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http://www.metronews.ca/news/ottawa/2015/08/13/electric-cars-take-the-spotlight-at-ottawa-evday.html Ottawa EVDay celebrates electric cars on Sparks Street By: Michael Woods Aug 12 2015 [image / Michael Woods/Metro http://www.metronews.ca/content/dam/thestar/uploads/2015/8/13/cars.jpg Passersby look in the empty front of a Tesla Model-S, a 100 per cent electric car. The vehicle was on display at the corner of Sparks and O'Connor streets as part of Ottawa EV Day, an electric vehicle test drive and showcase organized by the Ottawa Centre EcoDistrict. ] Electric cars had their time to shine on Sparks Street Thursday, with some even available for a test drive. Ryan Spears is used to people staring at his Tesla Model-S. He really doesn’t mind. “People that own these cars really don’t mind talking about them. It’s part of the ownership,” he said. “I love talking about the car.” The Ottawa software engineer got the chance to talk a lot about his 100 per cent electric sports car Thursday afternoon. It was on display at Sparks and O’Connor streets as part of EVDay, an electric vehicle test drive and showcase. A major talking point was the open hood, which revealed nothing but empty storage space and a spot for windshield wiper fluid. Spears was an early Tesla adopter; he bought the car in March 2013. It gets 450 kilometres per charge, so he only ever has to plug it in at home – as he calls it, “a cell phone on wheels.” “I wouldn’t go back to paying for gas. When you don’t have to think about putting gas in your car you get up every day, you just get up and drive,” he said. The Tesla Model-S starts at just over $94,000, but there were plenty more affordable options on display along Sparks Street as part of EVDay, organized by the Ottawa Centre EcoDistrict along with the Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa. There were also electric cars on O’Connor Street ready to be test-driven by anyone with a driver’s licence. Drivers could choose between the Mistubishi i-MiEV and the BMW i3, which are 100 per cent electric cars, and plug-in hybrids Ford C-Max Energi and Chevrolet Volt. “The big thing about electric vehicles is they’re really cool to drive,” said Ron Groves of Plug n Drive, a Toronto-based non-profit that promotes the adoption of electric cars. “They’re a much different, more pleasurable experience than a regular gas-powered car.” [© metronews.ca] ... http://evco.ca/ Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Darryl+McMahon%22+electric&tbm=isch For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVent-EV-ride-n-drives-EcoDistrict-EV-Day-tp4677139p4677144.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
