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NY Auto Show Hopes to Boost Awareness With Full Floor Dedicated to EVs

The 2021 New York International Automobile Show is dedicating an “unprecedented” full floor to electric vehicles (EVs), chargers and consumer awareness programs, it emailed Friday. The space at the Jacob Javits Convention Center will have four indoor test tracks for…

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consumers and media when the show opens for the press Aug. 19 and to the public Aug. 20-29. A Level 1 Electric Vehicle Test Fest will feature seven new EVs, e-bikes and scooters. Attendees will be able to take rides in new EVs from Chevrolet, Ford, Kia, Nissan, Polestar, Porsche and Volvo, said the NYIAS, which hopes to “help consumers new to electrics transition easily.” Test tracks are designed to “excite and inspire” consumers and “remove any pre-conceived notions about electric vehicle ownership,” said Auto Show Chairman John LaSorsa.