Westport EV Rally Sunday!

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Pick Up Your Westport Electric Car Club EV Rally Promo Cards!

Westport Electric Car Club EV rally promo cards designed by Miggs B can be found at the downstairs exit of the Westport Public Library, Westport Town Hall, Bobby Q's, Dragone Classic Motorcars, Ganola Bar & Java in Westport; Mrs Greens, Organic Gourmet and Lantern House in Wilton; Savor Healthy Pizza, Oak + Almond, Heroes Comics & Fat Cat Pie in Norwalk. Steam Bar Cafe at the Saugatuck train station, also Desi's Corner, Mario's Place, Ron's Barbershop, The Whelk, Rizzuto's, Downunder, Cocoa Michelle, Saugatuck Craft Butchery, Tarantino, CM Gourmet Market & Saugatuck Grain and Grape; Espresso Neat, Johnny's Records & Whole Foods in Darien; Mrs Greens, & A Timeless Journey comic book store, Volta & Plan B in Stamford; More locations to come... Check facebook event page for updates.

Westport Electric Car Club EV Rally

The Westport Electric Car Club 1st Annual EV Rally was held Saturday April 27th, 2013. The winner was Bruce Becker driving a BMW ActiveE. 

Second place went to Leo Karl III, president of KARL Chevrolet in New Canaan, and his navigator Jim Motavalli, green car writer for the New York Times, driving a GM Volt. 

33 vehicles entered. For a complete list see all the details here. 

For more pictures, please go to the Electrifying Times website.

Also pictures from Miggs Burroughs and Todd Tracy!

Saugatuck Charging Station Ribbon Cutting

Westport Electric Car Club EV Road Rally - April 27

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Westport Electric Car Club EV Road Rally will take place on Saturday, April 27th, 10 am to 3 pm.

Press Conference and Winner Circle held at 1:30pm, outside Blu Parrot restaurant.

www.westportelectriccarclub.com

The rally will start 10 am at the eastbound side of the Saugatuck Railroad Station (charging stations) with coffee to be provided for all who come.

The entrants must be plug-in hybrid or all electric vehicles and will leave for a designated 40 mile course.  

It will be a Time, Speed, Distance (TSD) rally. This video on YouTube explains.

The 3-hour rally tour will have several stopping points with a half-hour pit stop during the Fairfield Earth Day Celebration at Fairfield Warde High School. (11h15 am - 11h45 am)

The cars will complete their rally run at the Westbound side of the Saugatuck Railroad parking lot at which time awards will be presented to the winners.

To complete the festivities, a barbecue will be hosted by the Blu Parrot Restaurant with music and free sliders for all, from 1pm to 3 pm.

Auto dealers will have their electric vehicles for all to see.

Come join in for an exciting electric car event in Westport.

RSVP via Facebook.

Thanks to Dragone Classic Motorcars, Green Drinks, Robin Tauck Partners, Electrifying Times, Miggs B. Design, E magazine, Silver of Westport, Whole Foods Westport, The Whelk, Cell-Nique, Friezo Family Foundation, Toyota of Stamford, EVSE, Encon Solar, Karl Chevrolet, Sustainable America and many others...

Read more about the rally from Jim Motavalli's Green Wheels.

Print out Press Release (PDF)

Electric Car EV Rally Entrants - to date:

1 Barry Kresch ~ Chevy Volt
2 Aaron Schildkraut ~ Tesla Model S
3 Jack Mendelbaum ~ Chevy Volt
4 Nick Wiener ~ Chevy Volt
5 Bruce Becker ~ BMW ActiveE
6 Colleen Leth/Robin Tauck ~ Tesla Roadster
7 Robin Tauck ~ Tesla Model S
8 Richard Hanley ~ Chevy Volt
9 Demetrois Spantidos ~ Tesla Model S
10 Kathryn Koslow ~ Tesla Model S
11 Scott Thompson ~ Nissan Leaf
12 John Henessey ~ Tesla Model S
13 Sean Cina ~ Prius Plug-In
14 Ed Czizik ~ Prius Plug-In
15 Robert Smith ~ Tesla Model S
16 Frank Perkins ~ Prius Plug-In
17 Hamid Sami MD ~ Tesla Model S
18 Etta Kantor ~ Nissan Leaf
19 Jeremy Kranowitz ~ Fisker Karma
20 Nick Tiller ~ Tesla Model S
21 John Canning ~ Ford C-Max Energi
22 Michael Schlecter ~ Tesla Model S
23 Sam Vail ~ Smart EV
24 Gabriel Shenhar ~ Tesla Model S
25 Jackie Eskin ~ Nissan Leaf
26 Gary La Chance ~ Tesla Model S
27 Dan Ratner ~ Ford C-Max Energi
28 Leo Karl ~ Chevy Volt
29 Alex Marquin ~ Chevy Volt
30 Kyle Smith ~ Smart EV
31 Howard Kaplan ~ Tesla Model S
32 Joe Booth ~ Nissan Leaf
33 Emanual Logiadis ~ Chevy Volt

Photos from the rally posted in the Electrifying Times website.

Next day, April 28, attend the Bedford 2020 Car Show!