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May 12-13: Festival

Directions: Inner Harbor at Rash Field
The City of Baltimore is hosting our first-ever festival at the popular Inner Harbor.

Sunday, May 12. 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
A great thing to do on Mother’s Day! Bring your Mom to lunch at the Inner Harbor, and treat her to a test-drive in the newest and coolest cars
Monday, May 13. 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
The festival continues. We expect 1,000 area students to visit the Tour de Sol on a field trip.

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS:

With over 50 exhibits there's lot to do - it's fun for the whole family!

• Food and Entertainment.

• Over 50 Exhibits.

• Fun stuff for kids – interactive displays, scavenger hunt, bicycle stuff and more.

• Try out the newest and coolest cars and bikes. See the on-road debut of Honda’s Civic Hybrid. Test-drives new hybrid-electric vehicles built by Honda and Toyota. Talk with enthusiastic hybrid vehicle owners about their experience with their gas-sipping cars.

• Learn about prototype fuel cell and hybrid cars from DaimlerChrylser. Reps will be on hand to answer technical questions about these vehicles and their electric neighborhood vehicles.

• Talk with over 200 students, and dozens of visionaries about their experience of building two-dozen one-of-a-kind vehicles that are competing in the Tour de Sol road-rally championship. These vehicles include battery-electric cars, hybrid cars, solar assisted cars, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and one-person motorcycles and personal commuter vehicles.

• Enjoy Peruvian music performed by Aymara Star.

• The Arlington County Commuter Assistance Program will be on hand to sell metro passes and show off their cool store on wheels.

• Learn about car sharing by visiting the Zipcar exhibit. Look for the little VW Beetle.

• Watch Climate Action Theatre perform skits on global warming.

• Try some delicious Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, sip some yummy Odwalla all natural juices, and try some coffee.

• Watch technical testing of the vehicles entering the Tour de Sol road-rally. Stationary testing at Rash Field. Braking and handling testing at Camden Yards.

Gold Sponsors:
American Honda Motor Company
U.S. Department of Energy

Special Maryland sponsors:
State of Maryland
City of Baltimore
Arlington County Commuter Assistance Program
Constellation Energy

Additional Baltimore Partners:
American Lung Association of Maryland
Baltimore Metropolitan Council
Baltimore Office of Promotion
Green Party
Maryland Department of the Environment
Maryland Energy Administration
Maryland Department of the Environment
Maryland State Education Department
Preakness Celebration
Solar Works, Inc.
University of Maryland Environmental Conservation Organization

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