History

Going-Electric was started in May 2008 as a "de facto" association by Jacques de Selliers and a few other Electric Vehicle afficionados. Their aim was to complement AVERE regarding European advocacy for EVs.

Since the association grew, it decided to become an international non-profit association under the Belgian law (Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif AISBL), then named "European Association for Battery Electric Vehicles", abreviated as "Going-Electric".

The founding general assembly took place in Brussels on April 29 2009. Its creation was confirmed in a Royal Decree dated June 7 2009, which was published in the Belgian official journal "Le Moniteur" on June 24, 2009.

Download Going-Electric's 2009 constitution act (in French - pdf 70kB).
Download the Royal Decree dated June 7 2009 (in French - pdf 1MB).
Download the constitution act publication in the official journal (in French - pdf 250kB).

On 8 June 2010, the association held an Extraordinary General Assembly, where it decided:

• To change its name to "Going-Electric".
• To slightly modify its statutes, notably by systematically changing "Battery Electric Vehicles" into "Electric Vehicles", in order to implicitely include Extended Range Electric Vehicles (EREVs) and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCVs).

Donwload Going-Electric's 2010 modified constitution act (in French - pdf 44kB).