<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="text-align: center; "><img height="114" width="114" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="a0a9ee5c-4d6f-413d-a24c-99f1da501f63" src="cid:A5BF9EA6-063B-47D5-92BB-A77EC3920C0E"></div><div style="text-align: center; "><font size="5"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center; "><font size="5"><b>Open Vehicle Monitoring System</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center; "><font size="5"><b>General Availability</b></font></div></div><div><br></div><div>We are pleased to announce the general availability of the OVMS v2 system.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Our China partner (FastTech) has now also got PICKIT-2 compatible programmers up on their site for US$16.99 (including shipping). These are used to upgrade the firmware on the OVMS box (and that price is cheap enough that all users can now consider it).</div><div><br></div><div>As the FastTech site is still in their last days of private beta, you can use this special link to get in and order:</div><div><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://fasttech.com/link/ovms">http://fasttech.com/link/ovms</a></div></blockquote><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">For Tesla Roadster owners, the pricing and product links you will need are:</div><div><div><br></div><div><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.fasttech.com/product/1000300">OVMS Car Module v2</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; white-space: pre; "> </span><span style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; ">US$ 99.00<br></span><a href="http://www.fasttech.com/products/1080/10000001/1000400-ovms-data-cable-for-tesla-roaster-1x2x">OVMS Tesla Roadster Cable</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; white-space: pre; "> </span><span style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; ">US$ 7.50<br></span><a href="http://www.fasttech.com/products/1080/10000001/1000500-openvehicles-ovms-gsm-antenna">OVMS GSM Antenna</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; white-space: pre; "> </span><span style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; ">US$ 2.50</span><div><font face="Andale Mono">(all the above including air-mail shipping)</font></div><div><font face="Andale Mono"><br></font></div><div><font face="Andale Mono">EMS shipping (to USA): <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>US$ 20.00 (estimate)</font></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; ">TOTAL should be around US$129.00 (confirm at checkout)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; ">Note: EMS shipping is required on this, due to the value of the goods</span></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Andale Mono"><u>Optional</u></font></div><div><font face="Andale Mono"> If you would like to be able to do firmware upgrades yourself, you will need:</font></div><div><font face="Andale Mono"> </font><a href="http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10000018/1002200-pickit-2-compatible-programmerdebugger">PicKit 2 compatible Programmer</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; white-space: pre; "> </span><span style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; ">US$16.99</span></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Feel free to sniff around on the FastTech site, and see what else they have that might interest you. They now accept orders for everything on their site, and most stuff ships from stock. They are an awesome partner, and are going to be an incredible resource for geeks and tech-heads.</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div>For SIM, you can either arrange something yourself, or order a compatible global roaming SIM from our partner at this link:</div></div><div><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://www.globalsimcard.co.uk/index.php?aID=202">Hassle-free SIMs with GPRS data for OVMS</a></div></blockquote><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><a href="http://openvehicles.com/">openvehicles.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; "><img alt="1000300-1.jpg" id="01a05ee9-22b7-4725-9689-8dfa15b3069a" height="100" width="185" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:B01FDB98-AD87-463F-886B-281ABFAF72EE"><img alt="1000500-1.jpg" id="dcbb47ef-3e58-4e95-bb81-d05f2f012e85" height="100" width="185" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:4BC94594-BB7F-4893-84A3-E589BDC1BDDD"><img alt="1000400-1.jpg" id="f34a003d-1482-49c3-999e-c6ee09ef264e" height="100" width="185" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:7732BCCE-208A-4FFB-9546-1FA320E25F41"><img alt="1002200-1-thumb.jpg" id="3a6c08c5-83e9-48bf-9dd9-ac532eb77a6e" height="100" width="185" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:0FD58565-3F0C-4300-AE03-8686309392B9"></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; "><h2 class="element-invisible" style="margin: 1em 0px 0.5em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 1.143em; position: absolute !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(78, 78, 78); ">GeoSIM</h2><div class="contextual-links-wrapper contextual-links-processed" style="font-size: 13px; position: absolute; right: 5px; top: 2px; z-index: 999; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(78, 78, 78); "></div><div class="content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(78, 78, 78); position: static; z-index: auto; "><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; "><a href="http://www.globalsimcard.co.uk/index.php?aID=202"><img style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; " id="7fba4740-599a-4cd5-809d-440eebfbca60" height="60" width="234" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:D5A734B7-3885-4E98-9D7E-F20373E2014F"><br>Hassle-free SIMs with GPRS data for OVMS</a></p></div></div></div></body></html>