The Yarra Valley Community Power Hub and Healesville CoRE are hosting an Electric Vehicle (EV) Community Information Event this month to encourage Yarra Ranges residents to make the switch to environmentally sustainable EV’s.
The event will be held from 10.30am-1.00pm, Saturday 19 February 2022 at The Memo, 235 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville VIC 3777.
The event is headlined by key speaker Bryce Gaton, an EV writer and consultant who has been working in the EV sector for over 12 years. Mr Gaton writes for the Australian EV website The Driven and works for the University of Melbourne as the EV safety trainer and supervisor for their Formula Society of Automotive Engineers race team.
He will be joined by four other speakers: Kimjan Achilles, Trent Evans, Kym Saunders and Anton Vikstrom.
Mr Gaton said he can’t believe the number of myths circling about EV’s, such as their supposed lack of range and power.
“While several of them are fading away, others just refuse to die,” he said.
“I decided to list my Top Ten EV Urban Myths That Deserve To Die in the hope if I provide a collected set of simple, succinct answers to them. I will never need to answer these particular ones again.”
The event has indicated it will focus on the facts of EV’s: the types of electric vehicles available, the effect they have on the environment, the cost of buying and maintaining them, distances between recharges, charging stations available now, and much more. Attendees will learn about the latest developments in the renewable energy transport field here and overseas.
It will also mark the launch of a Community EV Bulk Buy. Partnered with the Good Car Company who imports second-hand electric vehicles from Japan, the Bulk Buy will make them available to Yarra Ranges community groups at really affordable prices. The Manager of the Good Car Company and speaker, Anton Vikstrom, will explain this initiative further at the event.
The event is supported by Yarra Ranges Council and Sustainability Victoria, on behalf of the Victorian Government who are preparing a Zero Emission Vehicle Roadmap to manage the transition.
