National Drive Electric Week
Taos EV Expo
Taos, NM
Sep 25, 2021
Taos EV Expo
Taos, NM
Sep 25, 2021
| Day: | Saturday, September 25, 2021 NOTE: this event has already happened, find current-year events on the Attend page. |
| Time: | 12:00 - 4:00 pm MDT |
| Location: | Taos Public Library 402 Camino de la Placita Taos, NM 87571 |
Event Report
We held the Third Taos EV Expo on September 25 at the Taos Public Library and Town Hall parking lots. We held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mr. Luis Reyes Jr., CEO of Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, County Commissioner Candyce O'Donnell and Town of Taos Councilor Pasqual Maestas as they powered up the new Enel JuicePedestal charging station. The charging station was purchased with donated funds and installed just prior to our EV Expo.
We had seven speakers in our two-hour Speaker Program, with these people
and topics:
- Solar
and Wind-Based Electric Life – Mike Musialowski
- Electric
Muscle Car vs. ICE Muscle Car – Sylvia Luftig
- Electric
Vehicles You Can Buy Today – David Kingsley
- How
Do You Charge Your Electric Vehicle? – Chuck Wright
- The
State of Rooftop Solar in Taos – Vishu Magee
- Electrification
of Everything for Zero Carbon – Karlis Viceps
- The
Vista Trail Transmission Line Project -- Jim Jontry
We had several great sponsors,
including:
- Kit
Carson Electric Cooperative who provided the electrical service and a tent
- Taos
Ski Valley, Inc. who brought two Volkswagen ID.4 EVs
- Taos
Community Foundation
- Nusenda
Credit Union
- Capital
Ford of Santa Fe
- Santa
Fe Motor Sports
- PPC
Solar, Inc.
- Sol
Luna Solar, Inc.
- Ameren/Lucky
Corridor/Vista Trail Project
- TaosNet,
Inc.
- Town
of Taos
- Taos
County
- Land
of Enchantment Clean Cities Coalition
One special exhibitor brought a 1917 Detroit Electric Opera Coupe. This fully operational, fully original car can go 35 mph on lead-acid batteries and was a hit at the Taos EV Expo!
We had Nissan Leafs, Ford Mach-E Mustangs, Teslas of all models (S, 3, X, Y), a GEM electric, a Zero e-motorcycle, many electric bicycles, Chevy Volts, Bolts, and others. One private exhibitor brought a Volkswagen Beetle chassis in the middle of an EV conversion.
Prior to the EV Expo event, we had a big clean-up day at the parking lot of the Taos Public Library – lots of volunteer hours went into sprucing up the parking lot! Attendees wanted to see an electric pickup truck...it will happen next year!! And conversions will be big next year, too.
photo by: D. J. Kingsley, Renewable Taos, Inc. The Taos EV Expo was held at the Public Library on a beautiful day in Northern New Mexico. |
Event Description
The date is set! Co-sponsors of this event include Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Volkswagen, Taos Ski Valley, Inc., Taos Community Foundation, Nusenda Credit Union, Taos County Administration, and the Town of Taos. We have tons of space this year for the event at the Taos Public Library. We are expecting to have NEW charging stations installed at the library and the Town fleet parking lot, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony and announcement of the "powering-up" of the Enchanted Circle EV Charging Infrastructure Project being deployed by KCEC.
Registered Attendees
There are currently 16 attendees registered.
Owners of These Vehicles Have Registered To Attend
| Vehicle | Registered |
|---|---|
| Chevrolet Volt | 2 |
| Nissan Leaf (2011-2017) | 2 |
| Tesla Model 3 | 2 |
| Tesla Model S | 1 |
| 4 Models | 7 |
Registered attendees report 228,900 electric miles driven.
