EVA Events
Proposed 2011 Detroit Auto Show - Club Trip
The Three Rivers EVA is trying to put together a club trip to the 2011 Detroit Auto Show.
Specific details and final cost has not been determined. It really depends on how many people are interested in going.
The basic idea is as follows:
Take a charter bus to Detroit. Go to Detroit Auto Show in afternoon and stay as long as you like (show open until 10:00 PM). Stay overnight at a downtown hotel. Go back to Detroit Auto Show in morning and stay until 3:30 PM or so. Bus picks group up from Auto Show to return home.
You do not need to be a member of the club to go on this trip.
If you would be interested in this trip - please contact Bonnie Belak at PA Electrics 724-387-8210.
Electric Auto Association Events
The following are some events that are being promoted by the Electric Auto Association and other chapters of the Electric Auto Association:
Past Events
Tesla Roadsters visit Export, PA
The Renew America RoadtripTM was "America's first green charity drive coast-to-coast in an all-electric sportscar." They drove from New York to California, starting on July 15th and ending July 31st, 2009.
The Three Rivers EVA and PA Electrics sponsored the "Driving America Green - Charity Festival and Car Cruise" on Friday, July 17, 2009, to coincide with the visit of the Tesla Roadsters. The event was held at the Export Firemen's Pavilion and featured a live Christian Rock Band called "Tuck". Money was raised at the event for the Export Flood Fund.
Maddy of the Renew America Roadtrip and members of the Three Rivers EVA around the Blue Tesla at the Driving America Green - Charity Festival and Car Cruise. Also in the picture is Cliff Metcaff, President of the Piedmont Carolina EVA who drove up in his Toyota Prius for the Festival.
Our club had a great time hosting the Renew America Roadtrip!
Power of One Solarcar
Visited the Three Rivers EVA on June 7, 2009
The Power of One Solarcar meet several members of the Three Rivers EVA in Pittsburgh, on their trip back to the Arctic Circle. We were able to get KDKA to stop by and interview Marcelo (the driver) about the car. If you look closely when he is talking you will see four of our club members in the background during the solar car video.
Our club treasurer also took video of Marcelo getting into the car to take it for a spin around the block for the KDKA cameraman. She posted the Power of One Solarcar video on YouTube.
She also took photos, which she posted on her Flickr account of the Power of One Solarcar visit.
After the cameraman left, Marcelo wanted to move to a sunnier spot, because the tall buildings were blocking most of the direct sunlight. So we drove over to the Carnegie Science Center and parked in their lot. While the solar car was charging, a professor from CMU pulled up in his RAV4 EV. He was attending the premier for the RoboWorld exhibit at the Carnegie Science Center. The Xof1 chase crew followed him inside, and after talking with the event organizers, they asked us to move the solar car over to the entrance, so that their guests could come out and look at the solar car. We also were able to go inside and check out the robot exhibit.
Here is the Xof1 blog from the visit.
Spirit of DC
Visited the Three Rivers EVA in July 2008
The Spirit of DC and EVJerry stopped by to visit with members of the Three Rivers EVA over the Labor Day weekend. For more details about the visit - check out the Spirit of DC blog.
You can also check out our Club Treasurer's Flickr account for more photos of the Spirit of DC visit.
The Spirit of DC outside of the PA Electrics shop - where the Three Rivers EVA meets on the third Saturday of each month.
EVJerry and the Spirit of DC (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) got to meet the PA Electric (three-wheeled All Electric) Xebra.
The Spirit of DC is a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle that has traveled All Around America!
The Spirit of DC invites you to join them in their effort to teach the public about plug-in vehicles and the power of electricity in automobile transportation. Their first objective was to visit each state and demonstrate in a "show & tell" fashion the practicality of PHEVs.