Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival

The Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival 'EVFest' is all about thinking of sustainable transport in fun and innovative ways that support the development of electric vehicle industries in the region

We initiated the Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival (HVEVF) in 2011 with a view to enhancing interest in clean energy transport in the region. The two major foci of the festival are:

• To encourage and attract more school students into careers in science and engineering
• And to stimulate clean energy manufacturing in the region. Electric vehicles are part of the cleantech revolution and so also provide a basis to engage audiences with discussions on environmental and energy security issues and well as social aspects of change

The strategic task of EV Fest is to engage the community in new and innovative futures for transport, promote regional innovation and industry development, as well as providing a fun and hands on platform for building capability and career directions for regional youth.
How does your organisation link with STEM
The Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival (HVEVF) is aimed at encouraging and attracting more school students into careers in science and engineering, through involvement in construction of competition electric vehicles. The electric vehicle racing platform is novel and ideal for science engagement. It allows us to access new audiences through family, community and online social networks in a fun format that places science literacy in an immediate and positive context. The electric vehicle platform is a fun basis to explore physics, chemistry, engineering and mathematics as well as emerging sciences such as nanotechnology, which is the basis for all recent improvements in battery technology
Why did your organisation decide to become a member of HISH?
To become a partner in this dynamic umbrella organisation made up of like minded individuals
 Suite 3D1, 45 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW 2300
 +61418205664  0422418488
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 https://www.careerlinks.nsw.edu.au/ev/​
  Contact: Tim Roberts & Ashlee Kelly