Event opened with a presentation in the Community room of the Hastings Public Library.  The speaker, Paul Pancella, of the Kalamazoo Electric Vehicle Association, talked about the differences between EVs and standard internal combustion cars due to the drive technology.  He emphasized how those differences (and similarities) would affect the drivers of EVs.  The presentation took about 45 minutes, and was followed by a lively Q & A session, indicating that the audience was pretty interested in the topics.

After this, the audience retired to the parking lot to look over several EVs and discuss real-world experiences with the drivers of those vehicles.  The local electric utility, Consumers Energy, had a tent and table on the parking lot containing info especially on incentive programs for charging EVs at home.