More than 200 guests turned out for Drive ÉLAN’s Portuguese launch at The Yard in Vale do Lobo.
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The new electric car brand unveiled three individually styled vehicles, and guests soon began discussing colours, interiors and design details.
Founder Alexander Brimelow says the cars are designed to bring personality to everyday driving. Visitors explored the options and asked about ordering, while fifteen test drives have already been arranged for the coming weeks.
ÉLAN’s models have a range of 160 to 200 kilometres, with prices starting around €32,995, including Portuguese VAT and registration.
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The unveiling took place on Saturday, 10 October, in the afternoon, to an enthusiastic crowd.
Kam Heskin is an American writer, journalist, presenter, and actress who spent 25 years in Los Angeles building an extensive career in front of the camera. Her credits include Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, playing the female lead, Paige Morgan, in three films in The Prince & Me franchise, and major roles in the NBC daytime dramas Sunset Beach and Passions. She has also appeared in various television series including Charmed, Angel, and CSI: NY.
A graduate in Communications and Political Science, Kam has always had a parallel interest in writing and storytelling. In Los Angeles, she contributed to luxury fashion and lifestyle magazine Genlux. Since moving to Portugal in 2022, she has written for Wherever magazine, where she was a columnist and social editor, creating and running Seen in the Algarve, the magazine’s social diary, for three years.
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