Sunday, September 24th, from 12pm to 4pm there will be a National Drive Electric Week Event in Portland, ME.
The NDEW event page is at National Drive Electric Week • Drive Electric - Portland • Portland, ME • Sep 24, 2023
If you're interested in attending in any capacity you can sign up there.
It will be in the Back Cove Trail parking lot across Preble St from Hannaford/the Portland Supercharger.
The event will include a Drive & Ride with reservable spots every 15 minutes.
We try to get cars from dealers, but we can't always get them to come or provide cars. This year there's more inventory so hopefully we'll get a good showing.
In the Drive & Ride, because we can't always get cars from dealers, and because there are companies such as Tesla and Rivian that don't have dealers we also ask for volunteers to offer their own cars for the Drive & Ride. We prefer and prioritize (and really, really, really appreciate) cars made available for test drives, but also appreciate people who offer rides and may have spare slots for that.
If you would like to participate in the Drive & Ride either way, or just want to attend and do show and tell to visitors, we ask that the car not be dirty or messy inside. It's not a car show, so we don't expect detailing, we just want it to be tidy and clean enough to give visitors a positive impression.
If you attend and show your car and don't participate in the Drive and Ride, we are also happy if you offer ad hoc informal rides and drives. The Drive & Ride is just a way we can offer a more formalized system with scheduling.
We can't say the test drive route for sure because of construction, but last year the suggested route for drives or rides was
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That route allows an opportunity for a brisk merge onto I-295.
The NDEW event page is at National Drive Electric Week • Drive Electric - Portland • Portland, ME • Sep 24, 2023
If you're interested in attending in any capacity you can sign up there.
It will be in the Back Cove Trail parking lot across Preble St from Hannaford/the Portland Supercharger.
The event will include a Drive & Ride with reservable spots every 15 minutes.
We try to get cars from dealers, but we can't always get them to come or provide cars. This year there's more inventory so hopefully we'll get a good showing.
In the Drive & Ride, because we can't always get cars from dealers, and because there are companies such as Tesla and Rivian that don't have dealers we also ask for volunteers to offer their own cars for the Drive & Ride. We prefer and prioritize (and really, really, really appreciate) cars made available for test drives, but also appreciate people who offer rides and may have spare slots for that.
If you would like to participate in the Drive & Ride either way, or just want to attend and do show and tell to visitors, we ask that the car not be dirty or messy inside. It's not a car show, so we don't expect detailing, we just want it to be tidy and clean enough to give visitors a positive impression.
If you attend and show your car and don't participate in the Drive and Ride, we are also happy if you offer ad hoc informal rides and drives. The Drive & Ride is just a way we can offer a more formalized system with scheduling.
We can't say the test drive route for sure because of construction, but last year the suggested route for drives or rides was
View attachment 858443
That route allows an opportunity for a brisk merge onto I-295.
