Electrify Expo is an all-electrified auto show like the old days
showing their cooler-chest-frunk trick. Kia had a couple of EV9’s in its shaded area, every time we walked by we saw a one of the stand attendants sitting in the front passenger’s seat answering questions for an SUV full of the fascinated. Mitsubishi brought twoPHEVs, both open, each staffed with someone to answer questions. Anyone who wanted to see and sit in the new Polestar 3 could do so.
By the time we sat down with a gent called BJ who started all of this, we were genuinely intrigued. BJ grew up in San Diego and was an ICE, JDM car guy."I always felt like, if you couldn't hear the rumble of a V8 or the sing of an inline-four turbo, forget about it, you’re never getting me behind the wheel," because"electric vehicles lack soul."
In some ways, namely this one, the Expo is the opposite of an auto show. Barriers are arranged so visitors are compelled to walk by every stand to reach the next section. That ensures OEMs get passing traffic, we get it. After navigating the chute, though, one reaches the drive fleet that bookends the far end of the event opposite the entry. In D.C.
BJ also experienced what we mentioned earlier,"volunteer-run events by enthusiasts." He believed"there was nothing that was going to attract the world's leading auto manufacturers to invest in having a footprint and a demo experience at a festival."
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