National Drive Electric Week

National Drive Electric Week
Scottsdale, AZ
Sep 12, 2015

Day: Saturday, September 12, 2015 NOTE: this event has already happened, find current-year events on the Attend page.
Time: 3 PM to after dark
Location: McDonalds parking area---The Pavilions at Talking Stick
9180 E Indian Bend Road
(just west of Loop 101)
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Contact the event organizers, which took place in 2015.

Event Report

Everyone is notable at our EVents. We did not see any TV crews or politicians but we did have one of the first Tesla owners in the US when he bought his Roadster, then his wife got a Tesla S P85 and they just got a P90D Ludcrous for his company. Their Tesla S P85 has purple trim and dash. Elon Musk actually signed the dash since it's a Signature Edition.

It was so crowded we could not do the drive and ride.

We also had a EV Parade led by a ZERO motor motorcycle.


Expected Plug-In Vehicles
Vehicle Registered
Nissan LEAF 13
Tesla Model S 8
Ford Focus Electric 4
Kia Soul EV 3
Toyota RAV4 EV (2012 and later) 3
EV Conversion 2
Other Plug-In Vehicle 2
Tesla Roadster 2
Zero Motorcycle 2
BMW i3 1
Cadillac ELR 1
Chevrolet Volt 1
Fisker Karma 1
Ford C-MAX Energi 1
Ford Fusion Energi 1
Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive 1
Mitsubishi i-MiEV 1
Smart fortwo electric drive 1
VIA Motors 1
19 Models 49


photo by: Sam DiMarco,EAA VP
We had over 45 vehicles of all makes. We had a Fisker, Chevy volts, Nissan Leafs, Many Teslas, Smart ev, BMW i3's, Ford Focus-Electrics,C-Max,Fusion, Rav4 ev, S-10 Conversions, Midget ev Dragster, Mitsubishi i, Zero Motorcycles, and neighborhood vehicles. Since we had our event as part of a weekly McDonald's Car Show at the Scottsdale AZ Pavilions. Even though temperatures peaked at 104 deg F, at 4pm, we had plenty of spectators and new EV enthusiasts. See you next year.

Event Description

 

We have a firm date 9/12/2015  and 20 spots in front and more next door, that are being held for our Electric Vehicles. 
Pavilions McDonald's parking area 9180 E Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258

Some Plugin cars will have to also park right next door, ARRIVE EARLY, we have 35 EV's and only 20 spots in front of McDonalds =D--- There will be Tesla, Kia SOUL EV, Nissan LEAF, BMW i3, Smart fortwo electric drive, Ford Focus EV, Zero motorcycles and conversions---come see what it's all about!  Maybe a Chevy SPARK EV and A VIA truck too.
      We will have some awards for, furthest traveled to the EVent on Electric, Most miles per kWh and most rare EV. 
We are meeting for (an optional) breakfast at U.S. Egg and meet and greet around 12:30pm followed by the exciting EV caravan/parade leaving around 2pm to the show at Pavilions. Join in =D-----------. 
(This is just east of Mill Av on Baseline Rd at 131 E Baseline Rd, Tempe, AZ 85283) 

BYD Electric BUS and e6 186 mile sedan may not be here until the following Wednesday. 

Registered Attendees

There are currently 147 attendees registered.

Owners of These Vehicles Have Registered To Attend

Vehicle Registered
Nissan Leaf (2011-2017) 13
Tesla Model S 8
Ford Focus Electric 4
Kia Soul EV 3
Toyota RAV4 EV (2012 and later) 3
EV Conversion 2
Other Plug-In Vehicle 2
Tesla Roadster 2
Zero Motorcycle 2
BMW i3 1
Cadillac ELR 1
Chevrolet Volt 1
Fisker Karma 1
Ford C-MAX Energi 1
Ford Fusion Energi 1
Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive 1
Mitsubishi i-MiEV 1
Smart fortwo electric drive 1
VIA Motors 1
19 Models 49

Registered attendees report 786,088 electric miles driven.

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