North American International Auto Show 2011 Eye Candy

Ford Press Conference at NAIAS

I’m back from a whirlwind trip to Detroit where I was a guest of Ford Motor Company for their Driving Green Technology Event where I attended their exciting press conference at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).


Some of the NAIAS highlights included:

• Hearing that Ford will have 7,000 new jobs in North America through 2012.
• The announcement that Ford will have 5 electric vehicles by 2012.
• Getting a demo of the Ford Electric Car App.  That Tech Chick’s has a video with a demo of the app on YouTube and has much better sound than mine! 
• The joy of sitting in 3 Bentleys and getting to try out the tray tables in the back seat.
• Listening to Stewart Brand from  The Whole Earth Catalog  talk about environmental issues such as energy sources.
• Interviewing Ford executives and hearing their enthusiasm for including bloggers as part of NAIAS.

My previous posts about the Ford Driving Green Technology Event:

• Ford Engages Bloggers to Show off Tech Savvy & Eco Friendly New Vehicles
• Detroit Bound for North American International Auto Show as Guest of Ford

I was invited to participate in this program by Clever Girls Collective, Inc. in partnership with Ford and Ogilvy PR. Ford Motor Company paid for my travel and accommodations at the 2-day Driving Green Technology event, I was not compensated in any other manner for my time.  My opinions posted here are my own.