August Electric Vehicle Meet In CA: Batteries Only (No Volts Allowed)

This August, a group of electric vehicle drivers will travel from Mexico to Canada up the West Coast as part of the BC2BC annual all-electric vehicle rally.

To celebrate, the meet will bring together electric vehicles in Long Beach, California, to form the world's largest electric vehicle gathering.

All electric cars are welcome--provided they run entirely on electric power.

That means range-extended vehicles like the Chevy Volt won't be allowed to partake--and nor will hybrids, hydrogen vehicles or any other fossil-fueled or alternatively fueled vehicle.

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It still shouldn't be difficult to find the thousand vehicles needed to fill the parking lot where the event is being held--and the group is expecting everything from modern electric cars to vintage vehicles, trucks, buses, cars, motorcycles, and "anything else that is a transportation vehicle powered by autonomous battery electric power".

One vehicle the organizers are particularly keen to see is a 1914 to 1917 Beardsley Electric--the first electric car built in California. The vehicle would be put on display as part of the celebrations.