1. Powering the People
Hosted by the IEE, an Institute of the Edison Foundation, Powering the People:
Innovations for a Better World is an annual event that brings together electric utility
CEOs and technology company executives, as well as state and federal
policymakers, to discuss electric trends and technologies moving the nation forward.
The event highlighted transportation electrification, including utilities’ fleet
electrification to the latest advances in electric transportation, and the economic and
environmental implications of electrified vehicles, fleets and off-road applications.
Visitors toured Electric Avenue, which displayed electric vehicles from Audi, Ford,
Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Tesla, Toyota, VIA Motors, Volkswagen, Zero Motors,
and more, demonstrating the wide variety of electric vehicles now on the market.

2. The Mitsubishi i-MiEV is 100 percent electric and 100 percent cool.

3. Edward B. Cohen, Honda North America, arrives fully charged for
the event in Washington D.C.

4. A Zero Motorcycle bike on display on Electric Avenue; A Zero can
go up to 137 miles on a single charge!

5. Motor Trend’s 2013 car of the year: The Tesla Model S on Electric
Avenue.

6. This Mitsubishi i-MiEV’s looking at you, kid!

7. Decorative decals make an electrifying statement.

8. Volkswagen takes its Think Blue campaign to Electric Avenue with
the E-Golf.

9. VIA Motors President Alan Perriton and Northwestern Energy
President and CEO Robert Rowe stand by electrification.

10. Local media plugs into Powering the People with DTE Energy’s
Trevor Lauer.

11. Verizon is the first to add VIA Motors’ extended-range cargo van to
its fleet of service vehicles.

12. A variety of energized EVs line Electric Avenue.

13. The top-selling, fully electric Nissan LEAF on Electric Avenue.

14. Volt driver Dennis Dineen joins The Electric Generation at
Powering the People.

15. An electric motorcycle shows that EVs can stand on their own two
wheels.

16. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden discusses electric transportation at
Powering the People.

17. A Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid get charged by the excitement on Electric Avenue.

18. The newest electrified offering from Honda, the Fit!

19. David West, VIA Motors, and an extended-range electric fleet SUV
hit the electric carpet for photos.

20. Brian Wolff, Senior Vice President at Edison Electric Institute (EEI),
networks with media about Powering the People.

21. Enthusiasts look under the hood of the Audi R8 e-Tron, featured in
Iron Man 3!

22. PG&E Corporation Chairman, CEO and President Tony Earley links
with reporters about electrifying their fleet.

23. PG&E models its fleet of extended-range Electric VTrux.