Electrify Expo Is This Weekend In Washington DC – Exhibitors Embody Tesla, Volvo, VW, Kia, BMW, & Extra

Electrical automobile expos current the proper alternative for extra individuals to see and expertise the attractive world of electrical mobility. I’ve been to a number of of those occasions in varied elements of the world, together with the Smarter Mobility Africa in South Africa, and Absolutely Charged Dwell in the UK. I actually beloved seeing individuals get to expertise the assorted autos at present, in addition to getting extra insights straight from the exhibitors.

Within the USA, Electrify Expo, the nation’s largest EV pageant, is on this weekend (22 & 23 July) and can present one other superior alternative for individuals of all ages to see a few of the coolest developments on the earth of electrical mobility. The Expo is being held in Washington DC at RFK Stadium Pageant Grounds. Attendees at Electrify Expo will trip, drive, and demo the world’s main electrical automobiles and vehicles alongside electrical bikes, e-bikes, e-scooters, e-skateboards, and extra. That is Electrify Expo’s first and solely cease in Washington DC for the 2023 tour season.

“The simplest approach to drive EV adoption is by placing individuals behind the wheel or on the seat of an EV, e-bike, e-scooter, or no matter kind of electrical automobile they’ve their eye on,” mentioned BJ Birtwell, CEO, and founding father of Electrify Expo. “Our tour will generate over 200,000 demo rides this 12 months and lots of of these first time EV customers will convert to going electrical proper at our pageant. We’re on the entrance strains of EV adoption and completely happy to be bringing all-electric enjoyable to DC on July 22-23.”

Organizers of the Expo say Electrify Expo Washington DC would be the second cease for Volvo’s new EX90 totally electrical SUV and the primary time the automobile is exhibited to the general public on the East Coast. The much-anticipated Volkswagen ID.Buzz can even proceed on the tour, with its eye-catching old-school VW bus look paired with “new-school gasoline.” The Polestar 3 SUV additionally made its debut at Electrify Expo San Francisco and can make the journey to DC for the primary time.

Electrical autos to look ahead to at Electrify Expo Washington DC embody:

• BMW: i7, iX xDrive50, iX M60, i4 eDrive 35, i4 eDrive 40, i4 M50
• Ford: Mach-E, F-150 Lightning
• Kia: EV9, EV6, Niro EV, Sportage
• Lexus: RZ
• Mitsubishi: Outlander PHEV
• Polestar: 2, 3
• Tesla: Fashions S, 3, X, Y
• Toyota: Prius Prime, Prius, Rav4 Prime, Sequoia Hybrid, Corolla Cross HV, BZ4X
• Volvo: EX90, All-electric XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge; Plug-in Hybrid XC60 Recharge and XC90 Recharge
• Volkswagen: ID.Buzz, ID.4

Along with automakers, Washington DC attendees will expertise thrilling e-bike, e-scooter, and different micromobility merchandise on two and 4 wheels from high manufacturers, together with:

• Bosch
• Bulls
• Gocycle
• LeMond
• Riese & Mueller
• Shandoka
• Tern
• and lots of extra

There was quite a lot of progress within the electrical automobile area over the previous 13 or so years for the reason that early mass manufacturing fashions, equivalent to the primary technology Nissan Leaf, had been launched. There have been only a few plug-in automobile fashions out there again then. I’m trying ahead to seeing all of the thrilling new merchandise on present.

Pictures courtesy of Electrify Expo

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