Wednesday 29 May 2013

Electric Avenue 2013 - Seen by Many, Enjoyed, and Sad to see it wrap!

With all committed exhibitors making it on site - this was a first - in that 100% of Committed Exhibitors made it on site, and while the Tesla's drew some of the biggest crowd - all the vehicles got traction from the Students, Guests, and Visitors! It was difficult to end the show at 3 PM to start the Load Out - as guests wanted to spend more time discussing the Vehicles, Components, and Electric Vehicle Ideas!

We managed a quick and smooth exit plan - thanks to all the exhibitors and good timing so as to not interfere with Formula North Competitors coming back into the Arena from the Track!

Many thanks to Formula North and the 35 Formula Racing Teams that also provided a large part of our guest and visitor base for Electric Avenue 2013! Not just as curious visitors, but knowledgeable investigators!

With 3 OEM Electric Vehicles and 3 Electric Vehicle Conversion Projects in varying states of completion - plus Electric Vehicle Memberships offered, and EV Conversion components on display from Darius and Stefan - there was a nice, simple spread of ideas to review at this - our First "Electric Avenue!"

A Special Thank you to those who attended and supported Formula North 2013 and Electric Avenue 2013!

If you would like to see a return of Electric Avenue for 2014 - please send in your thoughts to us at our General Email - at evfest@evfest.ca as shown on our Contact Us page. If you registered to attend Electric Avenue 2013 - you should by now have received a Survey about Electric Avenue with a request to respond! If that has not been received and you would like to complete it - also advise us in an email to the same contact email above.

Thanks once again!

Robert Weekley
Electric Avenue 2013.

Monday 20 May 2013

New Menu Items Added, Exhibitors, Flyers, Charging Places!

Check out the new additions on the Electric Avenue Websitehttp://electricavenue.evfest.ca/!

There is now listed the Electric Avenue 2013 Exhibitors and their Floor Plan, Places to charge EV's in general, as well as Nearby, and the Flyer for Formula North 2013!

The menu has also been tweaked in style and added to the bottom of the page - so as you go through the site - you don't have to scroll back to the top more than required.

While you can just show up at Formula North 2013 - and pay the $5 Gate fee for any of the four days - May 23rd to May 26th - if you register at Electric Avenue's Registration Page - we can contact you for advising you about EV Fest 2013 - a Much Bigger Electric Vehicle Show - with more OEM Support, and more Dealers Support - plus more EV Conversions and other exhibits on this subject as well!

Check out the Exhibitors list from EV Fest 2012, or the Exhibitors List from EV Fest 2011!


Wednesday 8 May 2013

Electric Avenue 2013 gets its First Flyer, Updated Map, Menu added!

OK - it's not yet pretty - but the Electric Avenue Web Site got a bit of an addition today, with the addition of the Grounds and Arena Map - Linked as pdf files for printing, as well as the first Electric Avenue 2013 Flyer.

The Existing Map - on the index page - was shrunk and redone yesterday with a link out to a second page - and that was then redone with a staged 'Zoom in Effect' on the Google Map image, followed by a final Satellite View image for the Grounds at Barrie Molson Centre.

Then I decided to create a quick Menu for the two pages to link out to the Flyer, Map, and Grounds/Arena Map.

Like I said - it was a last minute thought - but it gets the required content accessible!

The only ticketing remaining open on our site now is for Guests, and that comes with a note to register before May 15th - if you want to be notified in time to acquire Multiple Day Tickets for Formula North 2013.

Friday 3 May 2013

New Registration Choice Added for Electric Avenue 2013

One Backup option was just added to the Registration for Electric Avenue 2013 Exhibitor Interest.

Since not everyone can respond in the required timely manner - and some just love to wait to the last minute - I have added "Electric Avenue 2013 Exhibitor Interest (Intention - Last Minute Notification)" to the Ticketing on http://electricavenue2013.eventbrite.ca/ - and on the embedded ticketing portion added to http://electricavenue.evfest.ca/.

The choice to charge $25.00 Plus Fees is to encourage a reduction in Last Minute Registrants!

The notes attached to that ticket state:

  • If you want to Exhibit at Electric Avenue 2013 - but decided too late, Here is a little motivation to try earlier next time - and to cover our last minute organizing costs. It is in addition to the Exhibitor Registration Fees from Formula North, and is Non-Refundable. This option expires at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013, to give you time to complete your Payment and Registration to Formula North by May 10th, 2013.

It might be a little unusual to charge such a late fee, but not all that much, considering most of those who miss the Friday Regular Deadline have been notified of this event - repeatedly for some time now - beginning in January, 2013, and have yet to respond. So if suddenly they decide to come - here is a little motivation to plan better for such events, instead of putting more pressure on all the organizers.

As they have known for some time also - this event is held in conjunction with Formula North - and they have had the tools on their site to complete the Exhibitor Registration with them - visible now for some time!

Hopefully everyone will get in line by tonight instead of paying extra for getting behind the 8-Ball!






Thursday 2 May 2013

Electric Avenue 2013 Gets its very own web page!

After being busy with the PlugShare Blog since late February, I finally got on to put out a simple - if not elegant - web page for Electric Avenue 2013!

The Actual Page URL = http://electricavenue.evfest.ca/ and is where I will add information that will be changing rapidly over the next few days - plus adding Posts to the Electric Avenue Blog. The changing Information will be to share who has planned on coming and exhibiting at Electric Avenue - and Committed to Formula North for there payment and contract terms.

We are now just 24 days away from Electric Avenue 2013 - and if you have not registered your intention to attend, but would like to be there - now would be a great time!

What we know at present - is there is in the planning to be both Models of the Tesla Motors Product Line on Display - both a Roadster and a Model S. There may be more than one of at least one of those!

Call and email your Favorite EV Fest Exhibitor from 2011 or 2012, and let them know you'd like to see them here! Sent them one of the links above, or this one for Electric Avenue 2013 - http://electricavenue2013.eventbrite.ca/.