Hey folks, I am in charge of getting electric car drivers to a parade, so I hope those of you with Volts in the Southern California area will participate! I’d love to meet you, and it’s a super fun way to celebrate plug in cars, educate America on how great they are, and hang out with other EV owners who love their cars as much as you do. 

It is National Plug In Day on Sunday, October 16 and Plug In America , Sierra Club and Electric Auto Association are sponsoring EV celebrations around the country. Here in Santa Monica, we are having a parade! If you live farther away, check out this website for an event near you, or organize your own!

The Los Angeles parade begins at 10am from the Santa Monica Civic Center along Main Street, but the program begins at 9:30am with a short talk by Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car? and Revenge of the Electric Car. Drivers will be asked to arrive at 8am, but don’t worry you wont be bored. You’ll have fun checking out all other electric vehicles and chatting with folks who share your enthusiasm.

This is not the first EV parade, but we want it to be the biggest!  In January, 2009, Plug In America organized the Inaugural Parade West, to celebrate the new president’s commitment to putting plug-in vehicles on the road. 78 vehicles - Teslas, RAVs EVs, several brands of motorcycles and dirt bikes, a converted Hummer, a plug-in hybrid bus, the Balqon truck (hauls 60,000 pounds at the Port of LA) were festooned with flowers, flags, posters and signs proclaiming how many gas-free miles each had gone. That parade was the biggest convocation of battery powered vehicles in the world, but less than three years later we now have thousands of Volts and Leafs on the road, Fisker has begun to ship its Karma, and Coda has started taking orders for its electric sedan. Why not aim for over 150 vehicles for this first National Plug In Day celebration?  

Please email me This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you have an EV to drive in the Santa Monica parade. A couple hours of hangin’ out with passionate advocates and other early adopters, being part of history in the making. What could be more fun?

If you live closer to Orange County, email Linda Nicholes at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to take part in the Tailgate without Tailpipes Meet-up and Drive-away at the Orange Library that afternoon.

If you live farther away, but still want to celebrate electric vehicles, go to this site.

Let's show the world the beauty of driving faster,smoother, cheaper and cleaner!

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