Drive Electric Earth Month

Drive Electric Earth Month
Earth Day Fair 2023
Depew, NY
Apr 22, 2023

Day: Saturday, April 22, 2023 NOTE: this event has already happened, find current-year events on the Attend page.
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT
Location: Reinstein Woods Environmental Education Center
93 Honorine Drive
Depew, NY 14043
Contact the event organizers, which took place in 2023.

Event Report

I want to take this time to thank Meaghan Boice-Green, Center Director of the Reinstein Woods Environmental Education Center for allowing us the opportunity to show our EV's and help answer a lot of questions about them.  We had 14 EV's at the event including Ford F150 Lighting, Lucid Air and a Toyota bZ4x.  Of course we have a nice selections of Tesla's including Model Y, Model 3 and a Model S.  I think we had a nice variety of vehicles EV's, everyday drivers, road tripping models and high end EV's.  

I spoke with several people that were in the market for an EV or soon to be in the market and I feel that I was able to help them with several questions that they had.  There is a lot of misinformation out there as well as a lot of new information that people have to learn.  Being able to have those one on one conversation about EV's is giving these consumers complementary information to what they are finding on their one.  For example I had a conversation with a person that recently purchased a Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV. They had heard about off peak electric billing and were thinking of switching to it.  I asked them to make sure they first tracked how they were charging their RAV4 and how many kWh they were putting into their car.  It might not make sense to switch to this plan if their usage is greatest during normal daytime hours.  They had not even thought about that. 

These conversations and sharing my experiences with people were my favorite part of the day.  I wish I could have spent more time with folks discussing these things.    

photo by: Tammy Otminski
2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SEL

Event Description

 

Reinstein Woods Environmental Education Center
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
93 Honorine Drive, Depew, NY 14043

We have exhausted our allocation of available spots to show EV's.  Thank you to all those who have registered to show their vehicles.    

Director: Meaghan Boice-Green

The Reinstein Woods Environmental Education Center is holding an open-house style event on Earth Day to try and connect residents with resources to help them take steps toward sustainability.  Additional event information can be found here.  

Registered Attendees

There are currently 24 attendees registered.

Owners of These Vehicles Have Registered To Attend

Vehicle Registered
Tesla Model 3 2
Tesla Model Y 2
Volvo XC40 Recharge twin 2
Chevrolet Bolt 1
Chevrolet Bolt EUV 1
Ford F-150 Lightning 1
Ford Mustang Mach-E 1
Hyundai Ioniq 5 1
Hyundai KONA Electric 1
Kia Niro Electric 1
Lucid Air 1
Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 4matic 1
Toyota bZ4X 1
13 Models 16

Registered attendees report 325,593 electric miles driven.

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