Drive Electrical Week kicks off this Saturday with almost 200 on-line and in-person occasions celebrating electrical autos. Occasions shall be held for the subsequent two weekends, from September 27 by way of October 6, within the US, Canada, and one in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Drive Electrical Week is an annual occasion organized by Plug In America, the Electrical Auto Affiliation, EVHybridNoire, Drive Electrical USA, and the Sierra Membership. That is the occasion’s 14th yr. It began within the US as Nationwide Drive Electrical Week, however for the previous couple of years, some occasions have been hosted in different international locations as properly.
These occasions are a possibility for potential EV consumers to speak instantly with EV house owners in regards to the expertise of proudly owning an electrical automobile, and EV house owners to community with one another and share ideas. The dealership expertise is not preferrred for a lot of EV consumers, so unfiltered conversations with EV house owners might be an effective way to be taught.
Every occasion is organized by native EV advocates, they usually vary in measurement from small car parking zone meetups and native EV parades to massive festivals with numerous cubicles from close by automobile sellers and inexperienced companies. You should definitely examine every occasion web page to see what your native occasions will appear like and what forms of EVs is likely to be in attendance.
Drive Electrical Week has a map and checklist of occasions taking place subsequent week. Most occasions are in-person, however there are some webinar-style on-line occasions you can attend to listen to about numerous subjects associated to electrical autos. You may also seek for occasions close to you.
Right here’s a pattern of among the occasions taking place over the course of the week:
- Phoenix, AZ has a trip and drive on Sep28 from 8am-12pm, with all kinds of autos out there for check drives and raffle drawing for anybody who participates in a check drive. There are additionally many EV house owners registered who shall be glad to speak about their EVs (together with a Fisker Ocean, that ought to be an attention-grabbing chat…)
- Port Hueneme, CA can have an EV showcase on the Port Hueneme Banana Competition on Sep28 from 10am-5pm. There shall be port excursions, a children zone, reside music, and banana-themed meals. (Port Hueneme can be close by among the largest heavy-duty EV charging station tasks within the nation, to assist gasoline port site visitors)
- Midlothian, VA will maintain “Electricarpalooza” on Sep28 from 11:30am-6pm with discussions, check drives from 5 producers, EV and e-bike show, and a cheerful hour.
- Driving electrical isn’t only for the continental states, as Juneau and Anchorage will each have occasions. Juneau can have its annual EV spherical up on Sep28 11:30am-1pm with EV, e-bike, and even electrical outboard motor shows, and Anchorage is holding a ribbon-cutting for a DC quick charger on Oct4 from 12-1pm.
- Drive Electrical Alabama is internet hosting 4 occasions across the state, in Auburn, Birmingham, Huntsville and Foley.
- 4 separate Hawaiian islands are having their very own occasions, in Koloa on Kauai, Honolulu and Aiea on O’ahu, Kahului on Maui, and Hilo on the Huge Island.
- The only real occasion in Mexico is in Guadalajara on Oct5 from 9am-4pm CST, and can happen at Oscar Casillas Karting Monitor, the place there may also be a race of student-built electrical karts alongside the EV exhibition and check drives.
- Canada’s largest occasion shall be in Waterloo, Ontario on Oct5 from 11am-3pm. it was a fairly large occasion final yr with numerous EVs on show, and a GM Brightdrop electrical supply truck (made at GM’s CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario) shall be there too.
- Schenectady, NY is internet hosting the New York Capital District’s occasion on Oct6 from 10am-2pm at Schenectady Metropolis Corridor with check drives, reside music and meals vans. Over 100 autos and 41 fashions are registered for the EV show, which suggests this is likely to be the most important occasion within the nation (right here’s a video from final yr’s occasion).
- Fort Value, TX has all kinds of exhibitors confirmed for its Oct6 occasion from 10am-2pm. You’ll see photo voltaic automobiles, golf carts, wind vitality suppliers, native dealerships and Harley’s Livewire electrical bike, amongst others.
Not all of the occasions are massive or hosted in large cities. There are additionally smaller occasions taking place on the town facilities, church parking heaps, and so forth, typically with only a handful of EV house owners who’re usually glad to face round and have a frank dialogue with members of the general public about what it’s prefer to personal an EV, or to community with different native EV house owners.
Through the peak years of the COVID-19 pandemic, occasions went to an all-online format, and when in-person occasions got here again, they had been a bit extra muted than the times of yore. However attendance is rising again to its former glory, and most are outside anyway, so it’s an effective way to take pleasure in a pleasant weekend day earlier than the chilly comes again (although we’re not too nervous about that half right here in sunny Southern California).
A couple of on-line occasions do stay for individuals who don’t have any native occasions close to them or who’re in any other case booked on the weekend. There’s an EV 101 seminar, a dialogue about charging EVs at work, and a discuss EV incentives for shoppers and companies.
However most notably for these on-line occasions, Electrek’s very personal Michelle Lewis will average Generation180’s all-women “Ask an EV Proprietor” panel on Thursday, October 3, at midday jap time.
For those who’d prefer to attend these occasions, both to indicate your car, to volunteer to assist run the occasion, or simply to indicate up and go searching, you possibly can go to every occasion’s web page to seek out extra info. Bear in mind to click on the “RSVP” or “Volunteer” hyperlinks close to the highest to register your curiosity (or register on the hyperlinks talked about within the occasion description).
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