About Us
The Canberra branch of AEVA welcomes people who are interested in any or all aspects of electric vehicles such as: conversions, commercialisation, public policy and advocacy. If you wish to be involved, please come along to the meetings. You can also contact the branch here. It is not necessary to be a member of AEVA to attend the Canberra meetings. If you wish to join AEVA (and that is encouraged), please contact AEVA.
The objectives of AEVA are:
- To promote and develop the use and demand for electric vehicles for industrial, commercial, public, domestic and / or other purposes.
- To assist and further the interests of manufactures, suppliers and users of electric vehicles and to encourage friendly relations and the exchange of information between them.
- To collect, disseminate and circulate knowledge on the use and merits of electric vehicles by means of literature, correspondence, questionnaires, brochures, lectures, statistics films otherwise.
- To establish the Association as an authoritative source of information on electric vehicles with Federal, State and local governments, public authorities, corporation, firms and persons.
- To promote, assist and support industrial and scientific research and encourage experimental work and the discovery of inventions which may effect or may be capable of use in electric vehicles.
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To encourage the establishment and acceptance of standards of quality and performance of electric vehicles.
The branch is constituted in accordance with AEVA's constitution - similar to a club. There is an elected committee from which specific responsibilities are allocated:
Julia McDonald, President
Karl Goiser, Secretary and webmaster
Tony Castley, Treasurer
Heather Peacock, Events officer