NV Energy hosted an electric car Ride ‘n Drive event in Las Vegas on Saturday, October 27 2018 from 10 AM to 4 PM. The event was located in the parking lot of the Pearson Building campus at 6226 W. Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89146.
Over 200 attendees were able to test drive plug-in electric cars from multiple automotive manufacturers, including Tesla, GM, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Fiat Chrysler, and BMW.
These included Tesla Models 3, S, and X, as well as the Chevrolet Bolt EV, Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, BMW i3, Nissan LEAF, Fiat 500e, and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.
Interested participants could reserve one hour of time to drive up to three different models by registering online at the Electric Car Guest Drive website:
http://www.electriccarguestdrive.com/lasvegas
The test drive route circled the NV Energy campus by going west up the hill on West Sahara Avenue to Torrey Pines Drive, right on Torrey Pines Drive to Oakey Avenue, right on Oakey Avenue to Jones Blvd., right on Jones, then right again on W. Sahara to return to the NV Energy campus parking lot.
The Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association and Las Vegas Tesla Owners Group provided support for the event that was coordinated by the staff of Electric Car Insider magazine from San Diego, California.
A static display of a Tesla Model X, Chevrolet Volt, Tesla Model 3, and Nissan LEAF allowed attendees to talk in more detail about each of these vehicles with the owners of the electric cars.
Some local members of the San Diego chapter of the EAA also provided their vehicles in support of the event, so it was fun to meet other members of this EAA chapter from southern California.
The Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association was given booth space at no cost by NV Energy to provide local information about electric vehicles and EV charging stations. About 25 new attendees signed up to be on the LVEVA mailing list, in order to attend future meetings and events.
Local LVEVA members who worked the Electric Car Guest Drive during the day included President Lloyd Reece, Vice-President Justin Steele, Secretary Stan Hanel, Board of Directors member Brad Appelgren, and Ed Malkewiscz.