An orange Chevy Corvette, good-naturedly listed as one of the official cars of the male midlife crisis by Carbuzz.com, sat poised for a slingshot ride down the highway at prudent speeds, of course, since the thing only gets 19 mpg. Im not a big car fan, Jay said.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The 120th Philadelphia Auto Show begins on Saturday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

Fast and Furious movies about them. Sign up for our weekly newsletter. Thornton and his wife Juanita have solar panels installed on their New Jersey home. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a ban on imports of Russian oil, and Pennsylvania Gov. And if you dont have people moving in that direction, you wont.. Want a digest of WHYYs programs, events & stories? Recharged.

Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. I would really love to go with a full electric car, he said. We kept questioning, where did you charge this thing? Trying to save the planet, Carl Thornton said. Dangerous winds, wildfire conditions returning to New Mexico. I love all cars and the energy here is great.. Weve sat through nine (or 10?) Jan. 6 insurrection committee hearing Watch or listen live, Electric vehicles wind around a 50,000-square-foot track, a new feature at the 2022 Philadelphia Auto Show. They should just let you get in, he said, and drive these cars away.. With the war in Ukraine increasing the price of gas, e-cars may make more sense, according to Curtis Richardson, 43, an auto mechanic from Strawberry Mansion who was at the show with his daughter, Ava, 6. LIVE POLL: Do you support the Sixers' plan to relocate the arena to the Fashion District? Want a digest of WHYYs programs, events & stories? Muscular trucks, ready to rumble, sank their tires into gray carpet right near a clutch of Nissans, colorful as candy. One scratch can cost thousands of dollars to fix.. Get away from gasoline as much as possible., Philly Auto Show returns after COVID hiatus, flooded with electric cars. But if he does, itll be electric. WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyones stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. In fact, the McLaren Senna GTR everyone was staring at has a number printed on its sales sticker that reads like some wacky individuals idea of an absurd joke: $1,691,184, or more than five times the median price of a Philadelphia-area house. All Rights Reserved. Our weekend newsletter will catch you up on the best local stories of the week. The Biden administration is trying to push this trend forward, with a target backed by automakers to make half of all vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2030 electric. We were here, what, two, three years ago, when a guy was telling us that they drove one of the electric cars all the way from California to here, he said.

Ben, 34, a software developer, sat in the front seat of the car with Ellie, 30, who works in marketing for a chocolate company. What will it take to get the world's 1.6 billion gas powered cars and trucks off the road? New this year is a 50,000-square-foot track where visitors can ride in the latest electric vehicles.

(Emma Lee/WHYY). Electric vehicles (EVs) have long made appearances at the annual Auto Show, but this year theyre a greater presence than ever with three times as many EVs on the showroom floor than at the last show in 2020. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and via email to find out how. You dont see electric cars come into the shop to get fixed except to replace brakes or rotate tires, he said. That new-car smell was intoxicating, wafting off the dashboard and up from the seats, perhaps persuading the couple to reach for their checkbook. Listen to the experts before you switch to an electric vehicle, Here's what you'll see at the Philadelphia Auto Show, A Classic Collection Like No Other at the Philadelphia Auto Show, Ride and Drives offer the chance to take a test drive, Jan. 6 hearing: Irate Trump demanded to join, not call off mob, 'Horror movie': Officers forced to kill massive 15-foot pet snake, Woman in $400K GoFundMe scam gets 1 year in federal case, What we know about possible 76ers' Center City arena, Mom speaks out about reporting son to police for mass shooting threat, Video of raccoon on a leash in Philadelphia goes viral, 11-year-old shot in shoulder inside Logan home.

Theyre now looking to shrink their planet-warming carbon emissions further by buying their first electric vehicle. We will cruise back into the City of Brotherly Love for the first time in two years and go live from the Philly Auto Show on Sunday, March 6, from Noon to 4 p.m. at the PA Convention Center. At an event designed to promote glistening machines of all types, it was the cordoned-off corral of cars from McLaren Philadelphia (so fancy its actually in West Chester) that coaxed cameras out of peoples pockets. While Pa. primary candidates continue to support fossil fuels in the name of jobs, some young Philadelphians see a brighter future in the solar industry. But electric interests me: You can save money, and save the planet., READ MORE: Philadelphia Auto Show is refueled and recharged, and highlights electric vehicles. For these young trainees, careers in solar look like Phillys future. Ford Sales Operations Manager Rich Terrell buckles up for a ride in a Mustang Mach-E at the Philadelphia Auto Show. Tom Wolf has applauded the move, while calling on Congress to ease rising gas prices by suspending the federal gas tax until the end of the year.

