'20th Anniversary EV Fest Rally'
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1100394_norwegian-electric-car-clubs-scenic-driving-video-surprise-hit Norwegian Electric-Car Club's Scenic Driving Video: Surprise Hit By Stephen Edelstein Oct 8, 2015 [video https://youtu.be/ABvvcQTBeSI eRally Geiranger 2015: Taking electric vehicles out of town! Norsk Elbilforening Sep 14, 2015 The world´s best place for EV tourism - Boasting charging opportunities for more than 60 cars, we welcomed a crowd of EV drivers to world famous tourist spot Geiranger, Norway, says Christina Bu of Norsk elbilforening. Beyond 50 electric vehicles (called elbil in Norwegian) with more than 100 people on board, from all over the country, showed up for the EV festival based at historic Hotel Union and Norsk fjords enter in the last weekend of August. The world famous UNESCO World Heritage Site Geiranger was - unofficially - crowned the best developed place for EV tourism: The village with a population of about 250 now boasts more than one charging point for each tenth citizen. - This is probably a world record and the reason why we crown Geiranger as the best village in the world for EV tourism, says Christina Bu, secretary general of the Norwegian EV Association (Norsk elbilforening). The EV Festival also constituted the first part of the association's 20th anniversary (see fact file below). To promote development of charging infrastructure in rural areas, and at the same time EV tourism, this year´s event was located in scenic Geiranger. - With our EV festival we would, once again, like to place the focus on the EV not being just a metropolitan phenomenon. Last weekend we proved emissionfree EV tourism in a wonderful, rural scenery is not just possible. It is perfect, says Bu. Not only Norwegian EV drivers took their vehicles into the lovely fjord and mountain scenery last weekend: Harm Otten came all the way from the Netherlands to join the rally. An interview with Otten, in English, has been published on Norway´s most popular EV website (elbil.no): elbil.no/nyheter/elbilpolitikk/3617-from-holland-to-geiranger-in-his-renault-zoe After the grand opening of the charging park at Norsk fjordsenter, which now offers both quick charger (CHAdeMO and CCS) and 24 flexible charging stations (11-22 kW AC), all participating EVs took on the steep slopes to famous landmark Dalsnibba, situated 1,476 meters above fjord level. In addition a total of 34 temporary charging points made sure all participants at the festival were able to be fully charged. - There was no range anxiety at all, and EVs crowded the parking lot at busy Dalsnibba for a change - instead of just fossil fuelled cars and tourist buses, says Bu. In other words: The future also arrived at the famous landmark this Saturday. See large and scenic photo album from the EV festival on Flickr! FACT FILE: Norsk elbilforening Norsk elbilforening (Norwegian EV Association) was founded in November 1995. Norsk elbilforening´s primary goal is to promote zero emission transport solutions. We support the introduction of vehicles that run fully or partially on renewable energy. Norsk elbilforening is an independent consumer organization (NGO) and today has almost 27.000 members. Norway now has more than 60.000 battery electric vehicles (BEV) and around 7.000 plug-in hybrids (PHEV). This means 2,5 percent of the total passenger car fleet is now chargeable. images http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/electric-car-rally-in-geiranger-norway-image-norsk-elbilforening-via-flickr_100530089_l.jpg Electric-car rally in Geiranger, Norway / Norsk elbilforening via Flickr http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/electric-car-rally-in-geiranger-norway-image-norsk-elbilforening-via-flickr_100530087_l.jpg http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/electric-car-rally-in-geiranger-norway-image-norsk-elbilforening-via-flickr_100530088_l.jpg ] Thanks to aggressive government incentives and substantial charging infrastructure, Norway has the highest number of electric cars per capita of any country in the world. Now, some of that enthusiasm for electric cars is going viral. A video of a rally held by the Norsk elbilforening (Norwegian EV Association) last month has already garnered more than 25,000 views on Facebook and YouTube, the group points out. The video shows a convoy of around 50 electric cars driving through the town of Geiranger, and to the top of a nearby mountain--all in celebration of the group's 20th anniversary. Geiranger--population 250--has been unofficially crowned the "world's best place for EV tourism" by the Norwegian EV Association, because it has one charging station for roughly every 10 citizens. Club members made