A big THANK YOU to everyone who came out for National Drive Electric Week for 2019! Springs Preserve was jumping this year, as we had nearly 60 electric vehicles on display, with over 250 people in attendance.
Some of the brands represented at this year’s NDEW event included Tesla, Chevrolet, Honda, BMW, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Zero Motorcycles. EV conversions included a sports car built on a 1965 Ford GT frame.
Our thanks to many of our partners, including Sierra Club, Citizens Climate Lobby, FIRST Nevada Robotics, Green Alliance of Nevada, and NV Energy.
And don’t forget, our next event is just a month away!
The Electric Car Guest Drive
October 26 10 am – 4pm
Bruce Trent Park 8851 W Vegas Drive
Presented by Powershift by NV Energy, NV2X and LVEVA.
The next general meeting of the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association will be on Saturday, August 10th, from 10 AM to noon at Gateway Classic Cars Las Vegas showroom, located at 6580 S. Lindell Road, Suite 300, Las Vegas, NV 89118.
Directions: Exit Hwy 215 at Jones Avenue, head north to Sunset, then east to S. Lindell Road. Cross streets are West Sunset Road and South Lindell Road.
Agenda:
Notes and updates from LVEVA Board of Directors Meeting on 7/13/2019.
Tour of classic and exotic cars within Gateway Classic Cars showroom.
Planning for National Drive Electric Week 2019 that is being rescheduled for Springs Preserve location.
An Electric Car Guest Drive EVent was staged at the NV Energy campus in Las Vegas on May 25th at 6226 W. Sahara in Las Vegas.
Pre-registered attendees could choose tickets to test drive two electric cars during the day, from a variety of currently available plug-in hybrid and battery-powered electric cars on the market.
LVEVA President Lloyd Reece was one of the “coaches” during the event, who rode along in the passenger seat of the test-drive vehicles. He helped new drivers learn about the Tesla Model 3 , the Chevrolet Volt, and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.
The May monthly meeting of the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association was staged on Saturday, May 11, 2019 from 10 AM to Noon at the SYN Shop Hackerspace in Henderson, near the Valley Auto Mall, at 1075 American Pacific, Suite C, Henderson, NV 89074. www.synshop.org
The April 2019 meeting of the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association was staged in conjunction with GreenFest 2019 at Downtown Summerlin on April 20th from 10 AM to 5 PM, where the LVEVA staged two exhibit booths within the Clean Energy Drive Zone:
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.
Tesla Model S, Chevrolet Volt, Fiat 500e, and BMW i3 queue up for test drives on NV Energy campus.
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.
Static display of a Tesla Model X, Chevrolet Volt, Tesla Model 3, and Nissan LEAF allowed attendees to spend more time to inspect each vehicle as well as talk with vehicle owners in more detail about owning an electric car.
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.
LVEVA was given booth space during the event and signed up 25 interested participants to the mailing list of the non-profit organization.
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.
The New American Road Trip, led by two Chevrolet Bolt EV electric cars, arrived at the Luxor Hotel & Casino on Sunday, 9/16, from 3 PM to 6 PM and staged a celebration that included food, music, entertainment and guests speakers who sought to bring more attention to climate change issues:
An electric car caravan drove from San Francisco to New York City between Sept. 14 – 26th, stopping along the way to promote climate change awareness before arriving at the United Nation for the One Planet Summit at the UN on Sept. 26th.
The Las Vegas stop during this event took place in the valet parking lot of the Luxor resort on the corner of S. Las Vegas Blvd and Mandalay Bay Rd. and the party started at 3pm.
Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City and Special UN Envoy for Climate Change, addressed media.
Speakers during these three hours were Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York City as special UN Envoy, Jim Murren, CEO of MGM Resorts, and Antonique Smith, actress and grammy-nominated singer.
Ride ‘n Drive opportunities were offered in 2018 models of the Nissan LEAF, Honda Clarity PHEV, and Toyota Prius Prime PHEV.
Electric car ride ‘n drives were available from local dealerships, that included the 2018 Nissan LEAF electric sedan, 2019 Honda Clarity plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, and 2019 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Food, music, guest speakers, and celebratory events rounded out the presentation.
Roland Lewis, sales representative from United Nissan, coached test drives and answered questions about a 2018 Nissan LEAF.
Followers helped promote the New American Road Trip through these social media channels, as drivers of the Chevrolet Bolt EVs traveled cross-country:
The Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association co-hosted a kickoff event for National Drive Electric Week on Saturday, September 8th at the Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89107 from 10 AM to 2 PM:
Partners and exhibitors for this event included NV Energy Renewable Generations and PowerShift programs, Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter, Nevada Electric Vehicle Accelerator (NEVA) program from REA250, Drive Clean Energy program from Green Alliance of Nevada, Nevada Conservation League, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, FIRST Nevada Robotics Team from Clark High School, Net Zero Brokers, and University of Nevada-Las Vegas Formula SAE race team.
Pictures of the event are shown below:
Electric conversion of a kit car replica of 1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe.