But Richardson stops short of recommending electronic vehicles; repairing balky internal-combustion engines is his bread and butter, after all. Rev your engines and join us at the auto show to get up close and personal look at hundreds of brand-new cars from the worlds largest auto manufacturers as well as exotic, classic and Hollywood cars.

Weve written songs about them: Mustang Sally. Fast Car. Shut Up and Drive.. (Emma Lee/WHYY). WHYY thanks our sponsors become a WHYY sponsor, $5 billion in formula funding and $2.5 billion in competitive grants. Classic, luxury, and exotic cars are all cleaned, polished, and ready to ride at the 2022 Philadelphia Auto Show. You can listen live on-air on 107.7 The Bronc Retro WRRC2, click here to learn how you can listen online, on your Apple, Google Play or Alexa device. The Philly Car Show returns after a COVID hiatus to give drivers a taste of the power of new electric models. Well, explained Tyler March, who does marketing for the McLaren dealership, it uses carbon fiber in its design.. There are more than 500,000 square feet of displays across the convention center floor. Every brand is doing something now like Hyundai, Volkswagen, everybodys doing something electric, he said. Its how we live. So, it was of little surprise that motor-mad Philly folk flocked to the Convention Center on Saturday, the first day of the Philadelphia Auto Show. Gas prices in Pennsylvania and New Jersey hit record highs last weekend. The indoor electric vehicle test track is new to the Philadelphia Auto Show this year. Heres what they mean, and how you can help. Theyre motivated by rising fuel costs and a need to curb the effects of climate change but some still worry about charging. Most of all, we spend around $500 billion a year purchasing them. And he said, well, the charging stations are all over the place now.. With the ability to transport us, restless and free, toward new adventure down a winding road, or just to get us to the nearest Dunkin, the car occupies a primary place in U.S. culture. The two said they enjoy the car show because its a relaxing way to look at cars without having to enter a high-pressure dealership. It will focus on the 187 minutes between when former President Donald Trump's Ellipse speech on Jan. 6 ended and his prerecorded video asking protesters to go home posted to Twitter later that afternoon. Plus, there are only about 75 Senna GTRs prowling the earth, March said, a rarity that pushes price. Kris Gerald, a seller at a Ford dealership in the Quakertown area, came to check out competitors EV offerings. It was excellent, said Carl Thornton, after riding in the Ford F-150 all-electric pickup truck. This concern is why Milt Leap of New Jersey was only looking at hybrids, like the Prius Prime, at the Auto Show Tuesday. Refueled. This is the future, she said. Together we can reach 100% of WHYYs fiscal year goal. pic.twitter.com/KtR3r4x1O3. If I go on long road trips, how is that going to all play in together? Busy week? Ive been eyeing this car for a while, Ellie confessed. Keep your eyes peeled for the chance to win. A long line of visitors waited by the E-Track Tuesday to experience for themselves the intense EV acceleration. If youre motoring for tickets for this years Philadelphia Auto Show, March 5 to 13, visit thephillyautoshow.com and be sure to tune in when we broadcast everything thats happening at the Philly Auto Show on Saturday, March 6, from Noon to 4 p.m., exclusively on 107.7 The Bronc Retro WRRC2. Thats a polymer five times stronger than steel, though much lighter, covering a twin turbo-charged V8 engine that allows the car to reach 200 mph. Rider students can even win tickets to this years Philly Auto Show. Danielle OBrien, of Barnegat, N.J., and her children Declan OBrien, 7, and Finn OBrien, 9, watch the test drive for the 2022 Kia EV6 at the Philadelphia Auto Show. Those components are expensive. That preeminence was on full display Saturday. As a senior, he said he may not need to buy another car. Juanita Thornton wants to be part of the EV market transition. Lots of attention was given over to electric cars, a feature of this years show. We have to get there. With the pandemic all but behind us, we continuing our motor trend. I write about popular culture, the way we live, family, class, and poverty. Sign up for the WHYY News Wrap-Up today. More about the chargers and kind of how that whole network takes place, he said. As gas prices hit record highs, Philadelphia-area buyers are perusing electric vehicles at the Philadelphia Auto Show. Less unusual and more reasonable, a $38,000 gray Ford Bronco Sport caught the eyes of Ben and Ellie Stephan of Blue Bell. That COVID-19 postponed last years show made the premiere of the 2022 event the 120th edition, according to the Auto Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia, which owns and produces the show that much more compelling. 2022 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Media Awards, Cruisin From Commencement 22 Entry Form, Cruisin From Commencement 2021 Finalists, Cruisin From Commencement 2020 Finalists, Cruisin From Commencement 2019 Finalists, Cruisin From Commencement 2018 Finalists, Cruisin From Commencement 2017 Finalists, Dessert Wars: Cookie Crumbles Bake-Off and Finale, Osteria Procaccinis Thin Crust Throwbacks, PJs Pancake House and Tavern Cocktail Covers, Mercer-Burlington County High School Football. It might take us a little while to get there, but we have to. Ill bet, said one would-be paparazzo, his iPhone lenses aimed at the pretty, pretty machine just five feet away, this one is real expensive.. Motor-mad Philly folk flocked to the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Saturday, the first day of the Philadelphia Auto Show. But I want to travel, and I feel the places I travel, I dont think charging stations are available there yet. Sophia Schmidt covers the environment for WHYY's PlanPhilly. In January 2017 107.7 The Bronc started a real motor trend, becoming the first and only college radio station to broadcast live from The Philadelphia Auto Show. Battery technology has become so much better.. Dangerous gusts are picking up again, hampering efforts to battle a wildfire in northeast New Mexico that has burned an area twice as large as the city of Philadelphia. The Jan. 6 committee is holding what is expected to be its hearing.

