THE 1st ANNUAL NORTH
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE FESTIVAL, COSTUME PARTY AND PARADE. (EV
FEST WINDSOR 2014) September 27 & 28, 2014 at the Riverfront Festival Plaza
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The weather will be great, live bands In the
Pocket and Big Sexy will be providing the Motown and Classic Rock jams. . .Armando's pizza, and a few of their other
choice specialties will whet your appetite, and Walkerville Brewery will quench
your thirst. . .
You can also enjoy your choice of smokables in
our FEVER Association coctail lounge and cigar bar located trackside along the
world's most scenic 24-hour-race back-stretch. . .
The FEVER Association,
in conjunction with dozens of local, regional, national, and international
sponsors, is pleased to announce "EV FEST WINDSOR 2014". A highly
interactive "Guinness" World Record setting electric vehicle (EV)
special event. (full details at EVFestWindsor.com)
In addition to that, the
FEVER Association (currently the only timing and scoring entity on earth who
has successfully claimed 2 EV world records) will be conducting the timing and
scoring for the following:
Sponsored by Daymak
Windsor, Local driver John Harris will be attempting the "Longest distance
in 24 hours on a mobility scooter" record, while Bonnie Bieber (Justin's
aunt) will be riding a Segway in her attempt to win her second record for the "Longest distance in 24 hours on
a personal transporter" which is a brand new category that the Fever
Association has opened with "Guinness", just for this event.
This is also the world's
most interactive event of its kind in that the general public will be able to
drive any of the many types of EV's on site, as well as their own vehicle
either on the 200 metre track for light EVs, or any of the many electric cars available
to be test driven on public streets.
The way this event works
is to utilize crowd-funding in that they will pay $2 a lap, or $20 a dozen to
drive on the track while history is being made, to benefit several selected
local charities, and pay for the 10 new Sun Country Highway car chargers that
will be distributed throughout this community. This is to encourage EV usage,
infrastructure, and build jobs and eco-tourism in our region. Current
recipients are Freeds, The Lighting Boutique, Carpenters local 494, Infinite
signs, Z's Auto, Armando's Pizza, Daymak Windsor, and possibly Walkerville
Brewery. Other recipients will be announced at the event.
Door prizes including 1
Triumph electric bike will also be won and (Since this is also a costume themed
event) there will also be prizes for best costumes, provided by the Party
Warehouse.
There will be
entertainment throughout the event, with a grand finale costume party
immediately following the parade, (At 2
pm Sunday Sept 28) which is also attempting all 4 "Guinness"
"Most EV's in a parade" categories. This will proceed from the
staging area at the foot of the Ambassador Bridge and then along the very
scenic riverfront pathway and back to Festival Plaza, pursuant to "Guinness"
specs.
The 24 hour endurance
challenge opening ceremonies are at 11:30
am, Saturday Sept 27, and the "24 hours of FEVER" event begins at
noon sharp and will run non-stop until noon
sharp Sunday, Sept 28. The parade begins at 2 pm, immediately following.
Also a new event has
just been added. On Tuesday Sept 30
at 10 am, the Motor City contingent of the Sun Country Highway E-Mazing Race
will also launch from this site, sometime after the parade, and more info on
that is available on the Sun Country Highway website. This is to celebrate the
world's longest electrified highway.
by Alan Halberstadt www.alanhalberstadt.com
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