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The AltWheels Alternative Vehicle Caravan
Thursday Sept. 21, 5:30-7:30p
Larz Anderson Auto Museum ⇒ MIT
Come to MIT to welcome and view the AltWheels Caravan!
This year's caravan will feature over 35 vehicles. Cars,
trucks, pickups, buses, vans and scooters! In addition
to hybrid cars, SUVs, there are commercially available
biodiesel and ethanol fueled vehicles, plus a cars fueled
with vegetable oil and electricity.
Special to the Caravan this year are three hydrogen-fueled
vehicles (a bus burning hydrogen in an internal combustion engine,
plus a fuel cell car and minivan).
4:00
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Arrival/Organization at the Larz Anderson
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5:00
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Depart Larz Anderson under Mass State Police CNG Escort |
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5:30
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Arrive MIT Stata Center |
6:00-7:30
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Welcome and Vehicle Walk-Around
- Professor Phillip Clay, Chancellor, MIT,
- Professor John Heywood, Director, MIT Sloan Automotive Laboratory,
- Simon Pitts, Executive Director, Ford-MIT Alliance,
- Scott Griffith, CEO, Zipcar,
- James W. Hunt, Chief of Environmental and Energy Services,
City of Boston,
- David Cash, Director of Air, Energy and Waste Policy,
Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, and
- Tom Kinton, CEO, Massport.
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7:30
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Depart for Setup at Boston City Hall (Caravan Vehicles only)
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Location of the Caravan on the MIT Campus
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