Hey that's me in the video! LOL
It was such a fantastic experience and really cool to see the potential of the Lightning. It sounds like they may take the Switchgear around the country so others can get a look at it and maybe some places will get ride-alongs.
Oh great, Elaine from the EVA was messaging us about it yesterday.
I'm glad you got connected and are taking your Lightning. Since we hadn't found a Lightning by yesterday afternoon, we started reaching out to Tesla folks. Glad there will be a Lightning!
Pittsburgh friends with a ⚡️Lightning or Mach-E⚡️. Last minute shenanigans have appeared!⭐️ Route Zero is looking for someone to put their Ford EV on display on Monday morning at the Great Lawn for their big event with the Mayor. ⭐️ Your ride would be on display from 9am to about noon. Please...
I'm still not sure when each stop will be along the way. The person that is coordinating the vehicles is Elaine Borseth with the Electric Vehicle Association. Her email is [email protected].
I thought they might post more details on their website, but it is still missing a lot of info -...
They are still working out the dates (which is sorta unbelievable). It starts tomorrow in Santa Monica.
We're going to collaborate with the Electric Vehicle Association to Livestream the kickoff event. They have a Lightning and Rivian R1S lined up for that.
To highlight the benefits of EVs, there is a coast to coast drive starting next week in Santa Monica that will end in Washington DC in May. It is sort of a relay event and they are looking for owners/drivers for parts of the route. There will also be a few media events along the way. If you are...
Any SoCal Lightning owners want to be part of something called Route Zero? Is a coast to coast drive in an EV starting next week at the Santa Monica Pier. They are looking for a Lightning owner to drive the first leg. Send me a message for full details and contact info.
Here's the final update I sent to those that RSVPd -
Date: April 15th - THIS SATURDAY!!
Time: 9am until Noon(ish)
Location: EV Learning Center
(1784 La Costa Meadows Dr, Suite 106, San Marcos, CA 92078)
Shareable links:
https://machevlog.com/southern-california-ford-ev-meetup/...
I haven't gotten word if the engineer is from software or powertrain or whatever. I think it is going to be whoever gets the short end of the draw and has to spend his Saturday with us. LOL
Thanks!
We've had some help from the EV Learning Center and Ford on this one. I just confirmed that we should have two reps from their Model E division and an EV engineer at the event!
More updates!
We'll have a couple of reps from Ford Model E to answer questions about Ford EVs. We'll also have EV-Vida, an EV accessory company, that will have some products for sale and doing some giveaways. And, we'll have The Electric Bike Company on site with some of their electric...
I setup a webpage where you can see the details and RSVP. I'll post updates there but I will continue to update this thread as well.
https://machevlog.com/southern-california-ford-ev-meetup/