ADVISORY/Electric Car Races and Test Drives in Alameda This Weekend.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Displays, races and "hands-on hands-on adj. Involving active participation; applied, as opposed to theoretical: "We're involved in hands-on operations, pulling levers, pushing buttons" Arthur R. Taylor. " test drives of electric vehicles will take center stage at the first annual Alameda Alameda (ăləmē`də, –mā`də), city (1990 pop. 76,459), Alameda co., W central Calif., on an island just off the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; settled 1850, inc. as a city 1884. International Electric Vehicle Exposition exposition or exhibition, term frequently applied to an organized public fair or display of industrial and artistic productions, designed usually to promote trade and to reflect cultural progress. on Oct. 24 and 25. Expo tickets, which can be purchased at the gate, are $5 for adults, and $2 for children 12 and under. "This expo will show the public firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first that electric vehicles are fun and practical to drive, and available today in a variety of sizes and styles," explains John Huetter, director of CALSTART's Alameda Project Hatchery hatchery a commercial establishment dedicated to the hatching of bird eggs to provide day old chicks and poults to the poultry industry. hatchery liquid the contents of unfertilized eggs. Used in petfood manufacture. . -0-
WHAT: The Alameda International Electric Vehicle Exposition, the
largest showcase of electric vehicles for the public in the
United States.
Vehicles available for test-driving are the Chrysler Epic;
Toyota RAV4 EV; Honda EV Plus; EV1 and S-10 Pickup from General
Motors; Nissan Altra EV; Ford Ranger EV; Electric Motorbike
Lectra; S-Lemna and Neighborhood personal electric vehicles;
and Wu's Ltd. scooter. Both the Epic and the Altra EV are being
introduced to the Bay Area market.
WHO: Organized by the Alameda Bureau of Electricity and CALSTART.
WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24 and 25, 1998, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(Media preview day, Friday, Oct. 23, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
WHERE: Alameda Point (former Alameda Naval Air Station)
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call 1-888/334-EXPO or visit www.EVExpo.com
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