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Drive Electric Earth Month 2026

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It's that time of year again!   Coinciding with Earth Day (an event held on April 22 every year since 1970), Drive Electric Earth Day was started in 2019, as a spring event to accompany the long-running fall event by the same organizers, National Drive Electric Week . Both events have now expanded to a month, to allow even more events and give event organizers more scheduling freedom. Now that April is here, it's time for a rundown of the Drive Electric Earth Month events that are happening on or near Route 66 this year. Like last year at the Fun Run, a great variety of EVs will be on display at DEEM events this year.   LA County, CA - Thursday April 2 South Whittier Library 11543 Colima Rd Whittier, CA 90604 The LA County ISD is hosting the South Whittier Library Resource Fair with 10 partner organizations, featuring EVs on display, door prizes and refreshments. Las Vegas, NV - Saturday April 4 Allegiant Stadium Polaris Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89118 Las Vegas, NV 89118 All-...
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2025 Year in Review

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Long time, no see! It's been a rough year for Electric Route 66, so the blog has taken a back seat to life. Complicated things like major medical issues and deaths in the family have kept our travel limited this year, but I wanted to get a solid post in for the end of 2025 covering some of the highlights of our EV and Route 66 activity. Congratulations in advance if you make it all the way through this post; buckle up and maybe grab a snack because this is the longest post I've ever written, by far!   It's all fun and games until someone falls out of the hole. First, hardware. Our road trip car The Blue Spirit has been showing its age a little; it's still running great but the range is down to under 230 miles, more than 25% below its original EPA range estimate of 310 miles. This is a bigger drop than typical for a Tesla Model 3, but we do drive it with abandon. As my Dad would have put it, it's frequently been "rode hard and put away wet." Odometer mileag...
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