It was a successful National Drive Electric Week – Poolesville event last Saturday (Sept 19, 2015).  We were the #1 National Drive Electric Week event in the Washington DC area (by unofficial count of registered Electric Vehicles). We are already working to make 2016 even bigger.

This was our 2^nd Annual National Drive Electric Week event in the Town of Poolesville.  We had 42 vehicles, (15 models) registered, plus a few more showed up that were not registered. By our unofficial count, this makes us the largest NDEW event in the DC area, 5^th on the east coast, and better than 17^th out of the 195 (2 events cancelled) worldwide. We combined our event with Poolesville Day, a great family fun community event that draws people from the surrounding Maryland/DC/Virginia area. Between the two events, we had more than 10,000 people (still waiting on official counts). The NDEW event ran between 11:30 am – 4:00. Poolesville Day started off with a parade at 10 am which included 7 NDEW electric vehicles..

See our event post: https://driveelectricweek.org/event.php?eventid=369 (and sign up for the 2016’s event!).

We provided test drives and rides on a closed road course. Many took advantage of this opportunity and we give free prizes (via random drawings) to those who did.

Get even more information on this event and more (and sign up for the 2016’s event!).:

• Our 2016 NDEW Event Page: https://poolesville.green/event/national-drive-electric-week-event-poolesville-2016/
• Poolesville Green Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/poolesvillegreen (please like and follow)
• Drive Electric Posts at Poolesville Green   https://poolesville.green/category/drive-electric/
• Poolesville Green: https://poolesville.green/
• Poolesville Day: http://www.poolesvilleday.com/
• National Drive Electric Week:- Poolesville page: https://driveelectricweek.org/event.php?eventid=369
• Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pvillegreen
• JD Taylor’s Twitter Accounts: https://twitter.com/Jeff_D_Taylor (@Jeff_D_Taylor)

More photos from the event (Photo Credit: Poolesville Green and are free for reuse/publication):

Check out these and even more photos at: https://goo.gl/photos/keejkuVJiRrnv4RJ8

Great aerial video of the EV and PHEV cars we had in the parade.

 

**** Press Release ****

Coming up tomorrow (Sept 19, 2015) !!!!

Poolesville Day (#PoolesvilleDay) is a day of family fun, food, music and more. Runs from 10 am – 4 pm.

National Drive Electric Week (#NDEW2015) – Poolesville (runs from 11:30 am – 4:00 pm) is the largest NDEW Electric car show in the DC area and ranks 26th of 197 world wide NDEW events (base on cars registered as of morning of 9/18). Between the 2 events, we expect more than 10,000 people. Currently there at 35 EVs registered and 12 different models, including the latest Tesla S P85D. Cars include Chevrolet Volt, Nissan LEAF, Tesla Model S, BMW i3, EV Conversions, Ford C-MAX Energi, Ford Fusion Energi, BMW i3 REx, Ford Focus Electric, Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen e-Golf, and Other Plug-In Electric Vehicles. Many of the car owners and dealers will offer rides and/or test drives on our closed track.

Here is a great YouTube video from last year from one of our sponsors (EGO) made last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNboAM275rA

Other helpful links:

• Poolesville Day: http://www.poolesvilleday.com/
• NDEW-Poolesville: https://driveelectricweek.org/event.php?eventid=369
• Poolesville Green – NDEW: https://poolesville.green/event/national-drive-electric-week-car-parade-and-show/
• Poolesville Green Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/poolesvillegreen
• Poolesville Day Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Poolesville-Day-193955987304291/timeline/ 

To Media: We hope you all get a chance to cover it. Let me know if I can make any special arrangements (Test Drives, Interviews, etc.) If you need more information, photos of video clips, please feel free to contact me by phone or email. 1-240-812-9881 or

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Come join us for this year’s 2015 National Drive Electric Week – Poolesville event. If you own an Electric Vehicle (EV) or Plug-In Electric Hybrid (PHEV), join the show, register! We will be located in the Poolesville Elementary School parking lot and on part of Fisher Ave. There will be dealerships there to give you the latest information, prices, and availability, plus many vehicle owners who can give you the true stories on the cars they drive. Many of them will be offering rides and test drives. We have setup a closed tracks so you can get a true feel of how the car operates.