Navigation Planning (Start -15)

Planning the route


Well some of the weekend was spent working up a spreadsheet will all the stops, including charge points.   There had been a concern that the introduction of charges by Chargemaster was going to acre things badly; however, ASDA have confirmed that their chargers will remain FOC and there are some critical chargers, in Scotland that are mandatory: they include Forfar, Tain and Inverness.  Each of which I need to sit on until the max to make the subsequent leg achievable.


Here is a short version of the route that was extracted for PR output:


Outbound
 


Wokingham, London, Milton Keynes, Silverstone (Fleet World Exhibition), Doncaster, Hull (Photo-call at Z-cars Engineering),Scarborough, Whitby, Metrocentre Gateshead, Jedburgh, Newton St Boswells, Edinburgh (Meet EV Assoc Scotland) + photo-calls in Edinburgh, Dundee, Forfar, Aberdeen, Grampian Transport Museum (Photo-call), Huntly, Elgin, Forres, Inverness (Various side events in the Scottish Highlands - Whisky Trail, skiing at Aviemore etc..), Inverness
 


Return
 


Inverness, Ullapool, Stornoway (various photo calls on Isles of Harris/ Lewis), Oban, Islay, Loch Fyne (Photo-call), Alexandria, Glasgow, Stirling (Photo-call), Edinburgh Ingliston (Green Fleet Scotland Exhibition)(Photo-call with Keith Brown MSP – Transport Minister), Selkirk, Hawick, Corbridge, Harrogate, Leeds – direct Wokingham


Graphics Design 

I've been collating the sponsor's logos and evaluating where to put then - based on their contribution. Clearly that was a difficult balancing act and we will have to wait some weeks to hear their views.  So a first-cut suitable for Highland Charge have been submitted to Macro Graphics Ltd of Hook, Hants - and I am anxious to get the fit date and see the overall effect! 

This was the prize winning car entered by Green Motorsport in last year's WAVE - pretty cool.  Things seemed to be easier with a white car as many of the logos are not transparent.  So Macro Graphics will have their work cut out on the EV Matters' iMiev, which is silver!

Car Preparation - Car 1 - Green Motorsport "Light Utility EV"

Well I have driven this unique prototype and it is certainly stunning.  The requirements were established by the Growing Air Foundation ( see http://www.growingairfoundation.com ) as you can read in their website they have established a programme to buy land and re-forest swathes of S.America!   They wanted an ecologically sound vehicle a a basic principle; however, of more profound influent was the need for a vehicle that could cope with the jungle terrain, cope with unmade roads and would not be dependant on long lines of supply for refuelling and maintenance!

The chassis has been made by Z-Cars (see http://www.zcarsuk.com/projects.php ) who are long installed manufactures of racing cars and special effects cars.   The drive system exploits water-cooled DC-motors designed and built by Green Motorsports.

Sadly I cannot yet post a photo; however, it will be here soon.  If I predict I may get shot!  It will be here when Green Motorsport are ready!