Spirit of DC Visits Citicar Gathering!
May 15th to 17th, 2009 was a unique experience in Columbia, Maryland.
Gathered there were Citicars, the most-produced electric car in American history.
Citicar owners from all over the country got together to celebrate these cute little electric vehicles, and meet with the man behind the car, Bob Beaumont.
Other electric vehicles were invited to the EVent as well. We had a Kewet, electric scooter, electric motorcycle, EV Jetta, and of course, the Spirit of DC.
I met Jerry Asher last summer on his trip across America in Madison, Wisconsin.
It was great to see the car again, this time driven by Dave Goldstein. The solar panels were new since I last saw the car, so I made sure to take lots of photos.
The Citicars are so small, you can actually park three of them in one parking space! Any of the full-size EVs felt like the "mothership"!
Besides presentations by the original folks involved with the Citicars, there was also a plastics repair demonstration (Citicars have Plastic bodies, like a Saturn) and "unofficial" events of driving laps and drag-racing.
You know it's a successful event when people start talking about what we're doing next year!
In that case, we'll see you next year, but for now, see more pictures of the Spirit at:
and photos of Citicars and more at:
-Ben Nelson
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
1977 Citicar
Electric Kawasaki
EV Geo Metro "Electro-Metro"
posted by EVJerry @ 7:11 AM
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