National Drive Electric Week – Austin (2017)

Day: Saturday, September 16, 2017
Time: 9AM – 1PM
Location: Sunset Valley Farmers Market (Tony Burger Center)
3200 Jones Rd
Austin, TX 78745
Registration: NDEW – Austin event page
Come meet EVs and their drivers! Requests to ride or drive vehicles welcome.
NOTE: The farmers market is located more exactly at intersection of Pillow Rd and Hwy 71.
  • Did you know that Austin has well over 400 charging ports for electric vehicles?
  • Did you know you can buy a tag from Austin Energy for $4.17 a month that will let you charge free at almost all of them?
  • Did you know that every EV comes with a charging cord that plugs into a regular 110V, three-prong outlet?

Come to our event and find out more about why electric vehicles make sense in Austin.

Register to attend and / or bring your own EV at the National Drive Electric Week – Austin event page.

Take a Survey to help understand decision-making when purchasing a vehicle

Michigan State University has asked us to share this survey to explore perceptions of cars and electric vehicles. Through this survey, we can better understand decision-making when purchasing a vehicle and perceptions of different charging options for electric vehicles. You must be at least 18 years old to participate in this research study. The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete.

If you own an electric vehicle (not a hybrid), please take the EV survey:

https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6lifbEiFEIGD7RX

If you haven’t purchased an EV yet, please follow this link:

https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4THUMeAYmHnU1UN

Everyone who takes the survey will be entered into a drawing to win a $100 Amazon gift card.

2016 NDEW planning underway

Jennifer Lasseter has taken the lead as the Event Captain

Want to help with your time or talents? Register, Volunteer, or Contact the organizers through the NDEW website

Want to help fund the event? Donations are being accepted through the EAA chapter website

 

National Drive Electric Week – Austin

Join us on September 19 to celebrate National Drive Electric week.

We’ll be gathering at:

Northwest Recreation Center
2913 Northland Dr
Austin, TX 78757

on September 19 from 10am to 4pm

We will be showing and giving rides in a variety of electric cars that are available today.

Let us know you are coming and what you plan to bring at the National Drive Electric Week site:

https://driveelectricweek.org/event.php?eventid=304

Hope to see you there!

Invite: Texas Workplace Charging Road Show

The Texas Workplace Charging Road Show will be in Austin on Wednesday July 29. As of this posting, they still have several seats available.

Visit TXworkplacecharging.eventbrite.com to register.

Texas Workplace Charging Road Show Flyer

Meeting – 2015-07-07 – Some fear change, others drive it. Lead the charge!

Austin, TX has been home to many tech trends, but none quite as gripping as the EV movement. If you’re thinking of owning an EV, owned one for years or are even a conversion enthusiast, Austin Electric Vehicle Association (AustinEV) invites you to join us next Tuesday July 7, 2015 from 6:30-8:30pm at the WHOLEFOODS in the Domain.

As we gear up for the new 2016 EV’s entering the market, we wish to enlighten our audience with up and coming news, trends, technology and will be featuring a surprise guest speaker.

Come join our talk about today’s most advanced EV technology, trends and news. Tuesday July 7, 2015 from 6:30-8:30pm at the WHOLEFOODS Domain 11920 Domain Dr., Austin, TX 78759.

Crosspost: First UU Church Green Sanctuary Alternative Vehicles Fair, April 12

Sunday April 12, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin is holding an electric and alternative vehicles fair, with a chance to hear Zach Baumer, manager of the Austin Climate Protection Program in the City of Austin’s Office of Sustainability.

If you’re going or showing your vehicle, take photos or report the experience back to us!

