Drive Electrical Week kicked off final Saturday with almost 200 on-line and in-person occasions celebrating electrical automobiles, and it continues this weekend with occasions by way of Sunday, October 6.
Drive Electrical Week is an annual occasion organized by Plug In America, the Electrical Car 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 nations as effectively.
These occasions are a possibility for potential EV consumers to speak straight 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 customers, so unfiltered conversations with EV house owners could be an effective way to be taught.
Every occasion is organized by native EV advocates, and so they vary in dimension from small car parking zone meetups and native EV parades to massive festivals with a number of cubicles from close by automobile sellers and inexperienced companies. You’ll want to examine every occasion web page to see what your native occasions will seem like and what varieties of EVs may be in attendance.
Drive Electrical Week has a map and record of occasions taking place 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 could attend to listen to about numerous matters associated to electrical automobiles. You too can seek for occasions close to you.
The primary weekend has already handed, with many occasions taking place. 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 number of the occasions nonetheless to return 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 Massive Island.
- The only real occasion in Mexico is in Guadalajara on Oct 5 from 9am-4pm CST, and can happen at Oscar Casillas Karting Observe, the place there may also be a race of student-built electrical karts alongside the EV exhibition and take a look at drives.
- Canada’s largest occasion might be in Waterloo, Ontario on Oct 5 from 11am-3pm. it was a fairly large occasion final yr with a number of 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 take a look at drives, reside music and meals vans. Over 100 automobiles and 41 fashions are registered for the EV show, which implies this may be the largest occasion within the nation (right here’s a video from final yr’s occasion).
- Fort Price, TX has all kinds of exhibitors confirmed for its Oct 6 occasion from 10am-2pm. You’ll see photo voltaic automobiles, golf carts, wind vitality suppliers, native dealerships and Harley’s Livewire electrical motorbike, amongst others.
- Ventura, CA will host an EV Showcase on the Ventura Harbor on Oct6 at 12:01-4:30pm. Final yr was fairly well-attended and it seems to be like this yr might be too.
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 tons, and so forth, usually with only a handful of EV house owners who’re usually blissful 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.
Throughout 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 a number of 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 outdoor 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 fearful about that half right here in sunny Southern California).
In the event you’d prefer 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 may go to every occasion’s web page to seek out extra data. 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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