July 2023 Newsletter
Summertime brings many opportunities for different people. This summer found our chapter President, John Martinson, his wife Suzanne and daughter Eco venturing on an epic, nearly 11,000 mile, all-electric road trip!
Pictured is a photo of their Tesla Model X in front of the New Croton Dam in New York State.
During their trip, John maintained a daily blog, and our websmaster, Marc Wenning, kept our webpage up-to-date as the trip progressed. If you haven't yet, take the opportunity to check out his daily blog on our website.
John has provided a high-level recap of some stats from his trip below.
"From May 24 to July 25, 2023, we drove our 2023 Tesla Model X (fully loaded with luggage) on a round trip from Scottsdale, Arizona (USA) to visit 29 US States and 6 Canadian Provinces.
Here are the essential stats taken from vehicle via Teslafi Data Logger (with some rounding). A longer report with details will come later.
Total Miles Driven = 10,957
Total Kilometers Driven = 17,633
States visited (29)
Provinces visited (6)
Efficiency = 93% (Drive efficiency is calculated by divided the miles/kilometers driven by the rated/typical miles/kilometers used during the drive sessions)
Wh/mile = 287
Wh/km = 178
Cost of electricity (non-Tesla charges + Tesla Supercharges – free charges) = $392 (US)
Cost of electricity (non-Tesla charges + Tesla Supercharges – free charges) = $521 (CAN)
Average Temp = 72ºF/22ºC
Special thanks to Drive Electric NL."
Charge on!
Peter Culin
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If you're looking for a meet-up, be sure to check out our EVENTS PAGE on our website! We keep it up-to-date with all of the goings-on with our chapter. Below is a snapshot of what's planned, with more in the works!
August 26: Flagstaff "Escape the Heat" Event
September 9: Navajo Nation Fair EV Display
September 10: 1st Annual Patriot Day Celebration Car Show
September 23: National Drive Electric Week Ride and Drive (round 1)
October 1: National Drive Electric Week Ride and Drive (round 2)
October 21: EV's and Espresso
November 18: EV's and Espresso
December 16: EV's and Espresso
February 3, 2024: Concours in the Hills
May 3-5, 2024: Route 66 Fun Run
Scottsdale EVA Buzze Partnership
We are excited to announce Buzze has signed on as a new sponsor of the Scottsdale EVA!
Buzze connects EV drivers who don’t have a place to charge their EV at home with their neighbors who have a level 2 charger at home and are willing to let others use it.
Got questions? You can reach out to Buzze’s founder and CEO (and EVA member) Aaron Lieberman (aaron@buzze.biz) anytime. Click here to download the app!
ADOT held a virtual public meeting on July 18th on the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Deployment Plan 2023 Update.
Several of our members were in attendance. The meeting was recorded and is available online for anyone to view. There is a lot of excellent information available, and many good questions were asked by participants.
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