MAJOR GENERATOR SHORTAGE: Electric Generators Direct.com Now Taking Backorders on All Portable Generators
The effects of Hurricane Charley and Frances are being felt far beyond Florida. The tag team tandem just put the entire portable generator marketplace on backorder. In Ohio, Tony Holder tried to purchase a generator at his local home improvement store, only to find the shelves empty with the entire inventory on a truck headed south. In Florida, new generators are as scarce as snowballs, with the demand overshadowing the supply. Customers are forced to wait in long lines with lottery numbers, hoping for a "chance" to get one of the few arriving generators.
Many customers, who were simply unable or unwilling to wait, jumped online to purchase generators directly from the manufactures. Even this supply evaporated.
Electric Generators Direct.com (http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com), an online generator superstore that dropships directly from the manufacturer's warehouses, is completely sold out. The company is now accepting backorders on all new generators. According to Jon Hoch, founder of Electric Generators Direct, generator manufacturers build enough inventory to weather a major event.
Even after Hurricane Charley blew ashore, most manufacturers had some inventory still available. Hurricane Frances, however, took every remaining piece. This isn't the first time a one-two punch has put the generator marketplace on backorder.
Just last year, the Great Northeast Blackout exhausted the surplus inventory traditionally reserved for hurricane season. By the time Hurricane Isabel hit the East Coast one month later, every available generator in the country evaporated.
Like last year, Hoch estimates that it will take generator manufacturers several months to fully replenish supplies throughout the country. It could take even longer if suppliers run out of critical component parts. "Why wait for retailers to restock their shelves and hope to get one?" asks Hoch. If you want a generator before the next storm hits, he recommends ordering direct from the factory. The generator will be shipped directly from the assembly line to your door, bypassing the warehouse.
According to Hoch, the backorder list grows longer every minute. If you wait to order, it could take a month or more to receive your generator. About Electric Generators Direct Electric Generators Direct (http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com) is an online generator superstore owned and operated by Power Equipment Direct, Inc. The company also maintains Pressure Washers Direct (http://www.pressurewashersdirect.com) and Air Compressors Direct (http://www.aircompressorsdirect.com).
The Race is On: Florida Residents Scramble to Secure Backup Generators
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June 1, 2005 -- While June 1 marks the official start of hurricane season, the race to secure an emergency generator is already underway and rounding the first turn. According to Jon Hoch, founder of Electric Generators Direct.com (http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com), an online emergency generator superstore, Florida residents aren't waiting for a tropical depression to develop before purchasing a backup generator. The Romeoville, Ill.-based e-tailer is already experiencing unseasonably strong demand for portable and standby generators. And the season is just starting. Hoch is forecasting a very tight supply of generators this hurricane season.
Why? Manufacturers haven't had enough time to catch up with last year's devastating hurricanes and ice storms. Generator manufacturers were building backorders as late as March and April. Now, with Florida residents buying up generators in record...
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EPA Awards Local Electric Vehicle Shop High Honors
Alien Scooters of Austin has been given the auspicious EPA Green Power Leadership Award and made a member of the EPA GPL Club for exemplary green power procurement. The company exceeded the minimum requirement for their nomination by factor of four. Alien Scooters is the largest retailer of electric power vehicles world-wide and the only Personal Electric Vehicle (PEV) maintenance facility in Central Texas. The company now stands proud alongside other local winners such as AISD and Whole Foods Market, and national winners like the Walter Reed Army facility and U.S. Dept.
of Energy Headquarters at the Forrestal and Germantown Facilities.Formed in 2002 to promote, sell, and service PEV's and promote electric power as an alternative to petroleum based fuels, Alien Scooters remains devoted renewal energy sources and not only is a member of Austin Energy's Green Choice program, but uses their own vehicles to make sales and service calls whenever plausible. They are also in the development...
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Hurricane Warning: Rush for Emergency Generators is Already Underway in 2005
The official start of Hurricane Season is still a month away, but the rush for emergency supplies has already begun. Electric Generators Direct.com (http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com), an online emergency generator superstore, is already experiencing stronger than usual demand for portable and standby generators. According to Jon Hoch, founder of the Romeoville, Ill.-based e-tailer, last year's quartet of Hurricanes severely altered the generator marketplace.Manufacturers built enough inventory to weather Hurricane Charley. But when Hurricane Frances blew ashore, every remaining generator in the country evaporated. Local hardware stores sold out in a matter of hours.
Many desperate homeowners had no choice but to buy overpriced professional-grade generators with features they'd never use. And some customers waited up to four months to receive their backordered generator. "By the time Ivan and Jean hit...
Hurricane Warning: Rush for Emergency Generators is Already Underway in 2005
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Who Killed the Electric Car Is No Mystery To EV World
Omaha, Ne (ContentDesk) June 26, 2006 -- When California filmmaker Chris Paine debuts his Sony-released documentary this week, movie goers will be plunged into the dark heart of a technological murder mystery, Who Killed the Electric Car?
The suspects are legion, from carmakers to oil companies to an apathetic public.
But who killed the electric car isn't a mystery for Bill Moore, the founder and publisher of EV World (www.evworld.com), an online, Web weekly that has been tracking the life, death... and anticipated "resurrection"... of the modern electric car or "EV"."It was a two-page advertisement
for an electric bicycle -- I don't even remember the brand -- in Business Week magazine the summer of 1997 that alerted me to the advent of the California Zero Emission mandate then set to take effect January 1998, the same month I launched EV World. The ZEV mandate, as it was known, required
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Launch of new Long-range Electric bike
Up until now, most Electric Bikes were limited in range to 15 miles. The Koolgachet e-cycle, changes this forever.1.???The battery is 36v 12Ah has an incredible range of 40-45km.2.???The bike has superb styling and has a lightweight aluminium-folding frame.3.???The Mick Sport breaks a new price barrier of ?550 for a quality folding electric bike.Electric Bikes Direct was formed to address this issue, by supplying to the UK public a range of superior Folding, Lightweight, Electric Bikes.We supply a range of bikes that meet a few, but essential criteria: -????Practical and stylish. All our bikes have folding frames, they fold in around 15 to 20 seconds; they can then be stowed in their own storage bag, under the desk, in the caravan, on a boat, on the train and always in the boot.????They all allow you to get some exercise and enjoy cycling with as much effort as you decide. (In a recent survey Electric Bike owners were getting more exercise than conventional bike owners, as they were...
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A Guide to Electric Wheelchairs
A wheelchair is a mobility device that enables a sick or a disabled person to move. It's basically a chair mounted on wheels, which can be propelled either manually or electrically. Wheelchairs propelled electronically are known as electric wheelchairs.Electric wheelchairs are powered by motors. They can be used indoors and outdoors and cost at least $1,500. Depending on the kind and extent of use, there are several kinds of wheelchairs available on the market.
Some features to consider when buying a wheelchair are the weight and size of the person using it, convenience of both indoor and outdoor use, the chair's weight capacity, power source, warranty and cost.Electric wheelchairs are generally used by people who have limited or no mobility due to many different ailments. Some people can be required to use a wheelchair because of old age, paralysis, weight, degenerating muscle diseases, broken or weak bones or other illnesses. Electric wheelchairs are easy to use because they...
A Guide to Electric Wheelchairs
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