**** HRM Media Release
Municipality hosting electric vehicle test drive events
In partnership with Next Ride and the Clean Foundation, the Halifax Regional Municipality is hosting a series of electric vehicle (EV) test drive events across the region, beginning Thursday, May 18 through to the month of July.
The municipality is hosting events to promote the use of electric vehicles, in alignment with HalifACT – our long-term climate action plan to reduce emissions and help communities adapt to changing climate.
Events are being hosted as follows:
Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library (7900 Nova Scotia Trunk 7, Musquodoboit Harbour)
Thursday, May 18 – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Woodlawn Public Library (31 Eisener Boulevard, Dartmouth)
Friday, May 19 – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sheet Harbour Public Library (22756 Highway 7, Sheet Harbour)
Wednesday, May 24 – Noon to 3 p.m.
40 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
Wednesday, June 14 – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
RBC Centre (259 Commodore Drive, Dartmouth)
Wednesday, June 14 – 3 to 6 p.m.
Captain William Spry Community Centre (16 Sussex Street, Halifax)
Thursday, June 15 – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Chocolate Lake Recreation Centre (1014 Purcells Cove Road, Halifax)
Thursday, June 15 – 3 to 6 p.m.
Sackville Sports Stadium (409 Glendale Drive, Lower Sackville)
Friday, June 16 – 3 to 6 p.m.
Wallace Lucas Community Centre Building (596 Lucasville Road, Lucasville)
Friday, June 16 – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Canada Games Centre (26 Thomas Raddall Drive, Halifax)
Sunday, June 25 – 3 to 6 p.m.
St. Margaret’s Bay Centre (12 Westwood Boulevard, Upper Tantallon)
Sunday, June 25 – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Gordon R. Snow Community Centre (1359 Fall River Road, Fall River)
Thursday, July 6 – 3 to 6 p.m.
BMO Centre (61 Gary Martin Drive, Bedford)
Friday, July 7 – 3 to 6 p.m.
Point Pleasant Park (lower parking lot – Point Pleasant Drive, Halifax)
Saturday, July 8 – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Halifax Forum (2901 Windsor Street, Halifax)
Saturday, July 8 – 3 to 6 p.m.
Bicentennial Theatre (12390 Highway 224, Middle Musquodoboit)
Sunday, July 9 – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Centennial Arena (27 Vimy Avenue, Halifax)
Monday, July 10 – 3 to 6 p.m.
Cole Harbour Place (51 Forest Hills Parkway, Dartmouth)
Friday, July 14 – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Registration will open two weeks prior to each event, and participants are strongly encouraged to register online for the location they wish to attend.
During each event, participants can participate in a free test drive in an electric vehicle, information on electric vehicles, rebates, and the Municipal Electric Vehicle Strategy.
Many of the events will take place next to the future locations of the municipality’s electric vehicle chargers. Both the test drive events and the future installation of 18 chargers across the region are in support of the Municipal Electric Vehicle Strategy and efforts to support the decarbonization of transportation.
For more information, visit halifax.ca/EV.
