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American Tour de Sol

The American Tour de Sol existed and I’m tired of pretending that it didn’t.

From 1989 to 2006 teams of students, companies, and individuals from around the world came together once a year to show the potential of electric and alternative-fueled vehicles. The event ran with a ton of volunteer assistance and funding from a few public agencies, but sadly it could no longer continue when the funding began to disappear.

This page is a pile of “research” to collect up evidence to share with folks, someday I might fix up the Wikipedia page that made me mad enough to start this project.

This is mostly a pile of links organized into a timeline so far, someday I may try to include the additional information and personal anecdotes that I have in my collection.

1989

Started in Montpelier, VT (May 1989)

The first event.

1990

1991

1992

Albany, NY to Boston, MA?

1993

Boston, MA to Burlington, VT?

1994

New York City to Philadelphia, PA (May 23-28, 1994)

1995

Waterbury, CT to Portland, ME (May 20-27, 1995)

1996

New York City to Washington, DC (May 10-17, 1996)

1997

Waterbury, CT to Portland, ME (May 17-24, 1997)

1998

New York City to Washington, DC (May 8-18, 1998)

1999

Waterbury, CT to Lake George, NY (May 22-28, 1999)

2000

New York City to Washington, DC (May 12-19, 2000)

2001

Waterbury, CT to Boston, MA (May 19-26, 2001)

2002

Washington, DC to New York City (May 12-18, 2002)

2003

Burlington, NJ to Washington, DC (May 10-14, 2003)

2004

Burlington, NJ to New York City (May 22-May 25, 2004)

2005

Saratoga, NY and Albany, NY (May 13-16, 2005)

2006

Saratoga Springs Auto Show (May 13, 2006)

2007

Looking back at the Tour de Sol

Everything After

Special Thanks

Other Resources

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