National Drive Electric Week

National Drive Electric Week
Portsmouth, NH
Sep 16, 2017

Day: Saturday, September 16, 2017 NOTE: this event has already happened, find current-year events on the Attend page.
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Location: Red Hook Brewery
1 Red Hook Way
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Contact the event organizers, which took place in 2017.

Event Report

Here is a quick report:

Highlights -

New Hampshire Governor Sununu signed proclamation proudly displayed!

Great venue at Red Hook Brewery in Portsmouth, NH - committed to sustainable practices and the only business in the area that has installed a public (Clipper Creek) charger.

Eric Spear, our Portsmouth City Councillor showed his new Bolt.

From EV owners we had

7 Tesla Model S
1 Tesla Model X
1 Smart
1 Toyota RAV 4!!! a rare sighting on the east coast.
3 x BMW i3
2 x Chevy Bolts
1 x Ford C Max
2 x Chevy Volts
1 LEAF

2 x Zero Motorcycles

Additionally, from dealers:

1 Bolt Ron Currier's Hilltop Chevy
1 Volt Ditto

1 BMW i3 BMW of Stratham
1 BMW 530 Active E Ditto

1 Mini Countryman Cooper S Hybrid Mini of Peabody/Bedford

1 Toyota Prime Bill Dube, Dover

1 Volvo XC60 T6 Hybrid Wentworth Volvo

1 Porsche Panemera E Hybrid Porsche of Stratham

The dealers in total ran about 70 rides on a 1.5 mile loop.


photo by: James Penfold
7 Tesla Model S 1 Tesla Model X 1 Smart 1 Toyota RAV 4!!! a rare sighting on the east coast. 3 x BMW i3 2 x Chevy Bolts 1 x Ford C Max 2 x Chevy Volts 1 LEAF 2 x Zero Motorcycles

More photos from this event.

Event Description

 

Join us to learn more about the latest Electric vehicles including practical long range battery EVs and performance plug in electric hybrids.  Dealers will be in attendance to offer ride alongs from the Red Hook parking lot. Committed dealers include BMW (i8 and i3) and Chevrolet (Bolt and Volt) with more committing each day!

Electric vehicle owners will be in attendance to answer all your questions about what it's like to own an EV including tips and advice.

All plug in vehicles are welcome and encouraged to attend and display.

This is a partner event with The Durham days event from 12-2.  To learn more about EVs at the family fun "Durham Days" town festival go here for details:


EVs will be caravaning from Durham down to Red Hook at 1.30 pm.

More information coming soon!

Registered Attendees

There are currently 36 attendees registered.

Owners of These Vehicles Have Registered To Attend

Vehicle Registered
Tesla Model S 3
BMW i3 1
Chevrolet Volt 1
Ford Fusion Energi 1
Smart fortwo electric drive 1
Tesla Model X 1
Toyota Prius Prime 1
Toyota RAV4 EV (2012 and later) 1
8 Models 10

Registered attendees report 158,427 electric miles driven.

Presented By

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Drive Electric USA logo

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