Drive Electrical Week kicked off final Saturday with practically 200 on-line and in-person occasions celebrating electrical autos, and it continues this weekend with occasions by 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 yr. 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 nicely.
These occasions are a possibility for potential EV patrons to speak immediately 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 ideally suited for a lot of EV buyers, so unfiltered conversations with EV house owners may be a good way to be taught.
Every occasion is organized by native EV advocates, they usually 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. Make sure you verify every occasion web page to see what your native occasions will appear to be and what kinds of EVs could be in attendance.
Drive Electrical Week has a map and record 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 that you may attend to listen to about numerous matters associated to electrical autos. You may also 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 picture 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 among 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 Huge Island.
- The only occasion in Mexico is in Guadalajara on Oct 5 from 9am-4pm CST, and can happen at Oscar Casillas Karting Monitor, the place there may even be a race of student-built electrical karts alongside the EV exhibition and take a look at drives.
- Canada’s largest occasion can be in Waterloo, Ontario on Oct 5 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) can 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, dwell music and meals vans. Over 100 autos and 41 fashions are registered for the EV show, which implies this could 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 Oct 6 occasion from 10am-2pm. You’ll see photo voltaic vehicles, golf carts, wind vitality 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 yr was fairly well-attended and it seems to be like this yr can be too.
Not all of the occasions are massive or hosted in large cities. There are additionally smaller occasions occurring 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 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 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 outside anyway, so it’s a good way to get pleasure from a pleasant weekend day earlier than the chilly comes again (although we’re not too anxious about that half right here in sunny Southern California).
In case you’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’ll be able to go to every occasion’s web page to search out extra info. 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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