Originally posted on EVANNEX. This article comes to us from Stuart Gardner, Electrify Your Ride Program Director at Generation180, a national nonprofit working to inspire and equip people to take action on clean energy. Their Electrify Your Ride (EYR) campaign accelerates the transition to electric vehicles by building awareness about EVs, transforming EV … [continued]
Tis the season for National Drive Electric Week! Bridgeport, Connecticut’s event had a special guest. Proterra brought its electric bus and The EV Club of Connecticut’s Paul Braren was there to cover it all. Paul said that this was his first time seeing an electric bus at a National Drive … [continued]
National Drive Electric Week runs from September 25th—October 3rd this year and serves as a nationwide celebration to heighten awareness around electric cars. There are hundreds of events scheduled all across the US and Canada. If you own an electric car, go! It’s a great way to meet other EV … [continued]
More than 100 virtual events will highlight the many benefits of electric vehicles.
Louisiana hosted several National Drive Electric Week events, and I got to go to two of them, the Abita Springs one last week and the Gonzales one today. In Gonzales, Plugin Louisiana and Louisiana Clean Fuels teamed up with Tanger Outlet Mall to help bring awareness about electric vehicles and clean energy. I got to tag along with Karen Rudisil, owner of a Tesla Model X.
Yesterday, I attended the Drive Electric Week event in New Port Richey. Next week, if all goes as planned, I’ll attend another one in Florida. I’ve been attending these sorts of events for a few years. Although I enjoy them, I don’t think they are very effective at their stated purpose. Every time I attend a Drive Electric event, it seems that it is preaching to the choir. I was happy to see a few non-EV owners at the event, but the majority of the people there owned an EV.
That’s right ladies and gentlemen, it’s that time of the year again — National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) is next week, September 8-16, 2018! National Drive Electric week is a rallying cry for everything that electric vehicles represent and brings together a grassroots collection of events spread across the United States under a single banner.
The Sierra Club’s press release Monday shares that, indeed, National Drive Electric Day has become a popular and expanding celebration of electric cars, a shining example of our future. Electric cars are immeasurably valuable environmental investments. A record number of cities celebrated the 6th Annual National Drive Electric Week to highlight this and to … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. The sixth annual National Drive Electric Week will begin on September 10 and run through September 18. That’s a little more than a week, but that’s because the organizers couldn’t cram all the activities they have planned into just 7 days. “Each year, Plug In America, the … [continued]
Nissan is promoting National Drive Electric Week as widespread educational events with ride-and-drives are nearing (September 10 this year marks the start). For some of us, every day is already “drive electric day,” and every week is “driving electric week.” As one of those people, Nissan actually reached out to push me to … [continued]
