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Hybrids on Parade. Help break a World Record. July 24. Madison, WI

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by ericbecky, Jun 16, 2011.

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  1. ericbecky

    ericbecky Hybrid Battery Hero

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    I am on the planning team for the World Record event.

    Normally for Hybridfest/Green Drive Expo we have private speaker sessions on Sunday morning, but since the Hybrids On Parade(HOP) is happening on Sunday morning, we have forgone the speakers since we assume most people would want to be part of the HOP instead. The HOP event is stationed about 6 miles from Hybridfest/Green Drive Expo.

    We'll probably all meet in the hotel lobby early in the morning and caravan over to the HOP starting point as a group.

    The HOP should be done by 11:45, giving us all time to head back over to caravan back over Hybridfest/Green Drive Expo in time for the doors to open at noon.

    Feel free to call me if you have any other questions.
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    #21 ericbecky, Jun 21, 2011
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    Today's email update says 151 registered. That's not much of a margin for error. Is there a more relevant forum where midwest owners might notice this?
     
    #22 CPSDarren, Jul 11, 2011
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    DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!!

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    wish you all luck in your record attempt!
     
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    a_gray_prius Rare Non-Old-Blowhard Priuschat Member

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    I'll be making the trip out.
     
    #24 a_gray_prius, Jul 12, 2011
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    Looks like only 97 tickets left. Have 403 vehicles really signed up? Took a huge jump in the last week apparently! Nice!

    Any data on the percentages of each type? Prius/Insight/Fusion/Civic/ETC?
     
    #25 CPSDarren, Jul 19, 2011
  6. ericbecky

    ericbecky Hybrid Battery Hero

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    We have enough to break the record. I want to say, though, that there are not 403 signed up. We made a tighter limit on the number of vehicles so the number of available tickets has been reduced accordingly.
    Breakout is similar to the sales of hybrids overall. Majority are Prius, but I'm doing my best to get some more Insights and Volts too!
    We have some pre-production PHEV Prius and Prius v in town for Green Drive Expo and I wish I could bring one over to drive in the parade but I'm pretty sure that is not going to happen. Dang!

    After the parade I'll be handing out 2 for 1 tickets to the Dane County Fair so people can come on over to Green Drive Expo for 1/2 price. See you there!
     
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    Thanks- so how many are registered so far? 203?
     
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    ericbecky Hybrid Battery Hero

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    No idea. I'm not handling that part of the event. I just was told we are past the number to beat the record.
     
    #28 ericbecky, Jul 20, 2011
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    Probably a smart idea not to reveal it even if you knew. Given the 5 hour round trip drive, I'd probably be one of those to bail out if there was bad weather and also a good chance not enough people would show.
     
    #29 CPSDarren, Jul 20, 2011
  10. ericbecky

    ericbecky Hybrid Battery Hero

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    Just saw the number today... 207 in the email to participants.

    We need each and every person to show up!!!!!!

    Also there were some good housekeeping items.
    Interesting and important one was the following distance:
    update: I see we got some more press and tickets are going fast. Yipes!
     
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    Wisconsin is a very polarized state. Most of the population (Madison and Milwaukee) are very liberal and environmentally friendly. If you come to visit you would notice in Madison that the most common car is the prius and there are over 120 miles of bike lanes on roads. The green influence might not reach out of our state (most likely due to recent government events) but we consider ourselves to be very green and have for a long time.

    We were supposed to be a leader in high speed rail. But I won't even start on that...
     
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