The seventh annual Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase is being organized by the Sustainability Action Network. It will be on Sunday, 12 October 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm. Our EV Showcase will be along Massachusetts St., the main concourse through South Park, which will be closed to traffic.

Sustainability Action Network welcomes our two co-sponsors this year: the City of Lawrence Sustainability Office and the City of Lawrence Transit System. As in past years, we plan to have a wide variety of electric vehicles including: E-bicycles, E-cargo bicycles, electric cars and pickups and motorcycles, a Lawrence Transit electric bus, a Lawrence Fire Department electric fire engine, an electric street sweeper, and more.

There will be displays by at least three local bicycle shops, three local solar companies, and four local auto dealers. The University of Kansas Engineering School will sponsor a display of EV battery technology. The public will be able to talk with the EV owners, and learn the many advantages of driving an EV.

The U.S. transportation sector now produces more climate warming emissions than does the electric generation sector.  Plug-in EVs are zero carbon when charged with renewable energy, and greater efficiency means lower carbon, even when charged by coal fired electricity.  EVs get 100mpg equivalent or better, and the typical driving range of various makes is from 100 miles to 315 miles (Teslas up to 400 miles).