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http://www.dailytidings.com/article/20160830/NEWS/160839958 Tesla a highlight of Electric Vehicle Show Aug. 30, 2016 John Darling [images http://www.dailytidings.com/storyimage/DT/20160830/NEWS/160839958/AR/0/AR-160839958.jpg&MaxW=650 The 2016 ScienceWorks Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Show will feature electric vehicles of all kinds, including bikes, a 1958 Nash Metropolitan, and a Tesla. Daily Tidings / Denise Baratta http://www.dailytidings.com/storyimage/DT/20160830/NEWS/160839958/EP/1/1/EP-160839958.jpg&MaxW=650&MaxH=650 Pete Jorgensen of Ashland Lions Club will display his converted 1958 Nash Metropolitan during the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Show on Sept. 10 at ScienceWorks http://www.dailytidings.com/storyimage/DT/20160830/NEWS/160839958/EP/1/2/EP-160839958.jpg&MaxW=650&MaxH=650 Mike and Norma Trump of Medford check the price on a Pedego $3,499.00 electric bicycle during the Southern Oregon Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Show in 2015 ] Third annual event adds chili cook-off to fundraising events on Sept. 10 The 2016 ScienceWorks Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Show will feature electric vehicles of all kinds, including bikes, a 1958 Nash Metropolitan, and a Tesla. Highlighting the third annual Southern Oregon Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Show at ScienceWorks, the stunning new Tesla just purchased by retired architect Barry Thalden of Ashland is guaranteed to knock your socks off with its silent, energy hoarding, road-wise motoring, which virtually drives itself, slowing down for cars that cut in front of you, driving you down the highway without your hands on the wheel and, of course, loading up on a full 250 miles of juice while you do lunch. The vehicle will be a crown jewel of the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Scienceworks Hands-On Museum, 1500 E. Main, Ashland. Instead of admission, the show invites donations of nonperishable food at the door for the Ashland Emergency Food Bank. The Thaldens were going to buy an SUV, for the ample space, but were sold on the Tesla when they realized that, with no engine, there was plenty of space in front and rear trunks, plus it matched their values as “very active environmentalists” who set up rooftop solar panels dedicated to the Tesla’s batteries. The vehicle is a full-sized car and cost a whopping $90,000, but Thalden reasons that “someone had to be first” in buying the sleek, futuristic machine, helping Tesla founder Elon Musk capitalize for production of the subcompact Tesla, due out in 2018 at $30,000. Thalden enjoys showing the car’s many smart features. When he walks away from the car, it locks itself and pulls in the handles and mirrors. When he approaches, it unlocks itself. It’s autopilot tracks the road’s painted lines so it’s hands-free much of the time. It keeps its preset distance from the car in front of you. It’s silent, of course, is four-wheel all the time and accelerates faster than you can say “zero to 60 in 3.8 seconds.” Tesla superchargers are sprinkled all over main highways now and “fill it up” free in 30 minutes. “This car is from the future,” says Thalden. “Elon Musk is making us go into the future and he’s pushing other car makers to go there.” The show has been successful in helping motorists evolve out of the fossil fuel age and its destructive greenhouse gas emissions, says show organizer Pete Jorgensen, who will be showing off his tiny 1958 Nash Metropolitan, re-engineered with an electric motor. It was the show, he says, that inspired Thalden to get his Tesla. From the show, the Southern Oregon Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Association was started. It now has 20 active members, including one who has joined an estimated 400,000 motorists in pre-ordering a Tesla subcompact. The club bought a Prius hybrid with a damaged power system, fixed it and donated it to the car repair class at Ashland High School, says Jorgensen. At the show, you can talk to owners about their electric vehicle experience, chat with dealers of e-cars and e-bicycles and view an antique car rally. A chili cook-off raises money for the sponsoring Lions Club, with some donated to children’s health programs in Ashland, including AHS clinic and Asante Uninsured Children’s ER Care. 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