A Call to Action for Electric Vehicles
John Day Or Bust is a call to action for all-electric vehicle (EV) enthusiasts who support the vision that replacing the internal combustion engines (ICE) that are now powering America’s fleet of personal vehicles with electric drive systems is the quickest and cheapest path to breaking our addiction to oil, cleaning up our air and stopping the flow of our dollars to OPEC.
This adventure will coincide with the SolWest Fair that takes place the last weekend in July. Our goal is to promote the widespread adoption of the EV as a vehicle of utility and adventure as well as being good for the environment.
This event is a collaboration between the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association, the SolWest Renewable Energy Fair, and the Green Living Journal.
Why John Day?
John Day is a little town in the middle of the desert of eastern Oregon settled in the late 1800’s by gold miners, ranchers, loggers, and mill workers. In other words, hardy, pioneer stock, and their spirit still dominates the town. A perfect setting for the pioneers of the EV age. Our point being that if you can drive an EV to John Day you can drive an EV just about anywhere. Plus their SolWest Fair is one of the longest-running events of its kind in the west.
The right place and the right time.
Let’s take a lesson from the history of the early days of the gasoline auto. Individuals and groups were constantly setting out on daunting trips across vast regions with poor to terrible roads, no gas stations, and no repair shops. They did it and sold a nation on the ICE.
