Drive Electrical Week kicked off final Saturday with practically 200 on-line and in-person occasions celebrating electrical automobiles, and it continues this weekend with occasions via Sunday, October 6.
Drive Electrical Week is an annual occasion organized by Plug In America, the Electrical Automobile Affiliation, EVHybridNoire, Drive Electrical USA, and the Sierra Membership. That is the occasion’s 14th 12 months. It began within the US as Nationwide Drive Electrical Week, however for the previous few years, some occasions have been hosted in different international locations as effectively.
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 suggestions. The dealership expertise is not splendid for a lot of EV buyers, so unfiltered conversations with EV house owners will be an effective way to study.
Every occasion is organized by native EV advocates, and so they vary in measurement from small parking zone meetups and native EV parades to massive festivals with numerous cubicles from close by automobile sellers and inexperienced companies. You should definitely test every occasion web page to see what your native occasions will appear to be and what sorts of EVs could be in attendance.
Drive Electrical Week has a map and listing of occasions occurring this weekend. A number of already handed final weekend, however there are some nonetheless upcoming. Most occasions are in-person, however there are some webinar-style on-line occasions you can attend to listen to about varied matters associated to electrical automobiles. You can too seek for occasions close to you.
The primary weekend has already handed, with many occasions occurring. I attended some native occasions in Southern California, just like the Irvine occasion used because the featured photograph for this text. And Jo went to Chicago Drives Electrical and noticed a sneak peek on the upcoming Charger Daytona EV, which media haven’t even gotten to drive but.
However right here’s a pattern of a few of the occasions nonetheless to come back this weekend:
- 4 separate Hawaiian islands are having their very own occasions on Oct 5, in Koloa on Kauai, Aiea on O’ahu, Kahului on Maui, and Hilo on the Huge Island.
- The only occasion in Mexico is in Guadalajara on Oct 5 from 9am-4pm CST, and can happen at Oscar Casillas Karting Observe, the place there can even be a race of student-built electrical karts alongside the EV exhibition and check drives.
- Canada’s largest occasion might be in Waterloo, Ontario on Oct 5 from 11am-3pm. it was a fairly massive occasion final 12 months with numerous EVs on show, and a GM Brightdrop electrical supply truck (made at GM’s CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario) might be there too.
- Schenectady, NY is internet hosting the New York Capital District’s occasion on Oct 6 from 10am-2pm at Schenectady Metropolis Corridor with check drives, stay music and meals vans. Over 100 automobiles and 41 fashions are registered for the EV show, which suggests this could be the largest occasion within the nation (right here’s a video from final 12 months’s occasion).
- Fort Value, TX has all kinds of exhibitors confirmed for its Oct 6 occasion from 10am-2pm. You’ll see photo voltaic automobiles, golf carts, wind power suppliers, native dealerships and Harley’s Livewire electrical bike, amongst others.
- Ventura, CA will host an EV Showcase on the Ventura Harbor on Oct6 at 12:01-4:30pm. Final 12 months was fairly well-attended and it seems to be like this 12 months might be too.
Not all of the occasions are massive or hosted in massive cities. There are additionally smaller occasions occurring on the town facilities, church parking tons, and so forth, typically with only a handful of EV house owners who’re sometimes pleased 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. There have been just a few on-line occasions earlier this week, however all have handed at this level.
However attendance is now rising again to its former glory, and most are open air 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).
For those who’d wish to attend these occasions, both to indicate your automobile, to volunteer to assist run the occasion, or simply to indicate up and go searching, you may go to every occasion’s web page to search out extra data. Keep 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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