Green Car and Transportation Festival in Ipswich July 29, 2006
IPSWICH, Mass.--July 13, 2006--| Final Event Schedule for Fuel Efficiency Expo |
The Green Car and Transportation Festival will be held on Saturday, July 29, 2006, from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the Town Hall in Ipswich, Massachusetts. In one convenient location, the festival will showcase a variety of familiar hybrid-electric cars alongside cutting edge technologies that are either very new to the market or still in development. Additional exhibits will feature transportation agencies, advocacy groups, and environmental organizations that promote pollution control and reduced dependence on foreign oil. A detailed event schedule is available at http://www.IpswichRenewableEnergy.org/.
Vehicles on display will include:
Production Hybrids
-- Honda Accord
-- Honda Civic
-- Honda Civic ICE
-- Toyota Highlander
-- Toyota Camry
-- Toyota Prius
-- Ford Escape
-- GMC Sierra Pickup
Compressed Natural Gas Cars
-- Crown Victoria
-- Honda Civic GX
-- Ford F-150 Pickup Truck
-- The Phill Home Refueling Station by FuelMaker
Specialty Vehicles
-- Hydrogen Fueled Prius
-- Solectria Force Electric Vehicle
-- Flex-Fuel Chevrolet Avalanche (Operates on gasoline or E85)
-- Zap! Smart Car
-- Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle
-- MIT's solar racer
-- Never-been-seen-before high MPG concept cars from MIT Vehicle
Design Summit
Biodiesel Vehicles
-- 1985 Mercedes Benz modified for 100% vegetable oil
-- 2005 Ford F-350 Biodiesel Pick-up Truck
-- 2002 Volkswagon Jetta TDI
-- Biodiesel Home Processors
Indoor presentations by leading industry experts will focus on:
Global Warming
Video Presentation: Global Warming: The Signs and the Science
Panel Discussion by New England's leading experts in the field
Hydrogen Fuel
Video Presentation: Scientific American Frontiers: Hydrogen Hopes
Video Presentation: PBS Production on Fuel Cells featuring Click
and Clack
Panel Discussion by MA Hydrogen Coalition, eVermont, and MIT
Vehicle Design Summit
Solar Energy
Video Presentation: Running on Sunshine, a documentary of the
World Solar Challenge
Panel Discussion by MIT Vehicle Design Summit
Electric Power
Video Presentation: NOW: Who Killed the Electric Car?
Panel Discussion by owners of a Solectria Force EV and a Ford
Ranger EV
Biodiesel Fuel
Panel Discussion with Ed Burke of Dennis K. Burke Inc. and MIT
Vehicle Design Summit
Green in General
Video Presentation: Scientific American: Future Car
Community Case Study: The Medford School Bus Project
Panel Discussion: "Why You Don't Have to Drive a Hybrid to be
Green"
Outdoor entertainment will include:
Live Music
-- The Ipswich Community Band
-- Wildest Dreams, a world music sensation known for its
performances at the Boston Jazz Festival, the Oxfam World
Fest, and World Cup USA
Demonstration Circle
-- Legislative Discussion by Senator Bruce Tarr
-- Naked Prius
-- Biofuels Home Processing
-- Solar Race Car
Attendees will be able to:
-- Test drive hybrid vehicles and meet auto dealers
-- Speak with current owners of hybrid and biodiesel cars
-- Compete in the 24-mile MPG Challenge, if pre-registered
-- Meet engineers from the MIT Vehicle Design Summit
-- Attend video presentations and panel discussion on key topics
-- Learn new information from advocacy and environmental groups
The Green Car and Transportation Festival is presented by Ipswich Citizens Advocating Renewable Energy (ICARE), a grassroots community group that believes Ipswich can be a leader in alternative energy use. Please join ICARE in supporting the major sponsors of the festival: Honda North, Toyota, New England Biolabs, Rich May, EBSCO Publishing, Ipswich Ford, General Motors Alternative Fuels, Dennis K. Burke Inc., KeySpan, Meridian Associates, and McFarland Ford.