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This year's Electric Vehicle "Sociability Run," will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the original EV rally, about 65 miles northwest of the original site. This year, electric-vehicle enthusiasts will meet up in Charles Town, WV - and not Washington, DC - on June 7 to toast their slice of EV Nation and take to the roads. In fact, Ground Zero will be the American Public University System (APUS) Solar Parking Lot, which has 14 charging stations alone, all powered by the sun.

From there, participants can choose from one of three itineraries that will take the drivers across the Maryland border about seven miles away. One of the itineraries is especially designed for Tesla Model S owners who can recharge with the Supercharger in Hagerstown, MD. And then brag about it to the other drivers.

The tour marks the 100th Anniversary of the first Electric Sociability Run, which took place in 1914 and included 54 electric vehicle owners taking their vehicles on a 14-mile jaunt from Rock Creek Park to central Washington, DC. That trip took a leisurely 75 minutes. Last year, the 99th Anniversary version was based out of the nation's capital.

Lanny Hartmann, one of the event's organizers, said there was good reason to change the location of this year's tour. "Since modern EV's are speedier, we decided to make a run in about the same hour and 15 minutes it took them," Hartmann wrote in an e-mail to AutoblogGreen. "Also, one of the goals of the organizers of the early Sociability Runs was to prove the 'country-running ability' of electrics to both prospective buyers and even to those who already had them."

Check out the press release on the event below and link to the event page here.Continue reading EV Sociability Run returns to celebrate 100th anniversary

EV Sociability Run returns to celebrate 100th anniversary originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 20 May 2014 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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