SUNDAY, 11 SEPT 2022
10am - 4pm
Bangalow Showgrounds

GOLD COIN ADMISSION (KIDS FREE)
THE LATEST ELECTRIC CARS
THE LATEST ELECTRIC BIKES
E-EQUIPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL FILMS
KIDS ART COMPETITION
FREE FACE PAINTING

Do you dream of owning an electric car?

Want to know how fast they really go?
Are any of them affordable?
Will I run out of charge?

You’ve heard that electric vehicles are coming. And that they’re expensive. And that charging is a problem. And people get ‘range anxiety’.

Is any of that so? What’s the real story?

Come along to the Bangalow Showgrounds and find out what’s fact, and what’s fiction.

Car displays and stalls

The latest Electric Vehicles will be on display, including:

  • BYD (‘Build Your Dreams’) Atto 3
  • Tesla Model Y
  • Hyundai Kona
  • Hyundai Ioniq 5
  • Jaguar I-Pace
  • Polestar 2
  • Porsche Taycan
  • Volvo XC40 Pure Recharge

Second hand EVs
The Good Car Company – known for its community bulk buys of cheaper, second-hand EVs - will have an EV on display. Ask how they can do it cheaper, and take a test drive!

Privately owned EVs
There will also be a number of privately owned EVs on display, owned by local people. Ask them anything you want to know about their experiences driving an EV in the NSW Northern Rivers, and longer trips.

Converted classics

  • Three converted 1970s VW Kombis – from EV Classic & Southern Cross University.

Electric Bikes from

  • Valkree
  • Summerland Moto
  • Fonzarelli
  • Beyond Byron

Personal Transport Vehicles (PTVs)

  • Club Car – offering free rides on site all day

Stalls  Moller pavilion

  • Light Touch Solar & Electric
  • Morgans Financial
  • NSW Office of Energy & Climate
  • Byron Shire Council
  • Juno Energy
  • Rainbow Power Company

What's On When

10am
Gates open. Gold coin donation. Free parking on site
10 - 4pm
Electric cars, bikes and personal transportation  vehicles displays on the ovals EV & environmental films in the Scout Hall
11am
Welcome to Country
11:05am
Official opening with Byron Shire Council Mayor  Michael Lyon, Zero Emissions Byron Chair Christobel Munson and Electric Vehicle Council  Head of Engagement Sarah Moran
11:45am
Art prize presentations, Moller Pavilion
11 – 3pm
Free face-painting with Polly Esta,  Moller Pavilion
12pm
Q&A session with The Driven’s Bridie Schmidt  and industry experts, Moller Pavilion
1pm
Damon Gameau to introduce his film ‘Regenerating Australia’, Scout Hall
4pm Gates close
KIDS ART COMPETITION

Entries from local primary schools
Byron Bay and Bangalow Public
on display in the Moller Pavilion

FREE FACE PAINTING

Free face-painting for kids
with Polly Esta
from 11am to 3pm, Moller pavilion

ENVIRONMENTAL FILMS

Zero Emissions Byron’s short films on Good Fire practices, Planting rainforest trees to reduce emissions, and Retrofitting your house for energy efficiency will be screened. Plus excerpts from ZEB’s EV Webinar series, short films of EVs and bikes on display. Moller Pavilion.

FOOD & DRINKS & LIVE MUSIC

Lions Kiosk - open for food and drink
Coffee cart and other food on site
Live music with local musicians

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