NAT’L DRIVE ELECTRIC WEEK GETS BIGGER

Record Number of Cities Take Part in Fifth Anniversary of National Drive Electric Week From Hawaii to Vermont, in Canada and Hong Kong, more than 170 events in 165 cities are planned

Zan Dubin Scott, September 2, 2015 (Plug-In America)

"…[ National Drive Electric Week will take place Sept. 12 through 20, 2015. events are organized by volunteers…Oil-field worker John Gallagher, who hauls oil in his 18-wheeler from a local well site to a major pipeline in the heart of oil country, is staging the first event in Oklahoma…Brian Kent, driving his Nissan LEAF through 48 states—to plant a tree in each one—will route his gasoline-free, 26,000-mile tour through the event in Jeffersontown, KY…“Vegan hippy chick” race car driver Leilani Münter will be among featured speakers [in LA] Also invited: …Mayor Eric Garcetti, California state Senator Kevin de Leon, director Chris Paine (“Revenge of the Electric Car”), Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune, and actress/environmentalist Alexandra Paul (“Bay Watch.”)…An EV rally ascending 4,000 feet to the top of Mt. Spokane [in Washington state] should dispel any doubt that unmodified, affordable EVs available today can climb mountains…

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"...At the state capital, expect to see Massachusetts’ secretaries of energy and transportation as well as state representatives Jonathan Hecht, Frank Smizik and Bradford Hill and Massachusetts state senator Jamie Eldridge…Charging a plug-in with solar power, for “zero gallons of fossil fuel use for personal transportation,” will be among panel topics [in San Antonio, TX]. Also: an electric car parade and “energy lab” for kids (and their moms)…Actor/environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr., who has been driving an EV on sunshine by charging it with solar-generated electricity longer than anyone else, is scheduled to appear [in Woodland Hills, CA] at this event, organized for the third consecutive year by teenager Erik Doroski… Activities [in Hong Kong] will include a “treasure hunt” with points awarded for most public chargers used, test-drives given and the like…” click here for more

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