National Drive Electric Week 2020

Drive Electric Columbus invites you to stop by the Village of Marble Cliff DCFC on September 26th, 2020 from 2 to 4 pm for our mini in-person NDEW EVent or join us online for our Virtual NDEW EVent on October 3rd, 2020 from 1 to 5pm. 

Before attending, please take a moment to fill in this pre-NDEW survey from Plug In America.

We will be kicking off National Drive Electric Week with a mini event at the Village of Marble Cliff DCFC Station (1600 Fernwood Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43212) on Saturday, September 26th, 2020 from 2 to 4pm.  We will be sharing information about electric vehicles and demonstrating how to use the Chargepoint Fast Chargers. 

We will be outdoors only (city building will not be open during event) with responsible distancing in place and masks are required at this event.  If you have any symptoms of Covid-19 or if you have been exposed to someone known to have Covid-19, please stay home and take care of yourself.  For the safety of our volunteers and guests, we will not be offering Ride and Drives at the event.  Guests are encourage to drop by for short visits but will not be permitted to display their personal vehicles during the event as we need to minimize touch surfaces, maintain safe distancing, and adhere to Ohio's Guidelines for Gatherings.  Our event staff will be temperature and symptom checked before the event start and will be cleaning all touch surfaces regularly throughout the event.  

We are looking forward to seeing you there (with your mask on).

Register for the event  

Before attending, please take a moment to fill in this pre-NDEW survey from Plug In America.

October 3rd from 1 to 5pm, we will have 4 jam packed hours of EVerything Electric Vehicle.  We will open with an EV 101, learn about why two of our members chose to go EV, and have an opportunity to have your questions about electric vehicles answered.  Our afternoon will continue with Bill Heck who will share some of the finer points from his article series "The Recharging Conundrum" and the OSU EcoCar team will present information about their current project.   

YouTuber Alex Sibila will join us to talk about his trip to Tesla HQ for Battery Day and Craig Hart will recap his time at Fully Charged Live in Austin.  We will go on virtual EV Ride and Drive in a 2020 Leaf+ from Buckeye Nissan, hear from Smart Columbus with a market overview, learn about renewable energy charging solutions from Beam, plus we can't forget about the hourly door prize drawings .

We will be giving away a portable Level 2 EVSE to one lucky attendee so you don't want to miss our EVent so  Register Now! 

Our Virtual NDEW will be taking place on Zoom with a live stream on Facebook as well.  

EVENT AGENDA

• 1pm - EVent KickOff
• 1:15 to 1:45 - EV 101 - What's the difference between a PHEV & EV?  How do you find a charging station?  How do I find the right EV for me?  The EV 101 will help you get started on your journey to driving electric or polish up on the basics if you are already an EV driver.
• 1:45 to 2:15 - EV OWNERS PANEL -  Listen as John (Tesla Model S), Todd (Nissan Leaf and Kia Niro), and Brandan from B_Energized (Chevy Bolt) talk about their every day electric driving and then answer questions you might have about their experiences. 
• 2:15 to 2:30 - Virtual Ride and Drive - 2020 Nissan Leaf from Buckeye Nissan
• 2:30 to 2:45 -  Tesla Battery Day recap with YouTuber Alex Sibila
• 2:45 to 3:00 - Market Overview from Zach of Smart Columbus
• 3:00 to 3:30 -  The OSU EcoCar team - We will learn about their current conversion project
• 3:30 to 4:00 - The Recharging Conundrum -  Bill Heck will share some of the finer points from his article series
• 4:00 to 4:15 - BEAM will share information about their off grid, solar energy charging solutions
• 4:15 to 4:30 - Let's get charged! - Learn about home and public charging
• 4:30 to 4:45 - Fully Charged Live recap with Craig Hart
• 4:45 to 5pm - And that's a wrap!

Before attending, please take a moment to fill in this pre-NDEW survey from Plug In America.

 
Do you have an EV related business and want to be a part of our NDEW?  Have questions about NDEW?  Drop us an email at DriveEVCbus@Gmail.com