INTERNATIONAL DRIVE ELECTRIC WEEK

SATURDAY 26th September – SATURDAY 3rd October 2020

Register your interest: https://forms.gle/sBJmPFWg3uB7Pma39

Join other EV Owners on the ultimate South Island Road Tour as we travel counter-clockwise from Dunedin to Dunedin via Christchurch, Kaikoura, Nelson, Westport, Hokitika, Arthur's Pass, Fairlie, and Queenstown. 

Join in for the whole SI tour or just a section of it. Alternatively, take the ferry in Picton to catch up with the NI tour in Upper Hutt.

Don't have an EV that can go the distance?  Why not share a ride with friends. This tour is open to all EV owners/drivers and their families. You do not have to be a member of Leading the Charge.

This is a rally style tour, and all expenses will be your own. This means you can travel as cheaply or as posh as you like. We'll list motels that we aim to stay in, but booking these will be optional.

We'll be visiting some interesting places along the way, such as the Benmore Power Station.   

This year we will not be holding events at each stop, but if we get enough cars, we're sure to draw a crowd for some impromptu EV promotion. This is a fun week, for EV Owner camaraderie, and stretching your EV legs.

Register your interest by filling in the following basic questionnaire, so we can keep you informed. This does not oblige you to attend at this stage. https://forms.gle/sBJmPFWg3uB7Pma39 

2019 Great EV Road Trip - wine and cheese meet and greet at Hawkdun Rise Vineyard

2019 Great EV Road Trip - private tour of Manapouri Power Station

More details to follow and keep an eye out on our EV 2020 Road Tour page: https://www.leadingthecharge.org.nz/ltc_2020_road_tour 

INTERNATIONAL DRIVE ELECTRIC WEEK

SATURDAY 26th September – SATURDAY 3rd October 2020

Register your interest: https://forms.gle/sBJmPFWg3uB7Pma39

Join other EV Owners on the ultimate North Island Road Tour as we travel counter-clockwise from Auckland to Auckland via Hamilton, New Plymouth, Whanganui, Wellington, Feilding, Taupo, Tauranga, Coromandel and Thames.

Low range cars may start a day early to get to New Plymouth from Auckland. Join in for the whole NI tour or just a section of it. Alternatively, take the ferry in Wellington to catch up with the SI tour in Westport.

Don't have an EV that can go the distance?  Why not share a ride with friends. This tour is open to all EV owners/drivers and their families. You do not have to be a member of Leading the Charge.

This is a rally style tour, and all expenses will be your own. This means you can travel as cheaply or as posh as you like. We'll list motels that we aim to stay in, but booking these will be optional.

We've tried to make most days relatively short driving distances so that we have time to stop and visit some interesting places along the way. From wind farms to off-the-grid power stations, we'll even have a go at gold mining.  Visiting the Coromandel is a first for the Leading The Charge Road Tour.

This year we will not be holding events at each stop, but if we get enough cars, we're sure to draw a crowd for some impromptu EV promotion. This is a fun week, for EV Owner camaraderie, and stretching your EV legs.

Register your interest by filling in the following basic questionnaire, so we can keep you informed. This does not oblige you to attend at this stage. https://forms.gle/sBJmPFWg3uB7Pma39 

More details to follow and keep an eye out on our EV 2020 Road Tour page: https://www.leadingthecharge.org.nz/ltc_2020_road_tour 

Images from 2019 Great EV Road Trip: Picnic lunch at Wharerata. Joint dinner in Napier.

SPOILER WARNING: Results are contained in this blog

I can’t help feeling flat and disappointed in the third race of Formula E’s sixth season in Santiago. It was a scrappy race with 24 drivers on the grid and seven drivers not finishing.

New Zealander Mitch Evans in pole position held a confident lead right through to the 25th minute. But on advice from his team concerned about the car's temperature and energy remaining, he was encouraged to slow a bit. In addition, an unusual strategy, using both his 25 kW power-ups in the first 15 minutes, was something he would later regret.

DETAILS:

The Official Brochure for 2020 - updated

Registration Form

DATES:

Saturday 26th September – Saturday 3rd October 2020 
co-inciding with International Drive Electric Week

A fun, self-funded EV tour for EV Owners to meet and visit places of interest together.

Each island tour will run concurrently, but there is an opportunity to leave one group at Picton/Wgtn and carry on with the other group.

Results to end of May 2020 of the initial Register of Interest

NB: We have not confirmed attendance with any registered party as of June 1st, but will do so early this month.

More details here: North Island EV Tour,  South Island EV Tour