The Washington Auto Show is back again and this year, and this time I'm not just a gawker, I'm a staffer! That's to say, I'll be helping out my friends at the EVA/DC to get the message out about the virtues of driving electric! The show will be at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC and opened to the public starting Friday, January 2011. It'll be 10 days of great cars, many of whom are battery-electric (BEV) or plug-in hybrids (PHEV), wonderful and exciting displays — including the EVA/DC Electric Vehicle booth — and your chance to meet me in person! The show will finally close its doors at 18:00 on Sunday, 6 February 2011 so don't delay. Tickets are $12 for adults; $5 for adolescents and tweens (6-12) and free for the babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers. The specific hours the show will be opened are as follows:
Public Days: January 28 - February 6, 2011
Show Hours: (No entry 1 hour prior to show closing)Friday, Jan. 28 (noon – 10 pm)
Saturday, Jan. 29 (10 am – 10 pm)
Sunday, Jan. 30 (10 am – 7 pm)
Monday, Jan. 31 – Thursday, Feb. 3 (noon – 9 pm)
Friday, Feb. 4 (noon – 10 pm)
Saturday, Feb. 5 (10 am – 10 pm)
Sunday, Feb. 6 (10 am – 6 pm)
When checking out our fantabulous display of electric vehicles, including a Tesla Roadster, a Toyota Rav4 EV1, a Solar Prius and a fresh off the factory floor Smart EV (subject to dealer availability), please show respect to the cars being show, as you would for any museum display. If you're reading this, you're probably not the type to be blindly hating Electric Vehicles but I would like to ask as politely as possible if you hate EVs and what they stand for, take it out on us docents and lecturers, not on the generously donated and expensive, in some cases irreplaceable cars on display. Yell and scream at us all you want; our feelings are easily mended, but treat the cars on display as if they were owned by your dear, sweet mother, okay? Thanks!
So, what can you see besides cars at the D.C. Auto Show? What, like I'm not enough of a celebrity? Okay, well a complete list of guests and activities are listed on the Washington Auto Show website.
So come one, come all to the great exhibit halls! Cast your gaze and be amazed! The year of the electric car is nigh, so see the show and come say "hi"!
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