[ausev] Tweety at Seguin, Texas Car Show...

[kenscircus at aol.com]

We entered Tweety in the 8th Annual Pontiac Car Club Classic Car Show 
this weekend in Seguin, Texas.  There were about 100 cars there, mostly 
meticulously restored vintage cars, muscle cars from every era and even 
modern cars such as the 550 HP Mustang GT.  Needless to say, Tweety was 
the only electric car there (the golf carts used by the show organizers 
don’t count – they are not cars).  Even so, Tweety pretty much stole 
the show.  There was a relentless constant crowd surrounding Tweety.

We handed out at about 120 flyers on Tweety.  We also had a binder with 
a facing page that stated, “Tweety is not little because it is 
electric.  It is electric so that it can be powerful, efficient and 
little at the same time.  The following pages are examples of larger / 
full size electric vehicles…”

The binder contained lots of pics and text from John Wayland’s website 
(plasma boy racing) and the Car and Driver spread on John’s White 
Zombie.  It also had pics and info from the KillaCycle website.  Also 
included were pics and text from Phoenix Motor Cars, Tesla, and 
Commuter Cars.

This seemed to cover all bases, if someone had difficulty grasping the 
benefits of a personal commuter car we could show them that electric 
drive is not limited to that.  It was an exhausting day.  The crowds 
never let up.  Heidi and I both were talking typically to more than one 
person at a time.  After all that, I don’t recall anyone who did not 
walk away totally astounded.  Most all was flabbergasted that electric 
is not already main stream.   Having Tweety there makes it easy -  they 
are there looking at a real EV that commutes 500 miles per month and 
routinely spanks hot street cars while doing it!  Having information 
about the Zombie, KillaCycle and others solidly drove the point home 
that Tweety is just a miniscule tip of the ice berg!

Although, Tweety is used to spontaneous car shows, this was Tweety’s 
first registered big car show and I have to say it was an absolute 
total success!

By the way, Tweety went home with a second place plaque.  :)

Stay Charged!

Ken

http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/983
http://www.myersmotors.com/story_funpracticality.html




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