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Past Event announcements from 2026
Past Event announcements from 2026
This is an archive of event announcements from 2026, collected here for you to see what we were up to during the year. On the second Thursday of every month we hold our regular General Meetings, except for December when we hold our Holiday Party, and July when we hold our All-EVs Picnic. We hold our major Test Drive & Information Expo events for Drive Electric Earth Month in April and National Drive Electric Month in September at the Daimler Truck North America headquarters. We also put on several events over the summer for the EV community, and attend parades and other community events. It's always a busy year!
June Meeting at Platt Auto Group
June Meeting at Platt Auto Group
Thursday June 11th, 7 to 9 PM, Board Meeting 6:30
Thursday June 11th, 7 to 9 PM, Board Meeting 6:30
Platt Auto Group, 18720 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Portland, OR 97267
Portland's EV used car specialist
Platt Auto Group, 18720 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Portland, OR 97267
Portland's EV used car specialist
I've heard good things about Platt Auto Group for as long as I've been involved with the OEVA, as a great place to go to get an honest deal on a used EV, or to sell your old EV when you buy a new car. Our June OEVA meeting will be a great opportunity to check out what they offer, and talk with OEVA members about their experiences with Platt Auto. The reviews on Google look quite good:
As are all our OEVA General Meetings, this meeting is free and open to the public, and as usual is from 7 to 9 PM. Our usual schedule of food and socializing is from 7 to 7:30. After that the program for the evening begins with some brief announcements, then we'll find out what Platt Auto Group can do for us EV owners. We'll wrap that up by 8:30, socialize a bit more, and clear out by 9 PM. There will be an OEVA Board meeting at 6:30 preceding the General Meeting, and all OEVA members are welcome to attend.
Platt Auto Group is at 18720 SE McLoughlin Blvd, which is pretty far south on McLoughlin. It looks like it's either in Gladstone or next to it, so plan your drive time accordingly. And I've heard that parking can be hard to find close by, so plan a little extra time for that too.
Our OEVA Hospitality Coordinator is away, so Past-President Morris Green is bringing a sandwich platter, sandwich fixin's, and beverages. As always, you're encouraged to bring some food items to share. If sandwiches are not your thing, bring something that's on your diet. Or maybe some sort of side dishes like potato chips, Doritos, coleslaw, potato salad, or whatever you think will go well with the sandwiches? If your diet leans a bit more to healthy food, perhaps you would want to contribute fruit, a veggie tray, or heart-healthy nuts. Or bring a treat for dessert. I'm bringing a Costco bag of Rip Van Wafers, a Dark Chocolate Creme Filled Wafer Snack.
A big Thanks! to everyone who has brought potluck items to our meetings. We appreciate all your contributions large and small, and bringing a treat to make the meetings a bit more festive. I look forward to sampling the variety of desserts we share.
And thanks to OEVA Treasurer, Bill Meyer, who set up this meeting location with Platt Auto.
See you Thursday!
Group Drive: Camp 18 Restaurant & Logging Museum
Group Drive: Camp 18 Restaurant & Logging Museum
Saturday May 30th, Meet at 10 AM at Tanasbourne Supercharger
Saturday May 30th, Meet at 10 AM at Tanasbourne Supercharger
Located in the Target parking lot at 11095 NE Evergreen Parkway, Hillsboro
Camp 18 is located at 42362 US-26, Seaside
Located in the Target parking lot at 11095 NE Evergreen Parkway, Hillsboro
Camp 18 is located at 42362 US-26, Seaside
OEVA Group Drives are back for 2026! Meet with your OEVA friends at a Portland area location and EV convoy to a good meal and interesting destination. The first destination for 2026 is both at one location. Here is the description from our Group Drives Volunteer, John Hinshaw:
OEVA is planning a group drive to Camp 18 Restaurant on Hwy 26 on Saturday May 30. Camp 18 is known not only for its food but also for its historical significance, offering a unique look into Oregon’s timber industry and the community that grew around it. You can view their Facebook page here: Camp 18 on Facebook. Take a look at the Breakfast Menu, served until 2 PM, and the Lunch Menu Page 1 and Page 2 served after 11 AM.
We will meet around 10:00 AM at the Tanasbourne Supercharger at Hwy 26 and 185th Ave., in the Target parking lot at 11095 NE Evergreen Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97006. We will head out at 10:30 for an 11:30 reservation. Camp 18 is just 47 miles away so plan your charging accordingly. There is an Electrify America charging station near the Fred Meyer at Cornelius Pass, the next exit West of 185th Ave, so you could charge there as well and double back to join the group at the Supercharger.
Camp 18’s address is 42362 US-26, Seaside, OR 97138, on the south side of Highway 26. Heading west, look for it on the left after you pass the 18-mile highway marker. Look for a huge log building surrounded by early 20th century logging equipment.
Please contact John Hinshaw, Drives@oeva.org, with any questions.
Events Coordinator Paul Burkey has created a sign-up for the event. Please sign up so that we can let Camp 18 know how many of us to expect. Sign up here!
May Meeting: Social Time & Summer Plans
May Meeting: Social Time & Summer Plans
Thursday May 14th, 7 to 9 PM, Board Meeting 6:30
Thursday May 14th, 7 to 9 PM, Board Meeting 6:30
Round Table Pizza, 10150 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, Beaverton, OR 97005
Let's talk about DEEM and OEVA's plans over Pizza & Soda
Round Table Pizza, 10150 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, Beaverton, OR 97005
Let's talk about DEEM and OEVA's plans over Pizza & Soda
Did you come to our Drive Electric Earth Month Test Drive & Information Expo at Daimler Truck North America headquarters on Swan Island on Sunday April 26th? If so, what did you like about it, and what would you change? If you didn't attend, what would you like to see that would bring you out to these events? This is a time to get our ideas out, while we have time to make improvements for the National Drive Electric Month event coming up this fall on September 20th.
We've got some fun events coming up this summer, starting with a Group Drive to Camp 18 for breakfast or lunch on Saturday May 30th (see announcement below). OEVA's Group Drives Volunteer, John Hinshaw (Drives@oeva.org), has great ideas for fun excursions for us this summer and fall. Let's give John our feedback and suggestions for more places to go.
As with all our meetings, this is a time for socializing with our OEVA friends, talking EVs, and having a nice time. OEVA Board Members are always interested in your ideas and feedback. We appreciate your input in how to make the club more interesting, more fun, to be more helpful to the EV community, and to promote EV adoption.
Come to the meeting this Thursday May 14th from 7 to 9 PM at Round Table Pizza, 10150 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway in Beaverton. The meeting is free and open to the public. There will be an OEVA Board meeting at 6:30 preceding the General Meeting, and all OEVA members are welcome to attend. The club will be buying pizza, and soda for the group. Morris Green has volunteered to handle the group pizza ordering, so if you have particular dietary needs or you're picky about your pizza you can let him know when you get there. As Round Table isn't charging us a space rental fee, they ask that we only bring desserts to share--cookies, brownies, fruit, etc. We will buy everything else from Round Table.
A big Thanks! to everyone who has brought potluck items to our meetings. We appreciate all your contributions large and small, and bringing a treat to make the meetings a bit more festive. I look forward to sampling the variety of desserts we share.
See you Thursday!
Drive Electric Earth Month National Drive Electric Month
Oregon Electric Vehicle Association's
Drive Electric Earth Month National Drive Electric Month
Oregon Electric Vehicle Association's
EV Test Drive & Information Expo
EV Test Drive & Information Expo
Guest Parking: 4085 N Anchor St., Event Site: 4555 N Channel Ave.
Guest Parking: 4085 N Anchor St., Event Site: 4555 N Channel Ave.
The Oregon Electric Vehicle Association (OEVA) is a welcoming, all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles across Oregon. As an independent local chapter of the national Electric Vehicle Association, OEVA brings together EV owners of all makes and models, EV enthusiasts, and curious newcomers to share real-world experiences, knowledge, and excitement about the EV revolution. OEVA events are perfect for anyone interested in EVs—whether you're considering your first purchase, already driving one and enjoy talking about EVs with others, or simply want real experience based info on charging, range, maintenance, incentives, and more.
We hold EV Test Drive & Information Expos twice a year, celebrating Drive Electric Earth Month in the spring and National Drive Electric Month in the fall. These are our biggest events with hands-on test drives, owner display vehicles, EV conversions of gas vehicles, talk with EV owners of models you are considering, see presentations by EV experts, and meet with helpful local EV-related companies. Registered guests and volunteers get food coupons for on-site food vendors. Admission and parking are free. You can read the details below.
Special Attraction: Ride in the eCascadia
Special Attraction: Ride in the eCascadia
Our OEVA Test Drive & Information Expos are held at the Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) headquarters site on Swan Island in North Portland. Our thanks to DTNA for the use of their outdoor spaces and headquarters meeting rooms and restrooms for our event. We couldn't put on this event without their generous donation of the use of their facilities.
This year DTNA is providing something special just for our event. A DTNA commercial truck driver will offer rides in the all-electric, zero-emissions Freightliner eCascadia semi truck. How often do you get to experience that? If you've ever looked at those big rigs on the interstate and wondered what it's like up there, this is your chance to find out.
Test Drive A Broad Range of EVs
Test Drive A Broad Range of EVs
We invite many local EV dealers to bring their EVs for you to test drive. There's no better way to compare vehicles than actually driving the cars that you are considering from the different manufacturers on the same route and on the same day, one after another. On weekends there is very little traffic in the Swan Island industrial area, which helps you focus on experiencing the vehicles you are test driving. It's the ideal vehicle comparison test drive environment.
We encourage dealers to bring their full range of electric vehicles. You can test drive many different makes and models of EVs, even try out an electric bike or scooter. Where else do you have the opportunity to experience the full range of electrified transportation?
Examine the Latest Electric Vehicles
Examine the Latest Electric Vehicles
Adjacent to the Test Drive area, local dealers display their new vehicles for your inspection. Complementing the test drives, which give you the driving experience, the new vehicles on static display give you the opportunity to look them over in detail. Take your time to check them out and ask the dealer representatives questions. They can answer questions on specs and availability and pricing.
But to really know what it is like to own and use the vehicle on a daily basis, you need to talk to real owners. Take your time looking over static display models. Then walk over to the Owner Display Vehicles and talk with real owners and get their insights from daily use for years of those models.
Owner Display Vehicles: Real Owners, Real Experience, Real Answers
Owner Display Vehicles: Real Owners, Real Experience, Real Answers
Ah, the heart and soul of the OEVA! Owners showing their personal cars, answering guest questions from their real lived experience. We encourage our guests to talk with owners of the cars you are considering. From our volunteer-owners you can learn what it's like to live with that EV as a daily driver and for cross-country road trips. Ask nicely and they're generally happy to invite you sit in their vehicle while they describe and show you everything you want to know from their perspective of living with that EV. And for owners, every OEVA event is a great opportunity to share in the camaraderie of the EV community, inclusive of all Makes and Models.
Keynote Presentations from EV Experts
Keynote Presentations from EV Experts
The Daimler Headquarters building, south of the outdoor event space, has state of the art multimedia meeting spaces, and we're making use of them for presentations on topics for people new to EVs, as well as for experienced EV owners looking to learn more. Some things are best experienced, so we have test drives. Some things are best shown in the vehicle by a patient owner who has real world experience with the EV, so we many EV owner volunteers displaying their vehicles and answering your questions. But some topics are best explained in a presentation with photos and graphics. Check out the presentations schedule here a few days before the event or at the Registration Tent, and see which talks most interest you. All talks are less than 30 minutes including Q&A.
Helpful Local EV-Related Companies
Helpful Local EV-Related Companies
We're putting extra effort into expanding exhibitor participation, giving you the opportunity to meet with local companies providing EV-related products and services. If you're looking for an EV charger or installation, repair options, or other EV needs, check out the local business tables and tents.
On-Site Food
On-Site Food
As a special thank-you for attending the event, registered guests and volunteers will get food coupons for our on-site food vendor. This time we've selected Home Plate Sliders as our on-site food vendor. Registered guests, volunteers, and staff will receive coupon for a free meal with a slider, spiral sliced potato, and soda or water. Nice!
Free, Convenient Parking
Free, Convenient Parking
We have a large parking lot at 4085 N Anchor St, Portland, for free Guest Parking (green rectangle above). The event is open for guests from 10 AM to 3 PM, Sunday April 26, 2026, or Sunday September 20, 2026.
Owner display vehicles and Dealer display and test drive vehicles are at the Event Site at 4555 N Channel Ave, Portland (yellow rectangle above). Please arrive between 9 AM and 9:30 AM for setup, so everything is in place and ready before the 10 AM opening to the public. Other than test drive vehicles, all vehicles are to be on static display until the event closes at 3 PM. If you need to leave earlier or arrive later, please contact OEVA Volunteer Coordinator Ken Hoffman, Volunteer@oeva.org, to see if an accommodation can be made in your case. For public safety we only allow moving vehicles in the limited-access Test Drive Vehicles area.
April General Meeting at Daimler Truck
April General Meeting at Daimler Truck
Thursday April 9th, 2026, 7:00 to 9 PM, Board Meeting at 6:30
Thursday April 9th, 2026, 7:00 to 9 PM, Board Meeting at 6:30
Daimler Truck North America Headquarters, 4555 N Channel Ave, Portland
Inside the eCascadia electric semi, and our Drive Electric Earth Month event
Daimler Truck North America Headquarters, 4555 N Channel Ave, Portland
Inside the eCascadia electric semi, and our Drive Electric Earth Month event
We're at Daimler Truck HQ Twice This Month!
On Thursday our April General Meeting is in one of the large meeting rooms on the first floor of the Daimler Truck North America Headquarters. If you haven't been here before, it's a great state-of-the-art meeting space. We'll park in the lot adjacent to the headquarters building. The door is secure, but we should have someone stationed there to let you in. If you arrive late, there is a button to the right of the entrance door to ring the front desk for access.
We'll be back to Daimler Truck in a few weeks, for Drive Electric Earth Month.
Upcoming Drive Electric Earth Month Event
Our EV Test Drive & Information Expo celebrating Drive Electric Earth Month is coming up April 26th, details are in the next article below. It's a fun time to get together with other EV owners, maybe take a few test drives and check out the new EVs, attend a presentation or two in the Daimler Headquarters meeting room, and talk with representatives of businesses of interest to EV owners. Registered volunteers and guests get a coupon at the Registration Tent for a free lunch at our on-site food vendor, Home Plate Sliders. My favorite activity is showing the amazing things my EV can do to folks who aren't familiar with state-of-the-art electric vehicle technology.
At the meeting we'll talk about the event a bit, answer any questions you may have if you haven't been to our event before. Tell your friends they can avoid sky-high gas prices. EVs offer a better way. They can learn from experts and experience EVs for themselves at our free event.
We'll bring posters to the meeting of our Buy Electric and Save ad from the Oregon International Auto Show Buyers Guide magazine. Please take them for the bulletin board at your workplace, grocery store, or anywhere else that you can post them to let people know about our event.
Meeting Speaker: Inside the eCascadia Semi Truck
We'll have a speaker from Daimler Truck at our meeting, to give us the inside details on the Freightliner eCascadia class 8 semi truck. This is your chance to find out about the future of heavy transport, and get ready for your eCascadia ride-along at our Drive Electric Earth Month event, see below.
Zoom Stream
OEVA Treasurer Bill Meyer has long advocated streaming our meetings. He often points out that we're the Oregon EVA, not the Portland EVA, and we should reach out beyond our metro area. As a local chapter of the national Electric Vehicle Association we have access to their corporate Zoom account, so Bill will be using that to stream the meeting.
Here is the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81273472967?pwd=9frIp2bPqOoaVqs5fv0OPi034fshmS.1
Meeting ID: 812 7347 2967 Passcode: 070630
Bill has been doing great work with our meeting streaming, but this is still new to us. We plan to use wireless microphones. Let Bill know how the stream quality is for you, Treasurer@oeva.org.
The Usual Details
We will have food at the meeting. Probably sandwich platters and beverages provided by the club. I'll publish details here when they are available. You are encouraged to bring a food item to share. This time I'm bringing a big bag of Cheetos Cheese Puffs. Maybe you would like to bring something healthier, like fruit or veggies. Or maybe something even more decadent, like cookies or other dessert. Your contributions to our evening's festivities are appreciated!
As are all our OEVA General Meetings, this meeting is free and open to the public, and as usual is from 7 to 9 PM. Food and socializing is from 7:00 to 7:30, then the program for the evening begins with some brief announcements before turning the evening over to our host. All OEVA general meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month, so this will be Thursday April 9th, 2026. We hold an OEVA Board Meeting immediately before the General Meeting, from 6:30 to 7 PM, and all OEVA members are welcome to attend to hear what the board is working on.
(L to R) Bob Simpson (founder & CTO) explaining shop activity to Wayne Downer, Paul Lackey (president & engineer)
March Meeting at EVDrive On Swan Island in Portland
March Meeting at EVDrive On Swan Island in Portland
Thursday March 12th, 2026, 7:00 to 9 PM, Board Meeting at 6:30
Thursday March 12th, 2026, 7:00 to 9 PM, Board Meeting at 6:30
EVDrive, 4865 N Lagoon Ave, Portland, OR 97217
An Evening of Fascinating EV Technology
EVDrive, 4865 N Lagoon Ave, Portland, OR 97217
An Evening of Fascinating EV Technology
EVDrive Visit
The OEVA started as a group of individuals working on their own EV conversions, or keeping their primitive commercially produced EVs running. While the vast majority of us now own reliable EVs made by major manufacturers, many of us are enthusiasts not just of the cars, but also we're fascinated by the underlying EV technology. We have a lot of engineers and tech enthusiasts in the club.
As often as we can we hold our OEVA monthly meetings at places you wouldn't normally get to see, and hear from experts in EVs and the fascinating technology that underlies them. This month's meeting is one of these. EVDrive has the components and engineering expertise that has enabled them to put together world-class electric drive systems in applications on the roads, in the air, on water, and underground. We were last at EVDrive in October of 2023, so these opportunities don't come around that often.
Back then Bob Simpson told us the harrowing story, which had just recently happened, when a gas car (oh, those gas-propelled demons!) crashed into and destroyed his immaculate BMW 3-series EV conversion. Thanks to solid engineering a bit of luck Bob and his puppy-passenger came through with relatively minor injuries, but the driver of the gas car wasn't so lucky. After Bob's talk we toured the EVDrive shop and saw motors, inverters, custom battery packs, equipment, and fascinating technology they were developing. I still remember being surprised at the incredibly thin liquid cooled battery pack heat sinks they developed.
This Month's Talk & Tour
Bob's current EV conversion project started with a 1962 Volvo P1800, though highly modified. He will tell us about this project, just what goes into a custom conversion at this level. And we also hope to hear from Paul Lackey about what he has observed in the industry over the past few years and where he thinks things might be heading. Then we'll tour the shop, see all the cool tech, and look over the Volvo project asking questions of these EV conversion experts. And of course there will be our usual food and socializing before we get into all of that.
The Usual Details
Our OEVA Hospitality Coordinator Chris Stonard is bringing sandwich platters, sandwich fixin's, and beverages. As always, you're encouraged to bring some food items to share. Maybe some sort of potato chips, Doritos, coleslaw, potato salad, or whatever you think will go well with the sandwiches? If your diet leans a bit more to healthy food, perhaps you would want to contribute fruit, a veggie tray, or heart-healthy nuts. Or bring a treat for dessert. I'm bringing a Costco bag of Rip Van Wafers, a Dark Chocolate Creme Filled Wafer Snack. Maybe not dietarily ideal, but they are delicious.
As are all our OEVA General Meetings, this meeting is free and open to the public, and as usual is from 7 to 9 PM. EVDrive is located at 4865 N Lagoon Ave, on Swan Island in Portland. There is parking both in front of the building, and along the left side near the EVDrive entrance. Food and socializing is from 7 to 7:30, then the program for the evening begins with some brief announcements before turning the evening over to Bob and Paul. All OEVA general meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month, so this will be Thursday March 12th, 2026. We hold an OEVA Board Meeting immediately before the General Meeting, from 6:30 to 7 PM, and all OEVA members are welcome to attend to hear what the board is working on.
Our thanks to OEVA Events Coordinator Paul Burkey for contacting EVDrive and setting up this meeting.
Oregon International Auto & Motorcycle Show
Oregon International Auto & Motorcycle Show
Drive Electric Featured Exhibit - OEVA Volunteer Opportunities!
February 19-22, 2026, Oregon Convention Center
Drive Electric Featured Exhibit - OEVA Volunteer Opportunities!
February 19-22, 2026, Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland
Free Volunteer Parking Courtesy of Kia of Portland, See Important Details Below
Free Volunteer Parking Courtesy of Kia of Portland, See Important Details Below
The Auto Show is this month, and the OEVA will be there with our awesome Volunteers as one of the sponsors of the Drive Electric featured exhibit. Drive Electric is the centerpiece of EVs at the Auto Show, and volunteering is a great opportunity for you to share your knowledge and enthusiasm for EVs with show guests. It's a really fun experience, talking with people who are interested in EVs, but are sometimes a bit uncertain about taking the plunge. Sharing your experience and answering basic EV questions at this event really makes a difference.
The centerpiece of Drive Electric is the FIND YOUR EV display, a double-sided wall with 66 large spec sheets covering just about every EV available in the US. People at the wall often have questions, and appreciate your EV knowledge and personal experience. Former OEVA President, Gary Exner, creates these excellent reference sheets every year for the Auto Show. Last year's data sheets are currently on the Cars page of this website, but we're working to update the page with the new sheets before the Auto Show.
Surrounding the FIND YOUR EV wall, a variety of EVs are on display from local dealerships exhibiting at the Auto Show. In addition to exhibitor vehicles, this year the OEVA invited Rivian to bring their awesome R1 series adventure vehicle and Tesla to bring their wildly popular Model Y. Seeing the specs, then examining the cars, getting questions answered by experienced EV owners in a non-sales, educational environment, gives people a great introduction to electric vehicles.
Volunteering Details
Sign up now at https://signup.com/go/XGGAeXp. We will send out important volunteer information and updates using these registrations, so please sign up early. Many of the OEVA members really enjoy volunteering for the Auto Show, and sign up for several consecutive time slots and multiple days. Feel free to take breaks during your shift. We'll have a locked meeting room where you can chill if you like. If attendance slows during part of your shift, take a walk around the show. There are always a lot of interesting cars and exhibits, and many of us just enjoy the conversations with other OEVA volunteers between talking with guests. If you're doing a particularly long shift take a meal break. Stay refreshed and enjoy your time volunteering with the OEVA at the Auto Show.
In order to be immediately recognizable to auto show guests as an OEVA Volunteer, please wear your OEVA embroidered polo shirt and name badge. Don't have an OEVA shirt and name badge? Why not take care of that! A shirt and name badge are available to you at no charge when you join the OEVA. To get your shirt and sign up for your custom name badge, see Paul Albertson at any of our regular monthly meetings. We'll have OEVA shirts available to borrow in our locked meeting room near the exhibit. Check with the OEVA board members volunteering at the event for they key.
Auto Show Dates and Hours:
Thursday, February 19 | 10 am – 4 pm
Friday, February 20 | 12 pm – 10 pm
Saturday, February 21 | 10 am – 10 pm
Sunday, February 22 | 10 am - 7 pm
Of course you get free admission on the day you're volunteering. If you volunteer on multiple days you get an Exhibitor Badge, good for early entry and for all days of the show, which you can pick up at the Exhibitor Entrance on MLK when you arrive for your first shift. If you volunteer on just one day instead of an Exhibitor Badge we'll email you a link for you to download a show admission ticket. Note that this procedure is subject to change by the Auto Show, so sign up early so you get the updated information.
When you choose your volunteer shifts, please keep in mind that we'll need more volunteers during peak hours. The busiest day is Saturday, so we'll need more volunteer help then! But when crowds are light at Drive Electric, take a break and walk around the show. It's interesting to check out what's on display.
Guest Tickets
We will have 30 free guest tickets to give away this year. Give them to your friends and family to meet with you after your volunteer shift and tour the show together. For tickets email OEVA Event Coordinator Paul Burkey at Events@oeva.org.
Free Parking Changes This Year
If in prior years you've parked at the "I-5 lot", under the elevated freeway, behind the Convention Center, that lot is not available this year as it is being used to store highway construction equipment. Thanks to Ken Cornelison, Kia of Portland's general manager, Kia of Portland has arranged for free parking for us in the parking structure on NE Irving street across from Kia and only two blocks from the Convention Center. We'll send out an email with important parking and exhibitor credential details shortly before the event.
Sign up now at https://signup.com/go/XGGAeXp. We will send out important volunteer information and updates using these registrations, so please sign up early. For questions or late registrations, email OEVA Event Coordinator Paul Burkey at Events@oeva.org.
Oregon International Auto Show 2025 Photo Carousel
Oregon International Auto Show 2025 Photo Carousel
February Meeting at Swickard Honda in Gladstone
February Meeting at Swickard Honda in Gladstone
Thursday Febuary 12th, 2026, 7:00 to 9 PM, Board Meeting at 6:30
Thursday Febuary 12th, 2026, 7:00 to 9 PM, Board Meeting at 6:30
Swickard Honda, 19400 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Gladstone
Plenty of Convenient Free Parking, Flying Pie Pizza!
Swickard Honda, 19400 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Gladstone
Plenty of Convenient Free Parking, Flying Pie Pizza!
Our first meeting at a Honda dealership
This will be the first OEVA General Meeting we've held at a Honda dealership, and it's high time we learned more about the Honda Prologue! I'm getting this meeting announcement out a bit later than usual. Our planned meeting location fell through, so board members Morris Green and Ken Butler went out looking for a venue at short notice, and Swickard Honda in Gladstone General Manager Ron Owens immediately said yes. Our thanks to Ron Owens and the Swickard staff for helping us out with this meeting.
The dealership building is surrounded by parking on all sides, so you should be able to find convenient parking on the lot.
Meeting Details
Gladstone is a bit further south than most of our meetings have been, but our October meeting at Dick Hannah Nissan in Gladstone was well attended. We Beaverton area folk will just have to plan some extra commute time.
Swickard Honda has offered us the use of a nice conference room for our meeting. It's on the second floor, which has elevator and stair access. There are bathrooms right next to the conference room. Andrew, a salesman with 12 years of experience at Swickard Honda will tell us about the Prologue and what's upcoming, and answer your Honda questions.
And we'll announce the latest information about our participation in the Oregon International Auto Show, taking place Thursday February 19 through Sunday February 22. See the detailed announcement below. New to volunteering at the Auto Show? Get your questions answered at the meeting! Our free parking arrangements for volunteers is different this year, which you can find out about at the meeting.
Food and Timing
As our Hospitality Coordinator Chris Stonard is not available for this meeting, Morris Green will arrange for Pizza from Flying Pie, which he tells me is excellent. He and Ken Butler will be bringing beverages. As always, you're invited to bring some food items to share. If your diet leans a bit more to healthy food, perhaps you would want to contribute fruit, a veggie tray, or something similarly dietarily pious. I'm bringing a Costco bag of Rip Van Wafers, a Dark Chocolate Creme Filled Wafer Snack. Maybe not dietarily ideal, but they look delicious.
As are all our OEVA General Meetings, this meeting is free and open to the public, and as usual is from 7 to 9 PM. These meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month, so this will be February 12th, 2026. We hold an OEVA Board Meeting immediately before the General Meeting, from 6:30 to 7 PM, and all OEVA members are welcome to attend to hear what the board is working on.
January Meeting at Kia of Portland
January Meeting at Kia of Portland
Thursday January 8th, 2026, 7:00 to 9 PM, Board Meeting at 6:30
Thursday January 8th, 2026, 7:00 to 9 PM, Board Meeting at 6:30
Kia of Portland, 720 NE Grand Ave, Portland
Plenty of Free Parking, and a Delicious Chipotle Burrito Bar!
Kia of Portland, 720 NE Grand Ave, Portland
Plenty of Free Parking, and a Delicious Chipotle Burrito Bar!
Our first event of 2026
For the third year in a row, the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association will hold our first General Meeting of the year at Kia of Portland at 720 NE Grand Ave. Our thanks to the Kia folks, particularly general manager Ken Cornelison, who go all-out to make us feel welcome and provide us with helpful information. Ken's talk last year about the economics of EV leasing was so interesting we asked him to reprise the talk at our April Drive Electric Earth Month event. You can catch all the talks from the April event on our Videos page.
There have been a lot of changes in the EV market, and Ken will give us an update on that, and the impact on leasing EVs. Kia has two new lower cost EV models, the EV3 and EV4. I look forward to finding out about these sure to be popular models. One great feature of the Kia EV6 and EV9 that I hope the new lower cost models come with is Vehicle-to-Load power transfer (V2L). This enables them to power external devices, potentially even charging another EV through a mobile charger. I think all EVs could benefit from that feature.
This will be the first meeting where we use the OEVA public address speaker and wireless microphones. It will be a great space to try out this system. Let a board member know if you find this helpful and we'll make it a regular feature at our meetings.
Parking and Food
Ken has arranged for us to park for free for the evening in the parking structure across NE Irving street from the entrance to Kia of Portland. Please don't park in the lot at the Kia of Portland building, as they've got very limited parking spaces there.
Kia of Portland is treating us to a Chipotle burrito bar! I enjoy it when I get to build my own burrito, so I can make it just the way I like it. As always, we appreciate it when meeting attendees bring a food item to share. Since Kia is providing the main meal, maybe bring fruit or a dessert? I'm bringing chocolate chip cookies. If you've started your January repentance for all the overeating you did in December, feel free to bring the Christmas candy and cookies you're trying to avoid eating. Your OEVA friends will be glad to help you out with that!
As are all our OEVA General Meetings, this meeting is free and open to the public, and as usual is from 7 to 9 PM. These meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month, so this will be January 8th, 2026. We hold an OEVA Board Meeting immediately before the General Meeting, from 6:30 to 7 PM, and all OEVA members are welcome to attend to hear what the board is working on.
Start the New Year with an interesting evening of EV information, visit with your OEVA friends, and enjoy good food and treats. Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you there and at our many upcoming events in 2026!
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