# New guy

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-guy/4594>\
**Category:** Introduce yourself\
**Created:** [November 6, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-guy/4594 "2014-11-06T17:24:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![shawnehoover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@shawnehoover](https://community.electricforum.com/u/shawnehoover)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-guy/4594/1 "2014-11-06T17:24:09Z")

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Hi there, I am Shawn and my wife Angie and I are new (well an old) GEM car owners. Working through its problems now, have an old Ford Escape that once its motor blows would like to convert to electric too. Way back bought a VW van from UF that had been a test bed for electric, and been interested since. Wish I still had that old Bus…

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**Author:** ![Old\_Houseboater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/old_houseboater/32/544_2.png) [@Old\_Houseboater](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Old_Houseboater)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-guy/4594/2 "2014-11-06T18:25:56Z")

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Welcome Shawn, you’ll like it here. Lots of experience.

Rodney

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**Author:** ![EvMan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/evman/32/550_2.png) [@EvMan](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvMan)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-guy/4594/3 "2014-11-06T22:53:21Z")

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Welcome to the forum Shawn! it’s great to have you with us.

It sounds like you’ve grown with the industry and have been involved from the early days… How much have things changed over the years ? and did you ever think you’d see serious consideration from the main industry ?

Cheers

EvMan