It was hard to decide to go virtual with our event for a second year in a row, but the Austin community was incredibly supportive.  We programmed a series of one-hour virtual sessions on topics affecting Austin, TX local EV adoption.

We were joined by:

• Joseph Barletta of Smart Charge America as he talked about what charging infrastructure we’ll need here in Texas to keep up with demand.
• Kevin Karrafa from Austin EV Only as he shared his progress digging into the EV conversion scene here in Austin, TX.
• Laura Morrison with TxETRA, who shared about the South Central Texas Electric Transportation Compact and the group’s work across sectors to reduce emissions in transportation through electrification.
• Michelle Anselment from the San Antonio and Austin Tesla Owners clubs talking about Tesla Solar installations, how they fully power their cars and houses from the sun, and how they were able to rely on their solar power to get through the Texas Snowmageddon.
  -and finally-
• Amy Atchley and Bobby Godsey with the Austin Energy EV Team to share about the latest news on electric vehicles in Austin and beyond.

We had a great year and we recorded it all!

Join us virtually in Austin to celebrate Drive Electric Week from September 25 – October 3, 2021.   

We will schedule several sessions highlighting what Austinites are doing to support the transition to electric transportation.

Current Agenda:

9/28 @ noon — Public EV Charging Infrastructure, how much will Texas need?
[RSVP for this session here]

9/29 @ noon — DIY perspectives on EV conversions
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9/30 @ noon — Partnering across sectors to clean south-central texas’ air
[RSVP for this session here]

9/30 @ 7pm — All in! Powering your electric car and house with Tesla Solar
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10/1 @ noon — Electric lunch with the Austin Energy EV team
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These sessions are a part of AustinEV’s participation in Drive Electric Week.
Please register for the event here for a chance to win the $250 gift card and share what EV you drive! 

https://driveelectricweek.org/event?eventid=2811

All EVs and EV enthusiasts welcome!

AustinEV will be showing a selection of our vehicles at the ALT NRG show June 12-13 in the Palmer Event Center.

You can expect to see:

• Electric & Hybrid Vehicles
• Solar Panels and Batteries
• Smart Home Devices
• Energy Efficient Products
• ECO-Friendly Companies

Location:

Palmer Event Center
900 Barton Springs Rd.
Austin, TX 78704

Grab a ticket discount!

The show coordinators have provided us with a discount code for a limited number of one-day registrations at $4.20. To grab one, go to the ticket site:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/altnrgshow-tickets-154781334137

and use the discount code ALTEV when you check out.

Drop by and chat if you come.

More about the show:
http://austin.altnrgshow.com/

We hope we’ve come up with a fun way to celebrate Earth Day and the progress electric vehicles have made here in Austin together but apart.

A wild EV count.

From now to the end of April we’ll be grabbing photos of any electric vehicles we find, (getting permission from the owner), and sharing them. We hope you will too.

Get outside, enjoy your day, our amazing city and our green spaces. If you see an electric vehicle in the wild, snap a photo and share it with us on your favorite platform. We’re hoping you will share your scooters, your bikes, your onewheel, and your cars – anything that drives electric. Bonus if you’re out celebrating our environment, at a trailhead, getting set to bike a trail or taking the pups out for a hike.

We’ll be monitoring instagram, facebook and twitter for your publicly shared posts tagged with #AustinEVcount2021. It doesn’t have to be yours to participate, but if it is not, please try and get permission to share it.

Let’s see how many (not so)rare electric vehicles we can find in the Austin area!

This should be fun all on its own, but we’ll also be choosing a few of you to receive some of the EV swag we’ve been collecting as a thank you for sharing. We’ll be keeping track of who shares photos and choose a group randomly at the end of the month to receive some fun electric vehicle-focused merch.

National Drive Electric Week went heavily virtual this year and we went with it. Many hosts organized large – national scale events on great topics that would normally have been addressed during our in-person event. So, we went hyper-local with the help of our 4 presenters. We met with the Austin Energy Emerging Tech team, learned about what to avoid when installing home charging with Smart Charge America, visited Moment Motors, an Austin based custom electric vehicle shop, and learned about state-wide issues to watch during the upcoming legislative session with TxETRA. Thanks so much to our presenters: Amy Atchley and Bobby Godsey from Austin Energy, Marc Davis with Moment Motor Co., Joseph Barletta from Smart Charge America, and Tom “Smitty” Smith from TxETRA. AND, all the AustinEV members who brought their great questions. We all had a great time!

Session recordings: