Illinois Energy Fair-Hybrid Showcase 8-11/8-12

Check out this topic for details. It's a fun event with a lot of hybrid owners coming out to see the exhibits. Join them.

Wayne

 

Recap is in the other thread.

Aw, heck, I'll post it here too.

Saturday we had 6 Prius exhibited, 1 Classic and 5 Gen II. We had a few members who came independently and stayed a bit and helped out. There was even a new Camry Hybrid owner we talked to, who then drove his Camry to the foot of the small hill we were upon and opened the hood to help us show a different hybrid. Once again we were placed by the bio/veggie diesel crowd, but we got the most foot trafic. This was one of the Fairs biggest turnouts on Saturday in its' history, so we talked to a lot of people. Almost half the people we talked to already had a Prius, at one time we could see about 25 Prius in the parking area as well as a few Insights, Civics and Escapes.

Sunday was a less crowded day and so we only had 3 Gen II Prius. Again a fair amount of traffic by our location.

Since we had the Classic battery on display a lot of questions arose about the batteries. Many people still have some misconceptions about longevity and replacement. Some people even thought the batteries were LI-ion by now. And of course the PHEV conversions came up, with not many people understanding that Toyota is testing PHEV now.

A special thank-you to "Neicy" of who was there for both days hardly taking any breaks and doing a great job of talking to people. Of course what's also special is that she came from Massachusetts just for this event, a big THANK YOU.

Wayne