Our National Drive Electric Week event will take place on Sept 15th Saturday from Noon to 3 PM at the Martins Distributors Warehouse and Office Bldg.  on 528 Race St just blocks from the center of town in Martinsburg, WV. 25401.  We are excited to hold the very first drive electric week meet-up in our 30 mile radius which includes Hagerstown, Md., and Winchester, Va. We are centrally located to those cities and hope to draw enough interest from them to make the easy drive to Martinsburg.  Our downtown is getting better all the time as new businesses, restaurants, and retail are buying buildings and renovating them through a program called MSM or Main Street Martinsburg which is headed up by Randy Lewis, a hands on visionary who has made significant improvements.  Our mayor George Karos has expressed interest in supporting our event with a written proclamation from the City of Martinsburg at a weekly meeting before Sept 15th.

The event location is at a Local Family owned beer distributor which is powered by solar modules made in America including  (8) type 2 EV chargers.  For the Tesla owners we have a Sheetz Station only a few miles away on Edwin Miller Blvd near I-81 exit 16, has 8 more chargers for Tesla only.  Mountain View Solar LLC installed the solar modules and chargers many years ago and will be a proud supporter.  We will offer electric vehicle (EV) rides for those not yet initiated and answer questions from the public on how to get started in the EV revolution about to take the public by silence.  We are looking for more sponsors to table at the event.  So far we have Sierra Club, Mountain View Solar, and Citizens' Climate Lobby of Eastern Panhandle.  We would like to show the Movie that is offered if logistics allows.  Finally we thank the Electric Auto Association of WV President Marty Wierick for inviting us to take part in this inaugural event.