Electric Vehicle Event Success in Hungerford

Hungerford’s first Electric Vehicle event on Saturday 3 July, organised by HEAT (Hungerford Environmental Action Team) was a great success with several hundred people visiting to find out more about owning an electric vehicle (see video below).

Around 30 electric vehicles gathered (very quietly) on the Green together with electric bikes and motorbikes. About half belonged to local people who had kindly given up their day to show their cars and take the time to explain how they make ownership of an EV work for them. There were also commercial exhibitors with their new EVs and plenty of information on hand to help answer questions.

There were also electric bikes available to test drive around the Croft as demonstrated by Helen and Henry from HEAT below.

Helen Simpson, Mayor of Hungerford opened the event and later declared it “a huge success!. I heard so much positivity as I walked around.” Other visitors have said that the event has convinced them to chose an EV when they next need to buy a car.

We would like to thank everyone who brought vehicles, John Downe for a great feat of organisation, all the HEAT Team and the Hungerford Club for the refreshments and BBQ.

If you missed the event, please see this Beginner’s Guide to Electric Vehicles

Vehicles on display included:

Audi Q4 e-tron – Newbury Audi

BMW i3 and Mini-e – Dick Lovett Hungerford

Ford Mustang Mach-E – Peter Stirland Ford Hungerford

Honda-e – Marshall Honda Newbury

Maxus eDeliver 3 Van – GoGreen Autos, Lyford, Wantage

Mazda MX-30 – MotorLux Wantage

Mercedes EQA – Sandown Mercedes Newbury

Nissan Leaf and NV200 Van – Motorline Nissan Newbury

Renault Zoe ZE-50 – Martins Reading

Volvo XC-40 Recharge – Fawcetts Volvo Newbury

VW ID.3 – Marshall Volkswagen Newbury

Stag Motorcycles Newbury – various electric motorbikes

E-Motion Swindon – various e-bikes

The following models were also exhibited by private owners: Jaguar I-Pace, Kia e-Niro and Soul EV, MG ZS-EV, Mini-e, Nissan Leaf – 2 model generations, Polestar 2, Renault Zoe, Tesla Models S, X and 3, Toyota Mirai (Hydrogen Fuel Cell), Vauxhall Corsa-e and VW ID.3.

If you would like to contact owners about these cars please contact organiser John Downe on john@downehome.com