{"id":2510,"date":"2016-09-10T23:51:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T06:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2016-09-10T23:51:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T06:51:09","slug":"national-drive-electric-week-2016-diamond-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/other-electric-cars\/national-drive-electric-week-2016-diamond-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"National Drive Electric Week 2016 &#8211; Diamond Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few years, I&#8217;ve always attended several of the National Drive Electric Week events throughout Southern California. \u00a0This year, the first EVent that we visited was in Diamond Bar at the Southern California Air Quality Management District.<\/p>\n<p>Drive Electric Week is happening Internationally now and have started today, September 10, 2016 and continues on until next week. \u00a0Our club, T<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Orange-County-Tesla-Club\/\">esla Owners Club of Orange County (formerly OC Tesla Club)<\/a>, will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Orange-County-Tesla-Club\/events\/233464945\/\">attending the event in Long Beach on September 17, 2016<\/a>. \u00a0However, we, as a family, try to hit several throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p>You can look up where the nearest one is to you on the <a href=\"https:\/\/driveelectricweek.org\/events-list.php\">driveelectricweek.org<\/a> site. \u00a0With 241 sites worldwide, here&#8217;s to hoping that the event grows even more.<\/p>\n<p>We took some great pictures of the event and set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHskGwkfdL\">Flickr album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"National Drive Electric Week 2016\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/albums\/72157672498278260\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8114\/28973612464_8678558f05_z.jpg\" alt=\"National Drive Electric Week 2016\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I chose our parking spot today to complete the Red, White, and Blue Classic Tesla Motors Model S parked on the edge of the event.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0466\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/29480308742\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/8\/7684\/29480308742_e2a35402ba_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0466\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re on the left, have to read it right to left to get Red, White, and Blue.<\/p>\n<p>Previous sessions at Diamond Bar had a lot more EV conversions. This year, I spotted only one EV conversion (parked by the Chevy Volt.)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3287\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/28973613524\/in\/album-72157672498278260\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8734\/28973613524_78aa52c2ff_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3287\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The owner of the BMW i3 put his car in what he called &#8220;presentation mode.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3290\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/29308767340\/in\/album-72157672498278260\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8256\/29308767340_af79ededb1_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3290\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some crazy Smart ED owner put a different kind of Range Extender (wind up version&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3293\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/28973618904\/in\/album-72157672498278260\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8074\/28973618904_3cb9720c80_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3293\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3294\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/28973619454\/in\/album-72157672498278260\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8542\/28973619454_11600a7343_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3294\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3295\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/29308771180\/in\/album-72157672498278260\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8592\/29308771180_b94d04bdba_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3295\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lots of Fiat 500es.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3296\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/28973619934\/in\/album-72157672498278260\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8253\/28973619934_b4642db441_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3296\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3297\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/28973620194\/in\/album-72157672498278260\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/9\/8666\/28973620194_19c0746cdc_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3297\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of the OC Tesla Club member&#8217;s Model X participated at this EVent.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3299\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/28973621244\/in\/album-72157672498278260\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8146\/28973621244_2e3beddb9e_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3299\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We had hoped to bring my wife&#8217;s Roadster to the event, but we found a puddle of coolant in the garage and didn&#8217;t want to risk it. Glad to see a couple of Roadsters here.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3302\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/29599064385\/in\/album-72157672498278260\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/9\/8173\/29599064385_38ea53c54b_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3302\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>More of the pictures from this event are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHskGwkfdL\">Flickr album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since one of the many questions that the public often ask at these events is &#8220;how far can you go with your EV.&#8221; Last year we went from <a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/2015\/05\/roadtripping-the-u-s-a-day-01\/\">Southern California to Maine<\/a>, this summer, we went to the Tesla Gigafactory Party, <a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/2016\/09\/the-long-way-round-day-01\/\">The Long Way Round<\/a>\u00a0via Vancouver, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few years, I&#8217;ve always attended several of the National Drive Electric Week events throughout Southern California. \u00a0This year, the first EVent that we visited was in Diamond Bar at the Southern California Air Quality Management District. Drive Electric Week is happening Internationally now and have started today, September 10, 2016 and continues &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/other-electric-cars\/national-drive-electric-week-2016-diamond-bar\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National Drive Electric Week 2016 &#8211; Diamond Bar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14,19,21,22,23],"tags":[58,270,299,311,541,542,547,548,592,644,723,733,734,742],"class_list":["post-2510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-electric-cars","category-public-charging-station","category-tesla","category-tesla-model-s","category-tesla-model-x","category-tesla-roadster","tag-58","tag-diamond-bar","tag-electric-car","tag-ev","tag-national-drive-electric-week","tag-national-drive-electric-week-2016","tag-ndew","tag-ndew2016","tag-other-electric-cars","tag-revolution","tag-tesla","tag-tesla-model-s","tag-tesla-model-x","tag-tesla-roadster"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}