Emerging Technology Day Hosts One of Nation’s Largest EV Rallies

On May 7th, 2011, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Emerging Technology Day hosted over 70 plug-in electric vehicles at the track during the EV Rally.

Dominated by 28 THINK City EV’s (predominately provided through ESN’s Project Plug-IN) and about 20 Chevy Volts that had been test driven all day, plug-in vehicle owners brought their cars to the track to take a couple laps around the IMS oval.

Emerging Technology Day IMS

Plug-in vehicles lined up in one of the on-site parking lots and by late afternoon, all PEV owners joined each other to prepare for their parade laps.

 

Plug-In Vehicles by THINK

Many of the THINK City EVs that participated in the rally were purchased by participants in ESN’s Project Plug-IN EV deployment initiative, which was supported by grant funding provided through the State of Indiana and the Indiana Office of Energy Development. Many of the PEV owners got to look at different vehicles, some coming as far away as Florida and South Carolina, to get an idea of what other PEV products are out there – the popular ones and the less traditional ones.

 

Everyone got to pause at the “yard of bricks” for a group photo, which can be seen on the IMS Flickr page here. Overall, being part of the EV Rally was a great opportunity for PEV owners to talk to each other about their vehicles and the new technology that made them possible, while turning heads at their quiet laps around the IMS track in the process.