National Drive Electric Week
Portland, ME
Oct 03, 2020

Note:	This is an online only event with no physical location.
Day:	Saturday, October 3, 2020 NOTE: this event has already happened, find current-year events on the Attend page.
Time:	6-8pm
Audience:	Portland, ME, Local Area
Topics:	EV 101 Driving Experience Environmental Benefits Home Charging Local Public Charging Road Trips Other

Contact the event organizers, which took place in 2020.

Event Report

Panel:
Barry Woods – Revision Energy
Heather Chandler – Sunrise Guide and Nissan Leaf driver
Alex Pine – AV Advocate

Gordon Beck – A Climate To Thrive and Hyundai Kona driver

Anastasia Hedigar – Efficiency Maine and update on State of Maine initiatives

Breakout rooms:
Gordon Beck - Kona
Jessica Hench – GPCOG (Greater Portland Council of Governments and Maine Clean Environment) and Ionic driver
Emily Eschne – Prius Prime Plug in driver
Rebecca Ruth – Lee Auto Dealer
Paul Leblond– Tesla Model 3

We had a 2 hour session Barry Woods giving some brief updates. Heather did great job with and EV 101 overview. Alex discussed the used EV market as well as discussed other tips on driving. Gordon offered insight into winter driving and Anastasia discussed the $2,000 Maine EV rebates through Efficiency Maine. She also discussed some other initiatives with the EV infrastructure throughout the state.

We then broke out into 20 min breakout rooms to discuss various EVs. I did a video walkthrough where I could actually pause my video to discuss the Tesla Model 3 and answer questions. Great to be able to have control like this to start and stop the video.

Event Description

National Drive Electric Week

ONLINE ~ Wednesday September 30 6-8 pm ~ ONLINE

Due to Covid-19 precautions we will not have an in-person live event previously schedule for Saturday October 3. We will be offering an online

gathering of EV enthusiasts and anyone interested in electric vehicles on Wednesday evening September 30 from 6-8pm.