Michigan EV Show and Rally June 9 9AM to 4PM
Michigan’s 3rd Annual Electric Vehicle Learn, Touch, Drive, and Race Event
Livonia, Michigan – The Michigan Electric Auto Association, Schoolcraft
College, and the Clean
Energy Coalition announce the 3rd Annual Electric Vehicle Show and Rally, to be held from 9AM
to 4 PM, June 11, 2011, at Schoolcraft College,
18600 Haggerty Road, in Livonia, Michigan.
Last year’s event drew over a thousand people and 35 EV’s, including a Chevy Volt, a Tesla
Roadster, a Ford PHEV, a Th!nk,
two Wheegos, and a 1916 Detroit Electric, as well as a broad
variety of conversion EVs, scooters and bikes, and EV1-era OEM production electric vehicles.
The
most popular
segment of the show last year was the Sportscar Club of America-sponsored EV
Solo Autocross, where EV drivers raced around a closed course against the
clock.
The event is
free again this year, and show organizers expect a much bigger crowd, with 60 EVs of
all kinds, including Chevy Volts, a Tesla, a Nissan Leaf, a Ford PHEV, an Electralite
Roadster, a
SmartcarED, and a Bright PHEV, - along with production scooters, a couple of Segways, unique
EV conversions, motorcycles, and competitive
tractor-pull tractors, plus older production OEM
EVs, a Citicar or two, and of course, the classic 1916 Detroit Electric. 20 exhibitors will show off
their EV related equipment and
services; plus, Schoolcraft College will show off their four new
Coulomb Charging Stations.
As a Ride and Drive event, the public should come prepared to take test rides and drives in
many
different kinds
of EVs around the large Schoolcraft campus.
At 11AM, Michigan State Senator Glenn Anderson will say a few words and then lead the “Parade
of EVs” around the campus
and autocross course, in a made-in-Michigan Chevy Volt.
At 1PM there will be a panel of experts answering questions about EV technology and
infrastructure, EV ownership and
driving experience, and EV economic and environmental impact.
At 2:30PM, 20 EVs will compete in the Solo Autocross, and at 4 PM, completing the day, there
will
be a ceremony
presenting awards for the Autocross and for EVs in several categories.
“Our EV show is the largest event of its kind in the Midwest. It’s an event where, all
in one place,
the
public can learn about all kinds of electric vehicles, talk to people who own and drive EVs every
day, take test rides and drives in a broad range of EVs, and watch
EV’s compete in an exciting
Solo Autocross,” says Larry Tuttle, president of the Michigan Electric Auto Association.
For more information
Email: info@michiganevshow.org
Michigan EAA website:
http://www.michiganeaa.org
EV Show website: http://michiganevshow.org.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/MichiganEVShow
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/michiganevshow
Michigan’s 4th
Annual Electric Vehicle Learn, Touch, Drive, and Race EventLivonia, Michigan – The Michigan Electric Auto Association, Schoolcraft College, and
the CleanEnergy Coalition announce the 3rd Annual Electric Vehicle Show and Rally, to be held from 9AMto 4 PM, June 9, 2012, at Schoolcraft College,
18600 Haggerty Road, in Livonia, Michigan.
Last year’s event drew over a thousand people and 35 EV’s, including a Chevy Volt, a
TeslaRoadster, a Ford PHEV, a Th!nk, two Wheegos, and a 1916 Detroit Electric, as well as a broadvariety of conversion EVs, scooters and bikes, and
EV1-era OEM production electric vehicles. Themost popular segment of the show last year was the Sportscar Club of America-sponsored EVSolo Autocross,
where EV drivers raced around a closed course against the clock.
The event is free again this year, and show organizers expect a much bigger
crowd, with 60 EVs ofall kinds, including Chevy Volts, a Tesla, a Nissan Leaf, a Ford PHEV, an Electralite Roadster, aSmartcarED, and a Bright PHEV, -
along with production scooters, a couple of Segways, uniqueEV conversions, motorcycles, and competitive tractor-pull tractors, plus older production
OEMEVs, a Citicar or two, and of course, the classic 1916 Detroit Electric. 20 exhibitors will show offtheir EV related equipment and services; plus,
Schoolcraft College will show off their four newCoulomb Charging Stations.
As a Ride and Drive event, the public should come prepared to
take test rides and drives in manydifferent kinds of EVs around the large Schoolcraft campus.
At 11AM, Michigan State Senator Glenn Anderson
will say a few words and then lead the “Paradeof EVs” around the campus and autocross course, in a made-in-Michigan Chevy
Volt.
At 1PM there will be a panel of experts answering questions about EV technology andinfrastructure, EV ownership and driving
experience, and EV economic and environmental impact.
At 2:30PM, 20 EVs will compete in the Solo Autocross, and at 4 PM, completing the day,
there willbe a ceremony presenting awards for the Autocross and for EVs in several categories.
“Our EV show is the largest event of
its kind in the Midwest. It’s an event where, all in one place,the public can learn about all kinds of electric vehicles, talk to people who own
and drive EVs everyday, take test rides and drives in a broad range of EVs, and watch EV’s compete in an excitingSolo Autocross,” says
Larry Tuttle, president of the Michigan Electric Auto Association.
For more information
Email:
info@michiganevshow.org
Michigan EAA website: http://www.michiganeaa.org
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