So, a while ago I wrote about Prosper, one of several community funding sites. One of the options we all have is to use this site to fund our own community's efforts while also getting a little something back for the effort. If we make an effort to bid low on EV conversion projects we benefit the community and we stand to earn back a bit more than what most of us are earning on our standard bank accounts. There IS some risk because you are loaning money, but perhaps it is worth it? We shall see.

The first loan request in the "Custom Electric Vehicles" group has been listed. If you want to try and help out, you can go to the prosper site, it is Listing #262767. If you want to join the group (and support the EV related web site projects I am involved in) you can use this link:

So, financing is one of the biggest problems facing people who want to build their own electric cars or who want to have one converted. People aren't able to get the up front cash to build their cars in the ways that make sense or that meet their needs. Here is one way that we might be able to pitch in to help. Community lending. I found Prosper through a link that a friend sent me quite some time ago. It is still there and seems to be a growing community of small, individual lenders. Might we be able to support each other by lending the money to make our EV dreams come true? Check out the site, join the group. Let us see if we can get some loans funded.