ~ The private vehicles of the military

1:00:23 ~ Carrington Events and EMP recovery

1:03:09 ~ What do DARPA employees drive?

1:07:00 ~ Guy's conversions

1:07:53 ~ The Wildcat Racing Team

1:13:21 ~ Epilogue

This week on PTERODACTYL, we interviewed Chris Ramsey, a wonderful delight to speak to, the Electric Vehicle Adventurer, EV Educator, and Founder of Plug In Adventure. You can find all of his glorious adventures documented at www.PlugInAdventure.com.

PTERODACTYL's home is www.CentralEV.org/podcast.

Elections are coming up! The position of Vice President and Head of Racing will be quickly vacant - this person acts as the Team Captain of the Racing Team. We desperately need to fill this position before this Academic Year closes out. This is the only position that is by appointment and succession. Go to www.CentralEV.org/elections for more information.

OTHER VACANT POSITIONS: Graphic Designer, Community Liaison, Alumni Advisor, V.P. of Engagement and Recruitment, Law and Public Policy Writer and Researcher, Video Content Manager, and Insurance Guru.

00:00 ~ Introduction and Announcements

01:50 ~ What is Plug In Adventure? Who is Chris Ramsey?

07:07 ~ Haggis and Burns' Night

08:19 ~ The Edinburg to Monte Carlo Rally

08:44 ~ Driving through political turmoil and warzones

10:18 ~ How is an adventure funded?

11:47 ~ The irony of Big Oil divesting itself from Oil

13:48 ~ Game - "Breaking the Record"

16:09 ~ Cars are Magic, Chris's profound moments

18:45 ~ The EV Community

19:24 ~ Guy's best adventure in a vehicle

22:01 ~ The Mongol Rally route

25:55 ~ The World Wildlife Federation

27:15 ~ Social Media plugs

29:02 ~ Dealerships and EVs

30:13 ~ Is Nissan losing its status as a leader in EV?

34:14 ~ What is "RapidGate"?

36:11 ~ Stories from CES

37:43 ~ What happened to Ecotricity?

42:40 ~ The Orkney Islands, and Island power generation

45:20 ~ Charging Standards

47:27 ~ Defending Ecotricity     ~ CCS vs. Chademo

51:58 ~ How EV Chargers got to Kazakhstan

57:10 ~ EV Chargers are spreading across Siberia ~ What it was like before there were any

59:13 ~ The Adventure lifestyle

59:48 ~ The Nissan Leaf's retrofits

1:02:36 ~ Batteries and Weight vs. Power ratios

1:07:25 ~ The Do-It-Yourself movement     ~ Converting vehicles from gasoline to battery electric

1:17:54 ~ Final Thoughts

1:25:38 ~ Epilogue