DRIVE Electric Arizona, City of Phoenix, Valley of the Sun Electric Vehicle Association, Wells Fargo and Valley of the Sun Clean Cities Coalition partnered together to bring to Phoenix its premier D.E.E.M. event!
This Event featured featured the donation of a new Kia Niro EV to a Gold Star Spouse and her children, courtesy of Wells Fargo and the Military Warriors Support Foundation Transportation4Heroes program. It was a great honor to be a part of this special event! It was a beautiful ceremony and real highlight of the day.
Vehicles that were offered for ride and drive:
Cadillac Lyriq, Chevrolet Bolt, Chevrolet Bolt EUV, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Ford Mustang Mach-e, Ford F-150 Lightning, Kia EV9, Lucid Air, Nissan Ariya, Nissan LEAF, Polestar 2, Rivian R1S, Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model 3 Highland, Tesla Model Y, Tesla Model S.
The most popular vehicles in terms of number of drives were the Kia EV9 and Rivian R1S.
Static vehicles for display included:
BMW i4, BMW iX, Cadillac Lyriq, Chevrolet Silverado EV, Chevrolet Bolt, Chevrolet Bolt EUV, Ford F-150 Lightning, including one towing a Polaris RZR, Ford E-Transit Van, Lexus RZ450e, Lucid Air, Rivian R1T, Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model Y, Kia Niro EV, Nissan Ariya, Ford Mustang Mach-e, Hyundai Ioniq 5, and Volvo XC40 Recharge.
A huge THANK YOU to our vendors and partners who supported us this year:
Salt River Project, Green Living Magazine, American Lung Association, Bike Barn, Courtesy Automotive Group, San Tan Ford, Tesla, and SunBeam Solar EV.
The event was held in the same facility as a highly attended, established farmer's market which has thousands of visitors each and every Saturday.
Photo credit: Shaun Barnette, Grace Toughill, Marc Wenning, Scott Toughill, Don Covert
Shaun Barnette, board member and volunteer, captures the essence of our vehicle display.
Marc Wenning, board member and webmaster, films a flyover of the event as it's getting ready to start