{"id":34468,"date":"2024-04-18T16:17:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T20:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=34468"},"modified":"2024-04-25T11:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T15:22:55","slug":"electric-vehicle-showcase-zooms-into-sarc-for-reimagined-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/electric-vehicle-showcase-zooms-into-sarc-for-reimagined-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Vehicle Showcase zooms into SARC for reimagined event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ins and outs of electric vehicles (EVs) will be in the spotlight on Sunday, April 28, as the Town of Aurora\u2019s Electric Vehicle Showcase returns to the Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex \u2013 but this year\u2019s Showcase will be a new spin on an annual event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set to be held inside for the first time, the EV Showcase will take over both of the SARC\u2019s ice pads, allowing for expert talks, a chance to get up close and personal with vehicles supplied by local dealerships, and even take a test drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been slowly gaining traction and momentum for this event year after year \u2013 and with our third annual event, it\u2019s indoors,\u201d says Cindy Shaver of the Town of Aurora. \u201cWe were able to secure both the Pfaff and the Toyota arenas and moving indoors we had a lot more space to work with, enabling us to really grow the event this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEVs are gaining momentum and traction and a lot of dealerships are really eager to showcase the cars that they have. Most of our local dealerships are involved, so you can expect a variety of EVs on display, including a few newbies that people might not be familiar with. On top of that, we\u2019ve expanded [our] Speaker Stage, which is front and centre in the Pfaff Arena.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the event opening its doors at 10 a.m., the Speaker Stage will spark to life at 10.30 with Ken Bokor of The EV Revolution Show, who will present \u201cEV101\u201d focusing on the history of the electric vehicle, the current EV market, purchase options, and advantages of getting in on the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up at 11.30 a.m. will be The Great Ontario EV Road Trip with Toronto Star reporter Marco Chown Oved, who recently returned from a 2,300 km road trip into northern Ontario looking at various points in the EV supply chain \u201cfrom mine, to refinery, to steel plant, to battery plant, to assembly line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EV Charging 101 will follow at 12.30 p.m. with Kush Obhrai of Ivy Charging network; followed by \u201cFrom Gadgets to the Grid: Batteries & Our sustainable Future\u201d led by Tim Burrows, producer of Canada Talks Cars and member of the Electric Vehicle Society. Wrapping up the Speaker Stage will be Heather Smiles, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Development at Electra Battery Materials with \u201cBuilding a North American Supply Chain for EV Battery Materials.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another highlight will be the \u201ctest track\u201d where attendees will be able to take a spin behind the wheel of micro-mobility vehicles, including Frank Stronach\u2019s Sarit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere will be a number of those small micro-mobility cars that you\u2019ll be able to drive around inside on our test track, which we\u2019re dubbing our Electric Avenue,\u201d says Shaver. \u201cThere is also going to be Trek Bicycles, which [will] be providing a number of e-bikes [for Electric Avenue], so for people who are looking at maybe not an electric vehicle, but wanting to hop onto that electric bandwagon and maybe try out an electric bike and see what that is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also new this year is a large Kids Zone that will offer myriad family-friendly activities to stimulate young minds in learning the science behind EVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have STEM Minds on site that is going to have a number of different robotics opportunities for kids of different ages and depending on their age, the activity will change, but it is all robotic,\u201d says Shaver. \u201cYou can drive mini-robotic cars around a track [like] a remote control car but\u2026you\u2019re using the science and the engineering to actually build a car. As for the older kids, you actually get more of a hands-on opportunity to look at the engineering and how those are built. That\u2019s going to be really interesting and then we will have car-related craft activities where small kids could create their own car out of recycled materials and we also have what\u2019s called a Pit-Stop Challenge. This is really cool \u2013 it\u2019s an opportunity for kids big and small to learn how to change a tire. Which, whether you drive an EV or gas-powered vehicles, is kind of an essential skill I personally don\u2019t have!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have fairly progressive targets, I think, to reduce our emissions by 80 per cent from our 2018 emissions, by 2050\u2026.so we can\u2019t do this alone. We really need to, as a community, learn, and make choices that are going to benefit. Putting this on is an opportunity to educate our community and hopefully start that conversation to make those big changes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on this year\u2019s Electric Vehicle Showcase, visit aurora.ca\/en\/your-government\/electric-vehicle-showcase.aspx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
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