AeroVironment’s EVS26 Booth to Feature Historic GM EV1

WHAT:

Visit AeroVironment’s booth during EVS26 and learn about the company’s rich history and its decades of electric vehicle innovation. Experts, chargers and the groundbreaking General Motors EV1 car will be present to illustrate AeroVironment’s historical and current innovations.

WHO:

WHEN:

Sunday, May 6 – Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Sunday – Exposition and Ride, Drive & Charge: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday – Exposition and Ride, Drive & Charge: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesday – Exposition and Ride, Drive & Charge: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday – Conference: 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

WHERE:

Booth #1515

OPPORTUNITIES:

AeroVironment special guest at the booth: the General Motors EV1, the first commercially available electric car that resulted from the company’s co-development of the GM Impact with General Motors in 1989. Additionally, AeroVironment is supporting the Ride, Drive & Charge by providing a Level-3 DC fast charger, which can fully charge an EV in as little as 20 minutes, as well as six Level-2 chargers. Participants will have the opportunity to test drive and charge an EV, including the Nissan LEAF or the Mitsubishi i-Miev, among others. Lastly, a quiz reflecting AeroVironment’s history and decades of innovation will be released on May 4. AeroVironment will select 10 winners, who will receive $100 to pay for his/her electricity bill, take the quiz here, EV Innovator Quiz.