Original Tesla Roadster owned by David Morse
Photovoltaic solar panels track the sun to provide electrons to four ChargePoint AC Level 2 stations at Springs Preserve during an electric car rally that attracted 45 plug-in vehicles.
Exhibit booths from local vendors and non-profit organizations provided educational outreach.
Renewable Generations exhibit trailer from NV Energy provided information about incentive programs from the utility that encouraged the use of renewable energy and installation of EV charging station infrastructure throughout the state of Nevada.
More than 20 Tesla owners attended the kickoff event at Springs Preserve in Las Vegas for National Drive Electric Week.
Mark Larsen, an annual visitor and long-distance traveler from St. George, Utah, also posted pictures and video on his website at this link:
The Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association supported GreenFest 2018 at Downtown Summerlin on Saturday, April 21st from 9 AM to 5 PM. The event celebrated Earth Day.
Ray Malkewicz gets ready to drive Tesla Model 3 to lead Green Procession from Las Vegas Cyclery to Downtown Summerlin for GreenFest 2018.
The LVEVA participated in a Green Procession to kick off the event. LVEVA member Ed Malkewicz and his brother, Ray participated. Ed drove a Zero electric motorcycle while Ray drove his new Tesla Model 3, that he brought all the way from Austin, Texas.
BMW i8 plug-in hybrid electric car parked at Las Vegas Cyclery prior to launch of Green Procession.
LVEVA President LLoyd Reece, Board of Director Members Stan Hanel and Jim Katzen, Rob Lipener, and Lily and Henry also exhibited electric vehicles on Clean Energy Drive while answering questions at an informational booth: http://www.greenfestlv.com
LVEVA President Lloyd Reece exhibited his Nissan LEAF alongside an Aztec 7 kit car, that was restored by LVEVA members.
Lloyd exhibited his Nissan LEAF electric car, as well as a 1974 FiberFab Aztec 7 kit car that had been restored by LVEVA members. Rob Lipiner also showed off his customized electric bicycle.
Panamera S e-hybrid from Gaudin Porsche exhibited at GreenFest 2018.
Findlay Chevrolet exhibited a 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV and 2018 Chevrolet Volt during GreenFest 2018.
Other electric vehicles exhibited at Clean Energy Drive included Panamera S e-hybrids and a Cayenne e-hybrid from Gaudin Porsche, Chevrolet Bolt EV and Chevrolet Volt from Findlay Chevrolet, an electric ATV and a Sentinel Personal Mobility Vehicle from Xtreme Green Vehicles in Las Vegas.
Under the hood of a 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV.
Xtreme Green Electric Vehicles Citadel Pro, an off-road all-terrain electric vehicle.
Jeffrey Price from the Las Vegas Tesla Owners club also exhibited his Tesla Model S while other members of the Tesla club, like Dan Wettlauer, participated in the Green Vehicle Procession.
Over 120 other booths at GreenFest 2018 featured information about how to live a sustainable lifestyle in the Mojave Desert, as well as family-friendly activities like bounce houses, rock climbing, pet adoption, music and Beer Garten refreshments during GreenFest 2018.
GreenFest 2018 Celebrated Earth Day at Downtown Summerlin in Las Vegas.
The September general meeting of the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association coincided with National Drive Electric Week celebrations being staged in 270 cities worldwide during the week of September 9 – 17, 2017.
The LVEVA co-hosted an electric car rally at Springs Preserve museum parking lot from 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturday, September 9th, located at: 333 S Valley View Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89107
The electric car gathering was staged beneath a canopy of photovoltaic solar cell panels.
Two ChargePoint stations with three SAE J1772 AC Level 2 plugs were available for electric vehicles to recharge from energy generated by the sun.
Informational booths about EVs and related issues were sponsored by Nissan, LVEVA, Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter, NEVA, and Citizens Climate Lobby
About 150 attendees and 40 vehicles visited the event during the day.
A GM Chevrolet Spark EV, Tesla Roadster and Tesla Model X gather spectators during NDEW event at Springs Preserve on Sept. 9th.
Vendor and non-profit organizations provided information about electric car technologies and support infrastructure to visitors. Plug-in electric car models were on display from Tesla, GM Chevrolet, Nissan, Ford, Fiat, BMW, Daimler and other automotive manufacturers throughout the day.
Sponsors included Nissan, NV Energy, Plug-in America, Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter, Citizens Climate Lobby, Verdek, ChargePoint, Las Vegas Tesla Owners group, the Nevada Electric Vehicle Accelerator (NEVA) program from REA250, and the Drive Clean Energy Las Vegas program from Green Alliance of Nevada.
Jane Feldman from Sierra Club Toiyabe chapter shared a video of the NDEW event on her Facebook page:
NV Energy supplied a walk-through “Renewable Generations” trailer exhibit that showcased solar thermal, solar photovoltaic and wind generation technologies.
NV Energy Renewable Generations Trailer exhibit showcased solar and wind generation solutions.
Mark Larsen drove his Nissan LEAF from St. George, Utah to the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas and back over the weekend, chronicling his journey both ways, as well as his visit to the NDEW gathering: http://bit.ly/ndewvegas