the most of Geiranger's scenic location, shooting a long line of electric cars climbing up a twisty mountain road. There are also several dramatic overhead shots that were taken from a drone. The convoy included a wide variety of electric cars, from Nissan Leafs to the popular Tesla Model S, as well as Tesla's earlier Roadster. The group also had a smattering of BMW i3, Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive, and Volkswagen e-Golf models. Viewers will also spot a few models not currently sold in the U.S., including the Renault Zoe and Twizy, and the Nissan e-NV200 van. This level of enthusiasm for electric cars among owners isn't unique to Norway, but no other country has such favorable government policies. Currently, electric-car buyers pay no registration fees, and several taxes on cars are waived or lowered. They also get free parking, free public charging, exemption from bridge tolls, and access to bus lanes. Some of the advantages are also circumstantial. Norway also generates 97 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, so the carbon footprint of the energy used to charge electric cars is much lower. And the majority of Norway's population lives and works within the capital city of Oslo or only a short distance away, making range anxiety less of an issue than in other countries. [© greencarreports.com] http://www.elbil.no/elbilforeningen/english-please/3634-25-000-have-watched-our-scenic-ev-video 25,000 have watched our scenic EV video Sist oppdatert 02. oktober 2015 [image http://www.elbil.no/images/aa-nyheter/T-2015-Q3/xblogg-20150930-forside_dalsnibba_800.jpg.pagespeed.ic.PC_TpfNCNw.jpg More than 50 electric vehicles crowded viewpoint Dalsnibba, almost 1,500 meters above fjord level. (Drone photo: Morten Henden Aamot) ] «Some of the best 2 mins you can spend today», «Wow! This is good» and «Amazing HD video of an EV rally in Norway!». It´s #throwbackthursday! The quotes are just a few people´s opinions in social media after watching our now world famous video from Geiranger. So if you haven't watched it already, we strongly recommend you do. The video was recorded during our EV festival just a month ago, and since we published on Facebook and YouTube it has been viewed more than 25,000 times. Our film shows breathtaking nature in a delightful combination with most EV models available on the Norwegian market, past and present, spanning from TH!NK and Buddy to Tesla Model S. Well, of course we also have to mention Nissan LEAF, Kia Soul, BMW i3, Nissan e-NV200, Renault Twizy, Mercedes-Benz B-Klasse ED, Mitsubishi i-MiEv, Renault Zoe, Volkswagen e-Golf, Citroën C-Zero and Tesla Roadster. They were all there. Playing more strings Rune Hole, on behalf of Norsk elbilforening, both arranged the event in Geiranger and made the film in cooperation with drone photographer Morten Henden Aamot and Arctic Coating AS. The latter usually delivers one of Norsk elbilforenings many member offers. But the guys involved are playing far more strings than detailing. [image] Sigurd Jøsevold Dons edited the movie in-between surgeries as he injured his hand right before the event. Iver Svardal was in charge of planning, organizing the film crew and co-producing with cinematographer Kristoffer Grindheim. Editor of elbil.no, Ståle Frydenlund, made sure text and voiceover was added to the final product. Delighted EV drivers Ole-Arthur Hegrenes, of Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, told us on our Facebook page that he was delighted to see their electric family car, a Volkswagen e-Golf featured in the film. Hegrenes and wife Anni took on the challenge, along with more than 50 other EV owners, also facing a bit of range anxiety on their way to the event. [image] After running almost empty at mountain pass Strynefjellet, just before the slopes down to Geiranger, it was smooth sailing. They also got to test the new fast charger first (picture). We were also delighted to welcome Dutchman Harm Otten to Geiranger. The Renault Zoe owner is of course also featured in the movie. A lot of pictures from the event were also posted on Instagram. Search the tag #erallygeiranger. For even more extensive footage, check out our Flickr account. [© 2015 Norsk elbilforening] ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/elbilforeningen/21028042595/in/photostream/ [images] Norsk Elbilforening Elbilfestival i Geiranger ... http://www.businessinsider.in/Norway-loves-electric-cars/articleshow/49200822.cms Norway loves electric cars Matt Rosoff Oct 2, 2015 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-EVA-nl-Norsk-elbilforening-Scenic-Driving-Video-tp4678072.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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
