National Drive Electric Week
Diamond Bar, CA
Sep 12, 2015
Diamond Bar, CA
Sep 12, 2015
| Day: | Saturday, September 12, 2015 NOTE: this event has already happened, find current-year events on the Attend page. |
| Time: | 12:00 to 4:00 pm |
| Location: | The South Coast Air Quality Management District 21865 Copley Dr Diamond Bar, CA 91765 |
Event Report
Joel Levine, PIA president made opening remarks, Linda Nicholes, one of Pia Founders, had Pia booth and drew winning prize numbers, including a donated new electric lawn mower. Hosted by South Coast air Quality Management District. Sierra club booth, EAA booth, Food Trucks, Conversions, Production EVs ,and Tesla Corp test Drives. Forum with Lisa Marisola of South Coast Air Quality Management District and Wally Rippel, of JPL,
EV1, etc. and 1st transcontinental Ev race winner (1968). EV parade, 2 sets of high school volunteers who test rode in EVs and in the EV parade.
Event Description
ELECTRIFYING EXCITEMENT
Is driving your way to Fun, Clean, Green, and Cost Saving Transportation.
Is driving your way to Fun, Clean, Green, and Cost Saving Transportation.
Hosted by The South Coast Air Quality Management District
at their tree-lined, easy accessed and charger filled Headquarters.
21865 Copley Drive Diamond Bar, CA 91765
Forum speakers includeat their tree-lined, easy accessed and charger filled Headquarters.
21865 Copley Drive Diamond Bar, CA 91765
Lisa Mirisola, STA Program Supervisor, SCAQMD
Wally Rippel, 1st national EV race winner
Wally Rippel will speak at the Drive Electric Week event on where we started where we are going with Electric Vehicles . He will also discuss the first national cross country EV race where his team from Cal Tech finished first in the competition with MIT. Wally worked with Batteries and induction motor drives while with JPl, was involved with the Helios Airplane and EVs at AeroEnvironment, Co founded AC Propulsion
Please check www.aqmd.gov/map/dir2.html for site info and directions. Please check our web site: www.EVAOSC.org.
Take the Grand Ave exit where the 60 and 57 freeways meet, to the beautiful AQMD headquarters at 21865 Copley Dr, 91765
Join us Saturday afternoon from 12 noon to 4:00 pm for ride and drives, booths, presentations, awards, Food Trucks (serving as early as 11:00), EV parade, and much more fun.
Please register today, and consider being a volunteer. Share and post our flyer.
Registration is requested but not required, join us as soon as you can.
Visit our Web site at evaosc.org, you can join us for our monthly meeting
October 17, (3 rd Sat. of the month) 10 am at the SCAQMD
Registration is requested but not required, join us as soon as you can.
Visit our Web site at evaosc.org, you can join us for our monthly meeting
October 17, (3 rd Sat. of the month) 10 am at the SCAQMD
Registered Attendees
There are currently 180 attendees registered.
Owners of These Vehicles Have Registered To Attend
| Vehicle | Registered |
|---|---|
| Nissan Leaf (2011-2017) | 22 |
| Fiat 500e | 4 |
| Honda Fit EV | 3 |
| Tesla Model S | 3 |
| BMW i3 REx | 2 |
| Chevrolet Volt | 2 |
| EV Conversion | 2 |
| Ford Focus Electric | 2 |
| Toyota Plug-in Prius | 2 |
| Toyota RAV4 EV (2012 and later) | 2 |
| BMW i3 | 1 |
| Ford C-MAX Energi | 1 |
| Ford Fusion Energi | 1 |
| Kia Soul EV | 1 |
| Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive | 1 |
| Other Plug-In Vehicle | 1 |
| VIA Motors | 1 |
| 17 Models | 51 |
Registered attendees report 911,092 electric miles driven.
