National Plug-in Day report
Today I had fun at San Francisco’s at National Plug-in day event located at Crissy Field next to the Golden Gate Bridge. I counted ten Leafs, four Volts, three Teslas and five conversions, so we pretty much covered all the bases of “The Revenge of the Electric Car”.
The event was one of those held in 26 cities and was sponsored by Plug-in America, the Sierra Club, and the Electric Auto Association.
Marc Geller, speaking for Plug-in America, said that next year there will be cars from Ford, BMW, Fisker, and others at Plug-in Day. He introduced Laura Castellini from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Kitty Adams of Adopt a Charger. They had worked together to install a free charging station in the Crissy Fields parking lot, which Laura described as having “the most beautiful view of any charging station in the U.S.” Laura also described the wind turbines that will soon be installed to provide power to all the park facilities, including the charging station. Kitty stated that Adopt-a-charger would be installing free charging stations in 100 state parks, 24 state university campuses, and many museums. She thanked people for their support saying, “The world is run by people who show up,” and she added that she likes to live by the dictum, “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Eddie Scher of the Sierra Club’s “Beyond Oil” campaign spoke about the need to stop the Keystone XL pipeline and said, “The solution is right here,” pointing to all the electric cars. He said that we should far exceed President Obama’s goal to have 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015, and that he thought it would “be hard to find an internal combustion engine car by 2020.”
Avery Lewis of GetAround, a car sharing program and Forrest North of Plug Share, a program to share 220 charging station locations explained their programs to maximize electric vehicle use.
Here are some photos from the event:
Marc Geller from Plug-in America
Eddie Scher from the Sierra Club's Beyond Oil campaign
Avery Lewis and Forrest North of GetAround and PlugShare
Some of the cars on display
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