national drive ev 2014 recap
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A Smarter, Cleaner, Greener Future™
2014 National Drive Electric Week Recap
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Mahalo!
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Hello from the Waipio Shopping Center EV Ride and Drive Event in Hawaii celebrating National Drive Electric Week 2014
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Attendance More Than Doubles
Attendance at National Drive
Electric Week 2014 more than
doubled 2013’s celebration
with more than 90,000 people
participating in 152 events in
150 cities in 39 U.S. states
In 2013, roughly 35,000 people
attended events in 98 cities
Also joining in the fun were
Italy, Canada and The
Netherlands.
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Folks taking a look at the EVs at the Waipio Shopping Center EV
Ride and Drive Event in Hawaii on Sept. 21
Data from Plug In America (http://www.pluginamerica.org)
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More EV Driver Volunteers
EV owners who registered to
offer “Drive and Rides” in their
EVs grew 148 percent to over
7,000
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A Porsche plug in hybrid at the Waipio Shopping Center EV Ride
and Drive Event in Hawaii on Sept. 21
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More EV Test Drives
More than 5,500 EV drive and
rides were offered this year,
which officials estimate as
more than double last year’s
number
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Photo Credit: Patrick Connor, Oregon Electric Vehicle Association
(OEVA.org)
Oregon Electric Vehicle Association volunteer Christopher Holmquist
speaks with passersby next to the All-Electric Nisssan Leaf and the
Plug-In Hybrid Toyota Prius, just a few of the twenty vehicles displayed
during the event.
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World Record
Folks in Cupertino, Calif., set a
new world record with a 507
vehicle parade
Video from the event:
http://youtu.be/9FsPCqDRmDs
This beat the record set earlier
this year of 481 EVs set at an
event in Stuttgart, Germany
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Photo Credit: Frank Mokaya
If only... To put it bluntly, 3/4 of the participants are in this shot.
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