The Royal Car Membership of Queensland ran its annual Motorfest day on the 19^th June. Sadly, it was the identical date because the Noosa EV Expo and I used to be unable to attend. A lot of my buddies did they usually have graciously allowed me to make use of their feedback.

RACQ Occasions Supervisor Tamara Van Der Walt mentioned one other spotlight of this 12 months’s occasion can be the Future Zone, which delves into the thrilling applied sciences reshaping the motoring trade. “The Future Zone will showcase the newest in low-emissions car know-how and the way forward for mobility,” Ms Van Der Walt mentioned.

“RACQ have been offering providers to motorists for a few years. I’ve been a member for over 40 years and have needed to avail myself of their providers. This was primarily for George, my 1964 Wolseley. It was at certainly one of these visits that the roadside help mechanic additionally met Tess (my 2019 Tesla 3) and we had a dialogue about RACQ’s plan to be future prepared. He informed me of the Roadside Help vans that had been already outfitted with battery chargers for EVs. I’m grateful that I’ve not had to make use of one, although we did admire the RACQ tow truck when a big piece of metal went by the rear tire of our Tesla on the way in which to Warwick.”

Katrina tells me that June nineteenth was an amazing day with excellent climate and rather well attended. There was one thing for everybody from basic vehicles, to the gorgeous Jaguars to fashionable EVs within the Future Zone. EVs had been nicely represented with a spread of BEVs from Tesla, Hyundai, Porsche, Kia, and Mazda had a hybrid. There was a hydrogen car from Queensland Transport as a part of their future vitality technique.

There was even a Volvo truck and an electrical scooter.

The EVs had been properly juxtaposed towards the classic vehicles, in addition to the RACQ’s stand which featured a craft part for teenagers from the fabulous Reverse Rubbish and naturally the meals, face portray, and rides for the youngsters. Charging infrastructure suppliers had been additionally represented on the Futures space, ReGenEV, Plug Share and Chargefox.

Arran from ReGenEV tells me that there have been numerous very folks within the Future Zone, and EVs on the whole. His Tesla Mannequin X obtained numerous consideration, particularly when it did its gentle present. ReGenEV obtained a broad number of enterprise leads from giant condo complexes to primary house installs.

ReGenEV even had a go to from ABC Information. The section was aired that evening as a part of their nightly climate time slot. The section contains a snippet of ReGenEV show and had a pleasant younger child for an up shut interview in our Tesla Mannequin X.

Subsequent 12 months, although, Arran will part of his X, for viewing solely. Too many children performed with the display, modified the settings, and left their foot and finger prints behind.

Adam recommended that quickly his “Tesla” might be regular — so maybe subsequent 12 months RACQ ought to rename the Future Zone to the Electrical Car Zone. He wish to see the Zone relocated to an space that’s simpler for the general public to seek out. Of the 100 or so those that checked out his automotive, about 30 requested questions. Most had been questions from the curious, some had been provocative. “Come and be a part of the cult!” somebody shouted out.

The occasion was nicely supported by the EV group — together with Australian Affiliation of Electrical Autos and the Tesla Homeowners Membership. Effectively performed RACQ, take a look at their opinions of EVs behind their membership journal. Six of the very best certainly.

By David Waterworth with a little bit assist from his buddies