So [with a hybrid], if Im in the middle of nowhere, I only have gas stations, I can get gas to continue..

And what impact will electric vehicles have on our climate? Auto Show features indoor test track, up close look at Eagles' rides, Took a spin on the e-track with my new friend Jeff from @Kia . Philadelphia Auto Show is refueled and recharged, and highlights electric vehicles, median price of a Philadelphia-area house, California residents do not sell my data request. Gas prices are going crazy, said Leslie Breedlove, who came to the car show from Newark, Delaware. A blue Kia rotated slowly on a mesmerizing lazy Susan. You get to meander on your own, Ellie said, smiling. Gerald hears a lot of confusion over EVs from his customer base. If it leaves me stranded, what do I do then?. For its return, the show had more sanitation stations, but masks were optional under the citys relaxed COVID rules. Then Ben said what most people at the show were probably fantasizing about as they, too, sat high up behind the wheels of dozens of sweet, sweet rides. What you dont want to do, March added, is scratch it. But this doesnt worry Breedlove, of Newark. $5K reward offered for info in hit-and-run that injured woman, 2 kids, Heat Health Emergency extended for Philadelphia | Where to cool off, President Biden tests positive for COVID-19, Villanova's Justin Moore starts new clothing brand. It just looks nice.. Those e-cars can put me out of business, he said. Tyra Jay, 40, a social worker from Exton, waited as her husband and son stood in line with dozens of others to hitch a ride in an e-vehicle on a 50,000-square-foot track. Going electric: is the EV revolution here to stay?

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What a Code Red and a Heat Health Emergency mean for Philly residents. I was itching to get back after the show was gone because of the virus, said Dan Mapp, 61, of Folsom, Delaware County, road manager for bands such as the Monkees (yes, those Monkees) and Ween of New Hope. The bipartisan infrastructure law Biden signed last year includes $5 billion in formula funding and $2.5 billion in competitive grants for EV charging infrastructure nationwide, and Pennsylvania expects to receive over $170 million over the next five years to install charging stations along major highways. Watch live: Jan. 6 hearing probes Trump actions as Capitol was attacked, Voting rights lawyers say latest GOP mail-voting challenge is 'fueling the big lie', A new Sixers arena in Center City is not a sure shot.