Saturday, November 23, 2024, vehicle owners, volunteers and guests made their way to our newest sponsor, Serenity EV, in Surprise for our monthly rally, followed by a group drive and lunch at Sip at the Ranch in Goodyear.

Serenity EV owners John and Josh gave us a tour, and even showcased some new diagnostic gadgets, demonstrating new and exciting technologies now available for troubleshooting our computers on wheels. With two lifts in the their shop, and lots of clean workspace, this is a great facility for repair work on virtually any electric vehicle.

Surprisingly, the most popular vehicle was the Fisker Ocean! Count: FIVE of them. Two of them were red, which happen to be the only two such red specimens in all of Arizona.

Not to be outdone, though… also featured was a Mazda MX-30 - only one of two such vehicles in all of Arizona - no matter the color.

Several demo drives were given in a Rivian R1T, Rivian R1S and Fisker Ocean. One of the Fisker owners allowed one of our board members, who previously owned a Fisker Karma, to take the Ocean for a spin and use the “boost” feature, which further blasts the car to hyper speeds. It was the first time this owner had ever used its boost, and interestinly, the car is limited to only 500 uses of boost in its entire life cycle.

It was exciting to see many new faces and some never seen before vehicles.

Present today: BMW i4, Cadillac Lyriq, Chevrolet Bolt (2), Chevrolet Bolt EUV, Fisker Ocean (5), Ford Mustang Mach-E, Honda Prologue, Hyundai Ioniq 5, Mazda MX-30, Rivian R1S, Rivian R1T (2), Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model S (2)

A special THANK YOU to Serenity EV for welcoming us into their space, and for Scott and Amanda Toughill, West Valley Coordinators, for making lunch happen at Sip at the Ranch.

Photo Credit: Rachel Culin, Peter Culin