[Caevlist] Corvallis's National Drive Electric Week Event - Description and Ride/Drive Plan

[WALTER J EAGER]

I am starting to get my act together, regardless of being under-staffed for this project. It is going to take up to 24 hours to get the description of this event updated on the NDEW website , so it is copied in below for your information. Also copied in below is the revised ride/drive plan. 


I am also following up on Otmar's recent appeal for your participation in this event. I greatly appreciate those who responded to my initial request for assistance. They are Rob Nicole, Michael Everett, Charles Bonville, Carla Wise and Mark Van Steeter, Elizabeth and Ralph Waldron, Don and Sandy Kuhns and Ken. 


More owner/drivers of modern, manufactured EVs are needed for this event. Please share your good fortune of being able to own and drive one of these wonderful vehicles. For the sake of everyone help make the public aware of this vital transportation opportunity by driving your EV in this event. 


Walt Eager 




National Drive Electric Week 


Corvallis Event Description 

A good time will be had by all in Corvallis, Oregon on Saturday, September 20 th at its National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) Event. There will be an exhibit of several different brands of Electric Vehicles (EVs), including a Tesla that was just driven by its owner from Albuquerque. You will have an opportunity to ride in and drive an EV. This event will enable you to discuss EV features and operation with experienced owners, not dealers. A few owners, who are also engineers, will be there for those who want to discuss more technical aspects of EVs. This event is in conjunction with the famous Corvallis Farmers' Market. 
It will begin at 9:00 a.m. The main EV exhibit will be at the corner of NW Monroe Avenue and Second Street. When the Farmers' Market closes at 1:00 pm this exhibit will move to the Ride Terminal which also will open at 9:00 a.m. It is in the drive-up lanes at the Citizens Bank Main Branch on the northwest corner of SW Second Street and Jefferson Avenue. The Bank's address is 275 SW Third Street for those using a navigation system. Electric Vehicle rides and perhaps the opportunity to drive one will be between the hours of 9:00 a..m. And 1:00 p.m. Opportunities to drive an EV will definitely be given after 1:00 p.m. Reservations for those drives will taken at both event sites. 
The Corvallis NDEW event will showcase the wonderful features of Electric Vehicles (EVs). It will demonstrate their highly responsive drive systems and low centers of gravity, which make them fun to drive. That they have no tailpipe makes them friendly to our noses and health. Operated on hydro-, solar- or wind-power they are friendly to our climate. That electric vehicle motors make almost no noise makes EVs friendly to our ears. That their energy comes from low cost electricity, not expensive fuels, makes them friendly to our pocket books, as does the very small amount of maintenance that electric vehicles require. That their operation is simple makes EVs easy but still fun to drive. 
That only 5% of our daily trips are longer than 40 miles on average makes the Electric Vehicle an ideal second car for two-car families. A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is ideal for single car owners. Range is not a problem for either kind of owner. Copies of a report on the advantages of driving electric will be available for visitors to take home as an informative memento of this event. 
So come to this wonderful event and experience the joy of driving electric. While here enjoy some locally-grown produce from the famous Corvallis Farmers' Market, while you learn more about vehicles that are fun to drive and offer so many other advantages. 





Ride/Drive Plan 


The Ride Terminal will be the canopy-covered, drive-up teller facility at the main branch of Citizens Bank. EV owners should enter one of its open lanes from Second Street and park under the canopy as near to the west end of that lane as practicable to await the arrival of riders. Thanks to the Citizens Bank the wait will be a comfortable one. Even though fully-charged at home, some EVs may need to recharge during this operation, if we do not have a sufficient number of vehicles participating. Kieffer Nissan's station may be the best choice for those who live far from the Ride Terminal. Its use will be cleared in advance with that dealership. 


Riders may begin to arrive at the Terminal as early as 9:15 on Saturday morning, September 20 and the last as late as 1:15 p.m. Please let me know what part of this period you will be able to cover, if not all of it. Two Leafs are coming from Lincoln City to help us out, but we are likely to need several more from Corvallis than have already volunteered. Please help us with this important function. Visitors to our EV Exhibit on the northeast corner of Monroe Avenue and Second Street will be given invitations to take EV rides. That invitation will provide them with the location of the Ride Terminal and the hours of operation. A few of us who are tending the exhibit site may offer ride/drives throughout the afternoon for visitors who want to drive an EV. 


It is suggested that owner/drivers describe their vehicle's main features and operational characteristics prior to departure from the Terminal and exhibit these during the drive. Refer to the NDEW website for tips on making the most out of this opportunity to encourage the ownership of Evs. 


The following route was checked out last Saturday to assure that it would work for our purpose. Presuming that there will be an insufficient number of EVs and a waiting line for rides, this plan limits the length of rides. It can be adjusted by owner/drivers as the supply/demand situation becomes clear. From the Ride Terminal drive south on Second Street to its dead end. Turn right on B Street, then left onto Fourth Street. Move to the right lane and exit onto Philomath Boulevard. Turn right onto 15 th Street and right on Western, then left on Third Street. Move to the right lane and turn right into the Citizen Bank parking lot. Drive through it to Second Street and re-enter the Ride Terminal. If there are a sufficient number of owners, those who want are encouraged to offer their passengers an opportunity to drive their EVs on a route, designated by those owners. 


This Ride Terminal will also serve as a satellite area to exhibit those EVs that could not be fitted into the main exhibit area. 



Please volunteer to participate as an owner/driver and send comments on this plan to eagerwj at centurylink.net or call Walt on (541) 753-5837. Thank you. 
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