"Curious About EVs?" is the topic of a Community Forum that will feature a car show spotlighting electric autos, to be followed by an in-person and online discussion subtitled, "An Introduction to Owning and Driving an Electric Vehicle."

The event will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 27, with an EV car show outside Chalice Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Conejo Valley at 3327 Old Conejo Road in Newbury Park. Attendees will get a close-up look at electric autos in different price ranges and have an opportunity to talk to owners about the experience of owning an electric vehicle.

That will be followed at 7 p.m. by a forum, both in-person at Chalice and online via Zoom, conducted by EV owners from the community. Panelists are Kent Bullard, Brian Pletcher and Spencer Pletcher, EV Field Representatives of EV Advocates of Ventura County. Also presenting will be John Brooks, Senior Sustainability Analyst (Water and EVs) with the City of Thousand Oaks, who will talk about efforts to place EV chargers and how the community can get involved.

Topics of the forum will include: Is an EV right for me? How does charging work? Finding an affordable EV. Incentives for new or used cars and charging equipment. Costs of ownership. Common misconceptions. Road trips, and Expansion of the EV charging network. The discussion will include incentives for buying used plug-in hybrids and how people who don't have convenient access to chargers can thereby benefit and reduce their dependence on fossil fuels.

The event is presented by Chalice Community Forum, a program of Chalice Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Conejo Valley.

To register to attend in person or online via Zoom, visit forum.chaliceuu.org. The forum is free; donations are welcome to support the programs. For information, visit the forum website or contact Randall Edwards via e-mail at forum@chaliceuu.org or by calling the church office at (805) 498-9548.