Ottawa - National Drive Electric Week

I think I'm coming... Not sure how to contribute but I'm in for EV awareness!

I'm pretty sure I can rally up a couple Volts, a Leaf and 3 additional Teslas... I'll look into it and propose the idea to EVCO (Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa). I'll make sure to post updates here.

I've registered and will be there with my Model S.

I've registered too. I also noticed that it's going to be held on Friday (business day)... I will bring my laptop to work from there. What are you guys doing about it? Day off?

inottawa said:

I've been contacted by an organizer of the National Drive Electric Week event to attend and speak about my experiences with ownership. I mentioned that I would help rally some other Tesla owners to give their own 'show and tells'.

Event information:
National Drive Electric Week Event - Ottawa
September 19-20, 2014
Sparks Street.

Apparently the site will be updated over the next couple weeks with additional information. The level to which you want to help is based on your level of comfort with your vehicle. This can range from giving ride alongs, allowing test drives or just speaking to your car.. whatever works for you. Plug N' Drive Ontario is on hand and they provide liability insurance of $2M. (not sure what exactly that means with your own insurance).

Any questions, feel free to post them and I can forward them onto the Ottawa organizer. You can just click the 'register' to attend this event and put your car details in.

I'll be there on the Friday and would love to see more owners there!

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Grateful for for more info on event as I will pick up our Tesla in October and have lots of questions to ask.

I'll be there around 10am too, staying as long as there is still interest. It would be cool to line up the Teslas together! Maybe we can take turns taking people out for drives, so that there's always someone there to answer questions.

I'll look for you guys when I get there. Shouldn't be hard to find you :smile:

Looking forward to see you tomorrow! I will try my best to be there around 10.

I'll be there around 10 too.

I'll be there too !

Doug_G said:

Unfortunately I'm not available due to a prior commitment.

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I'm sure someone can take your Roadster there on your behalf

It was super fun and exhausting... It was really great to meet you guys in person! I was honoured to meet Peter_M and inottawa for the first time. I also met future Tesla owners who are taking deliveries as soon as tomorrow! It was fun to see the regulars as well like steph_s . I hope to see the rest of you in future events.

Agree with both points - fun and tiring! The reaction from the visitors was universally positive - everyone seemed to say they would like their next car to be electric, or stronger (it WILL be electric, or they're about to order a Tesla and are looking for advice on options). The questions were good, with lots of the regular ones (How far can you go on a charge? How long does it take to charge? Where's the motor? Where's the battery?), but also lots of other questions (How much does it weigh? What about winter driving? Where do you buy them and get them serviced? What do you think about fuel cells?).

And it was indeed great to meet a bunch of TMC people in person for the first time. There were 7 Model S's there at one point, more than any other vehicle represented.

I think the event was a big success to raise EV awareness and get people thinking seriously about what it would take to get themselves behind the wheel of an EV. Thanks to the organizers and all the participants!

Hey, Stephane, good job on the interview for CTV News! Good story overall except for one little mistake (they called it the Tesla Roadster at the end).

(And that's my car in the background at 0:05 and my back at 1:38 :biggrin