To: Don Devlin who wrote (2576 ) 11/5/1998 1:37:00 PM From: WALT REISCH Respond to of 8393
Are you going to be there Don? 'Kids and Cars for Clean Air' Expo PR Newswire - November 05, 1998 13:15 What: The "Kids and Cars for Clean Air" Expo, a carnival-style celebration culminating a year-long curriculum program in which thousands of local students built model electric cars and learned how society can harness electric vehicles and other advanced technologies to help improve air quality. When: Saturday, Nov. 7, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (activities throughout). -- 11:15 a.m. -- welcome and introductory remarks. -- 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. -- student model electric car competitions. -- 1:30 p.m. -- awards presentations for competitions. Where: Petersen Automotive Museum, third-floor parking structure. 6060 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90036 (at Fairfax Avenue). (Thomas Guide page 633, B-2). Who: -- Middle and high school students and teachers from Los Angeles and surrounding areas, plus family and friends. -- Experts in electric vehicle technology. -- Numerous owners of General Motors' (GM's) EV1 electric vehicle. -- The solar car team from Cal State Los Angeles. -- Participants from sponsoring organizations (listed below). Visuals: -- Student model electric car speed and hill-climbing competitions. -- Model electric car-building demo area for all kids. -- Ride-and-drives in GM's EV1 cars. -- Hands-on displays featuring: * Production-model electric cars from numerous automakers, * Electric bikes, solar cars and student-built electric cars, * The EV1 prototype that set an electric vehicle land speed record in 1994, and more. Background: Sponsors of education program, designed to improve science skills, prepare students for issues they will face as adults, and improve the technological know-how of tomorrow's workforce: The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee, GM, Southern California Edison, LA Department of Water and Power, California Air Resources Board, EV Media, Coalition for Clean Air, and American Lung Association of LA County. The South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Petersen also are event sponsors. CONTACT: Mindy Berman, 310-839-8421 SOURCE General Motors - North American Operations /PRNewswire -- Nov. 5/