Drive Electrical Week kicks off this Saturday with almost 200 on-line and in-person occasions celebrating electrical automobiles. Occasions can be held for the following 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 effectively.
These occasions are a chance for potential EV consumers to speak immediately with EV house owners in regards to the expertise of proudly owning an electrical automotive, and EV house owners to community with one another and share ideas. The dealership expertise is not splendid for a lot of EV consumers, so unfiltered conversations with EV house owners might be an effective way to study.
Every occasion is organized by native EV advocates, they usually vary in measurement from small parking zone meetups and native EV parades to giant festivals with a lot of cubicles from close by automotive sellers and inexperienced companies. You’ll want to test every occasion web page to see what your native occasions will appear to be and what kinds of EVs is likely to be in attendance.
Drive Electrical Week has a map and listing of occasions taking place subsequent week. Most occasions are in-person, however there are some webinar-style on-line occasions that you may attend to listen to about varied matters associated to electrical automobiles. 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 automobiles obtainable for check drives and raffle drawing for anybody who participates in a check drive. There are additionally many EV house owners registered who can be comfortable to speak about their EVs (together with a Fisker Ocean, that needs to be an fascinating chat…)
- Port Hueneme, CA may have an EV showcase on the Port Hueneme Banana Pageant on Sep28 from 10am-5pm. There can be port excursions, a children zone, dwell music, and banana-themed meals. (Port Hueneme can also be close by among the largest heavy-duty EV charging station initiatives within the nation, to assist gasoline port 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 contented hour.
- Driving electrical isn’t only for the continental states, as Juneau and Anchorage will each have occasions. Juneau may 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 Massive 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 can be in Waterloo, Ontario on Oct5 from 11am-3pm. it was a fairly huge occasion final yr with a lot of EVs on show, and a GM Brightdrop electrical supply truck (made at GM’s CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario) can 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, dwell music and meals vans. Over 100 automobiles and 41 fashions are registered for the EV show, which implies this is likely to be the largest 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 giant or hosted in huge 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 sometimes comfortable to face round and have a frank dialogue with members of the general public about what it’s wish 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 have been a bit extra muted than the times of yore. However attendance is rising again to its former glory, and most are outdoor anyway, so it’s an effective way to get pleasure from a pleasant weekend day earlier than the chilly comes again (although we’re not too fearful about that half right here in sunny Southern California).
A couple of on-line occasions do stay for many 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 reasonable Generation180’s all-women “Ask an EV Proprietor” panel on Thursday, October 3, at midday jap time.
In the event you’d wish to attend these occasions, both to point out your car, to volunteer to assist run the occasion, or simply to point out up and go searching, you’ll be able to 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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