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What's the best way to spend a summer day in California? If you're an electric vehicle enthusiast, there can only be one answer: the annual Refuel event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This is the second year I've been fortunate enough to attend - thanks to an invitation from Speed Ventures, the outfit behind this battery-powered extravaganza - and both times it's rocked my socks.
I want to tell you all about the 2014 edition and what you might expect to experience should you attend next year, but first, this mea culpa: I am a disgrace to my profession. Having been offered the opportunity to drive a car from EV West around this iconic race track, I declined. This act of heresy is on par with the Pope refusing to enter the pearly gates, content to watch the faithful file in from the vantage point of purgatory.

I could have even just taken their awesome electrified BMW M3 for a few quick rips around the new autocross course, but I balked at that too. And for all this, I am sorry. So, very, very sorry.Continue reading Refuel 2014: the best way to spend a summer's day in California

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