AltCar Expo is Coming to Town Next Week

The City of Santa Monica is pleased to announce the 10th Anniversary AltCar Expo and Ride and Drive, Friday and Saturday September 18-19, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Santa Monica Civic East Wing and Parking Lot.

Admission is FREE and participants have the opportunity to test drive the largest selection of currently available alternative technology vehicles available in one location including electric, hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell, natural gas, propane and biodiesel. Product specialists from the manufacturers will be on-site answering questions. Cars available and on display include:

BMW i3 ReX Chevy Volt – Next Gen Mercedes Benz B-Class F-Cell
BMW i3 BeV Ford C-Max Hybrid Mercedes Benz B-Class Electric
Chevy Bolt EV Ford Fusion Plug-in Hybrid Nissan Leaf
Chevy CNG Bi-Fuel Impala Ford Focus Electric Smart Electric Drive
Chevy Spark EV Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell Vehicle Toyota Mirai
Toyota Prius V
Volkswagen e-Golf
And many more!

AltCar Expo 2015 also includes informative panels and workshops focusing on the next generation of technology. On Friday, Tony Seba, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Disruption and Clean Energy at Stanford University will give the keynote address on Clean Disruption: Why Conventional Energy and Transportation with be Obsolete by 2030. And Chris Woodyard, writer/reporter for USA Today, will moderate Automated Vehicles, Uber Autonomous Driving Now.

On Saturday, Susan Carpenter, KPCC host and automotive writer for the Orange County Register, will moderate a panel discussion – Industry Transruption: The ultimate mashup of change is headed our way; alternative transportation, Uber, automated vehicles, car sharing – do we really need cars?

For more information on the complete workshop and discussion line up and cars go to www.AltCarExpo.com or call 310-390-2930.