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Electric Car Guest Drive held throughout California
Electric Car Guest Drive held throughout California
Posted 4.14.2014 in News by Christopher
A series of Electric Car Guest Drive gatherings were hosted by EV Quorum car club in cities throughout California in May. The meet-ups featured a total of nine Tesla Model S' and several examples of almost every electric car made within the past ten years. The events were held in 12 cities from San Diego to the San Francisco Bay Area. Participants drove the Tesla Model S, Fiat 500e, Ford Focus Electric, Honda Fit EV and Toyota RAV4 EV. The Chevrolet Volt and Spark were also available for driving at some of the meet-ups. Static displays of the Tesla Roadster, BMW ActiveE, Cadillac ELR, Ford C-Max Energi, Prius Plug-in, Smart ED, Ford Ranger EV and Coda sedan were also available at some of the events. Displays of the most popular Electric Vehicle charging stations from Aerovironment, ClipperCreek, EVoCharge, OpenEVSE, Schneider and Tesla were available for hands-on viewing at each event. Educational representatives from Verengo Solar, Phat Energy, Sullivan Solar, Stellar Solar and Solar City were on hand to discuss methods of fueling EVs using domestic, renewable, zero emission sunshine.
Video:
A short video documentary of the Electric Car Guest Drive is available at the club's YouTube channel:
Co-hosts:
Local chapters of the Electric Auto Association and other local clubs including Monterey Bay Electric Vehicle Alliance and Electric Vehicle Entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley co-hosted several of the events.
Events were held in:
San Diego metro areaDowntown - Saturday, May 3
North County - Carlsbad - Sunday May 4
Greater Los Angeles metro area:
Chino Hills - Saturday May 10
Orange County - Irvine - Sunday May 11
Ventura - Saturday May 17
Santa Monica - Sunday May 18
Northern California:
San Francisco - Saturday May 24
East Bay - Sunday May 25
Sacramento - Memorial Day - Monday May 26
Santa Rosa - Wednesday May 28
San Jose - Saturday May 31
Monterey - Sunday June 1 from 12pm-6pm.
Sponsorship: