Experience Electric at Google
6/17/14
Forget rumbling engines...More electric vehicles quietly hummed across the Googleplex than ever before on May 15th, as more than 600 Googlers participated in our annual electric vehicle test drive event. This year, with help from Plug-In America, we were excited to be the first corporate campus to hold an event as part of the Experience Electric campaign, funded by Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
Twelve electric automotive and motorcycle manufacturers invited Googlers to test drive the latest and greatest plug-in cars and motorcycles. By giving our employees the opportunity explore and drive some of these electric cars and motorcycles, we hope some are inspired to switch out the gas pump for a charging cord. Among the models we checked out were:
Posted by Rolf Schreiber, Technical Program Manager, Electric Transportation
Twelve electric automotive and motorcycle manufacturers invited Googlers to test drive the latest and greatest plug-in cars and motorcycles. By giving our employees the opportunity explore and drive some of these electric cars and motorcycles, we hope some are inspired to switch out the gas pump for a charging cord. Among the models we checked out were:
- BMW's i3
- Cadillac's ELR
- Porsche's Panamera Plug-In Hybrid
- Fiat's 500e
- Nissan’s LEAF
- Chevy’s Spark EV
- Ford’s CMAX Energi and Fusion Energi
- All-electric motorcycles from Brammo and Zero Motorcycles
- Electric scooters from Mahindra and Current Motor
Posted by Rolf Schreiber, Technical Program Manager, Electric Transportation