Name: Beaver Island electric-car show draws test drivers and sales, 2008
Start: 2008-06-27
End: 2008-06-28
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 2008-06-27 – 2008-06-28
Kind: Business
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationtechnologycommerceenvironmentcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The July 2008 Beacon reported that the June 27–28 electric-car show brought 13 cars and trucks to St. James, drew more than 350 interested visitors, and produced 200 test drives and four sales. A Historical Society raffle scooter went to Judy Taylor.

Evidence limits

The figures are the newspaper’s post-event account; they are not an audited sales or attendance record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 2008, "The Beaver Island Electric Car Show".
Reports 13 electric cars and trucks, more than 350 visitors, 200 test drives, four sales, and a scooter raffle won by Judy Taylor at the June 27–28 show. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the post-event report.
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Beaver Island Forum, "Beaver Island Electric Car Show 6/27-28," June 27–29, 2008.
The Chamber reported cars and test drives underway on June 27; organizer Dan Wardlow later estimated more than 350 attendees, hundreds of test drives, four GEM sales, a Historical Society scooter raffle won by Judy Taylor, and a possible seventh public charging station. These are organizer and Chamber estimates, not audited attendance, sales, or charging-network records.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island electric-car show draws test drivers and sales, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-electric-car-show-outcome-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2008, "The Beaver Island Electric Car Show". (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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