International Drive Electric Week 2016

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The Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association participated in the annual National Drive Electric Week from September 10 – 18, 2016 by sponsoring a local gathering of electric car owners at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve on Saturday, September 10th from 10 AM to 2 PM:

https://driveelectricweek.org/event.php?eventid=590

The Las Vegas event was staged in the parking lot beneath a photovoltaic solar canopy that tracks the sun as it provides power to two ChargePoint stations. Four SAE J1772 AC Level 2 charging ports were available to visiting electric cars during the event at no cost.

A gallery of pictures from the EVent can be found below.

Collaborating organizations and co-sponsors included Nissan, NV Energy, Springs Preserve, Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter, Clean Energy Project,  Las Vegas Tesla Owners, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, DC Solar, Verdek, ChargePoint, and ClipperCreek.

DC Solar and Las Vegas Motor Speedway provided an additional Chargepoint CT4020 AC Level 2 station with two ports.

The ChargePoint station was mounted on a trailer with two photovoltaic solar panels that could be adjusted to different angles to track the sun. A backup battery pack and gasoline generator were available to provide supplemental power from the trailer.

The third annual “Electric Juice Bar Crawl” featured a caravan of electric vehicles that toured local public recharging station sites in Las Vegas, as well as offered rides to visitors.

ClipperCreek donated a model HCS-40 SAE J1772 AC Level 2 EVSE charging station that was raffled to support LVEVA educational outreach efforts.

Jason and Marci Semerau, owners of a Nissan LEAF, were the winners of the Clipper Creek charging station.

Refreshments and beverages were by the LVEVA, SolarNV, and Verdek, LLC during the event.

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