• Movelec returns to the trade fair site on 20, 21 and 22 October, with 47 exhibiting companies occupying the entire exhibition site

The electric mobility industry will meet again this weekend at Infecar to learn about the latest developments in the sector at the seventh edition of Movelec, the Canary Islands Electric Vehicle Show. The event will again be held over three days, on Friday, 20, Saturday, 21 and Sunday, 22 October, in response to the growing public interest in electric mobility.

The Councillor for Economic Development, Industry, Trade and Crafts of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Minerva Alonso, and the Director General of Infecar, Feria de Gran Canaria, Natalia Santana, presented all the new features of this event to the media this morning.”Once again this year, Movelec aims to raise awareness of the environmental and savings advantages of using electric vehicles; to publicise the aid available for the purchase of electric vehicles and, at the same time, encourage their use; to highlight the importance of having CO2-free towns and cities and improving noise levels, developing the concept of eco-island; and to boost an emerging sector that will transform the concept of mobility in the 21st century”, said Minerva Alonso.

Alonso also thanked all those involved for their collaboration in making this event possible, including the Island Energy Council, “which is responsible for managing the electrification of Gran Canaria’s vehicle fleet, which currently has 46 recharging points and is working on the installation of three new ones in the municipalities of Santa Lucía, Telde and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria”. To this, the Councillor added that “it is worth noting that half of the electric vehicle fleet in the archipelago is in Gran Canaria, making our island a benchmark in this area”.

Natalia Santana, for her part, pointed out that “this edition of Movelec will be the most comprehensive to date, including cars, motorbikes, bicycles and electric scooters among the participating sectors, as well as a network of workshops and services and companies generating energy and 100% electric second-hand vehicles, which after being included in the show’s programme in the 2022 edition, returns this year with the exhibition of up to five exhibiting brands”.

“We are talking about a record seventh edition with the participation of 47 exhibitor companies in a surface area of almost 7,000 square metres, occupying the entire available area of the exhibition site at present”, he added.
With all this, Movelec will open its doors on Friday, 20 October, from 16.00 to 20.00 hours, Saturday, 21 October, from 10.30 to 20.00 hours and Sunday, 22 October, from 10.30 to 15.00 hours. Tickets to attend this edition can be purchased at www.movelec-canarias.com or the venue’s box office for two euros.

Programme

With all this, the Movelec informative programme will get underway from the day of its inauguration on Friday afternoon. At 17.00, it will be Manuel Escalante, Product Manager Škoda Canarias, who will talk about ‘Škoda’s electric present and future’; at 17.15, Dionisio Jiménez Díaz, Mercedes-Benz light commercial vehicle sales coordinator, will speak about ‘Electric technology without limits’.

At 17.30, Lars Hoffmann, founder of Todo Eléctricos, will present ‘The surprising advantages of the electric vehicle’. The round table ‘Electromobility 2.0: next steps after the consolidation of the model’ will bring this first day to a close, with the participation of Lars Hoffmann, Sara Soria, director of MovilidadHoy.com; Filippo Rivanera, director of Mobilize Beyond Automotive; and moderated by Álvaro Sauras, vice-president of Auve Nacional and director of Autofácil.

On Saturday, the programme of talks will begin with Álvaro Sauras himself, who will talk about ‘Hydrogen: the eternal fuel of the future’ from 11.00 am onwards. Raúl García, Councillor for the Environment, Climate, Energy and Knowledge of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, will guide this talk and speak on ‘Electric mobility in Gran Canaria’.

At 12.30 pm, Néstor Guillén, product manager of Hyundai Canarias, will begin with ‘How did you stop believing that everything is possible’. After him, Juan José Ovalles, manager of Asesoría Energética Ovalles, will give a talk entitled ‘How we can help you’. The Saturday morning will end with Cristo Socorro, sales manager of Citröen at Auto Laca Canarias – Las Palmas and Yasmina Monzón, executive assistant to CEO Retail Development at DAG, who will be looking in depth at the ‘Democratisation of electrification’ at 13.00 hours.

In the afternoon, Rubén González, CEO of Canarias Stock Drones, will speak at 16.15 on the ‘Evolution of drones and electric skateboards’. At 16.30, Ricardo Lombardi, product manager of Audi Canarias, will talk about ‘The present and future of Audi’s electric mobility’. He will be followed at 16.45 by Arturo Lang-Lenton, industrial engineer and director of icanCharge! With a talk on ‘Electric passion and technical excellence’.
In the afternoon, Rubén González, CEO of Canarias Stock Drones, will speak at 16.15 on the ‘Evolution of drones and electric scooters’. At 16.30, Ricardo Lombardi, product manager of Audi Canarias, will talk about ‘The present and future of Audi’s electric mobility’. He will be followed at 16.45 by Arturo Lang-Lenton, industrial engineer and director of icanCharge! With a talk on ‘Electric passion and technical excellence’.
One of the highlights of Saturday will come from Sara Soria, director of MovilidadHoy.com, who will give a talk on ‘This is how David ended up buying an electric car’, starting at 17.00. Félix Miguel Micó, technical assistant engineer, will give the first talk at 18.00 on ‘Lexus – New generation of electric cars’, followed by ‘Toyota – Technologies for sustainable mobility’.

From 18.30 onwards, María Teresa Villares Aranda, sub-delegate of AUVE Región de Murcia, will present ‘La opinión de los usuarios. AUVE Barometer’. The second edition of the AUVE Las Palmas awards ceremony will be held at 19.00 on Saturday at the end of the day.

On Sunday 22 October, the last day of Movelec, at 10.30 am, there will be a talk on ‘What is an ecorally’, given by Tony Lujan, Spanish Alternative Energy Champion; German Hiller, AUVE representative; and Manuel José Santana, from the organising committee of the Gran Canaria Ecorally. At 11.00 am, Néstor Santana, manager of Movelco, will talk about ‘Grupo ARI, betting on change’; and at 11.15 am, Roberto Amorin, CEO of Canary Charger, will speak about ‘Canary Charger, an integral solution for 100% electric mobility’.

At 11.30 am, Filippo Rivanera, director of Mobilize Beyond Automotive, will talk about ‘The transition to sustainable mobility can be easier than you think’. The final closing to Movelec will come with a talk on the ‘Evolution of the municipal network of charging points in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’, starting at 12.30 pm, with Alexander Ravelo, the technician in the area of Mobility and Innovation at Sagulpa.
Movelec, the Electric Vehicle Show of the Canary Islands, is promoted and financed by the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, organised by Infecar, sponsored by the Energy Council of Gran Canaria; with Cajasiete, as an official collaborator; and with AUVE, Faconauto Canarias and the Chamber of Commerce of Gran Canaria, as collaborators.