Texas Health Credit Union (4800 Grover), 12 noon to 2 pm, April 12, 2015

“Featuring the Nissan Leaf, Ford Plug-In Hybrid, Toyota Prius & Prius 5, Tesla S, UT Solar Car Team, car2go, a hybrid school bus, charging station demo, electric scooters, and more! Explore your options of the present and future!” (http://austinuu.org/wp2013/current-weekly-bulletin/)

Alternative Vehicle Fair

Meeting – 2015-03-03 – In the future there will be no gas stations

Chevy Bolt 2015 Concept

Chevy Bolt 2015 Concept – courtesy of photos-autos.com

Come join our talk about the future of EV technology and advancement! 

Austin, TX on March 3, 2015 in celebration of AustinEV’s Quarterly Round-up

Austin, TX has been home to many tech trends, but none as gripping as the EV movement. If you’re thinking of owning an EV, owned one for years or are even a conversion enthusiast Austin Electric Vehicle Association (AustinEV) invites you to join us next Tuesday March 3, 2015 from 6:30-8:30pm at the WHOLEFOODS in the Domain. As we load up for the new 2016 EV’s entering the market, we wish to enlighten our audience with up and coming news, trends, technology and with a very special surprise guest speaker. Only way to see it is to be there, trust me, you don’t want to miss it.

Remember, Come join our talk about today’s most advanced EV technology, trends and news. Tuesday March 3, 2015 from 6:30-8:30pm at the WHOLEFOODS Domain 11920 Domain Dr., Austin, TX 78759.

If you would like to RSVP or share details of the event, there is a Facebook Event page.

 

Meeting – 2014-10-09

AustinEV reserved the Domain Whole Foods 2nd Floor Community Room on Thursday, October 9th, from 6:30-8pm to discuss the November Food Drive and other concerns. Please join us and invite others! Let us know you’re coming on our facebook event page

Wrap Up: National Drive Electric Week, 2014

Kathy and the Kilowatts

Kathy and the Kilowatts playing after the rain. Photo by Mark Witt.

This year’s National Drive Electric Week “Picnic in the Park” ended up being “rain AND shine”

The first car to roll in was Ed F.’s Tesla Model S, with 10,310 oil-free miles, soon to be joined by 23 other electric vehicles for a combined (recorded) total of 275,841 oil-free miles on the road!

This year had the most models we’ve seen, including a BMW i3 that drew almost as much attention as the Zero motorcycles joining the event for the first time this year. The wheel-to-wheel row of Teslas were a beauty to behold, and the Volts and Leafs were driven in with wide EV grins as well as MiEVs, a Ford Fusion, Toyota Rav4, and conversions from long-time AustinEV members Brian and Jennifer L., and Ben J. There were more two wheeled vehicles this year, including a first time conversion motorcycle, as well as Mark W., Mark S., and Audrey S. from Electric Avenue Scooters on a trio of lithium powered scooters.

Larry S. sharing donuts and his Volt-inspired oil free (s)miles! (photo from Larry S.)

Larry S. sharing donuts and his Volt-inspired oil free (s)miles! (photo from Larry S.)

We had a (greatly appreciated) representation of local dealerships, including BMW of Austin, Capitol Chevrolet, Covert Cadillac, Leif Johnson Ford, and representing the national sponsor of National Drive Electric Week, Town North Nissan.

Special thanks go to our local sponsors BMW of Austin, SunPower, Capitol Chevrolet, Smart Charge Residential (event organizer Joseph Barletta), Covert Cadillac, and REVOLT (event organizer Aaron Choate). Also special thanks to event organizers Stacy Neef and Diego Lopez of Lone Star Clean Fuels Alliance, and the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Other exhibitors represented at the event included Austin Energy Plug in Partners, Circular Energy,  the EVLove Club, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), Eco Network, and Electric Car Insider Magazine

Many attendees were seen sporting beautiful face (and arm) paintings thanks to Tami of Paradise Face Painting, and Kathy and the Kilowatts played both amped (pre-rain) and acoustic (post rain), proving once again that Austin is used to all kinds of weather.

If you have photos of the event that you’d like to share, we’d love to post them!  We will add a few here, but you can see the complete 2014 National Drive Electric gallery on our Facebook page.