SolaTrek at the 2009 Fall Transportation Conference at UNLV

AVT Team — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:01:03 +0000

I submitted an abstract to the 2009 Fall Transportation Conference at UNLV about a month ago titled:
“Solar Powered Highways, Public Transit and Freight Transport”. The abstract was accepted by the conference committee and they agreed to display the SolaTrek 1/10th scale model during the 2 day conference at the Cox Pavilion that is part of the Thomas and Mack Center, where the Running Rebels play basketball.

The SolaTrek presentation was without a doubt the most interesting and entertaining presentation at the 2009 Transportation Conference – maybe of any UNLV transportation conference. The conference is filled with detail studies of transportation topics – not exciting. SolaTrek was the only new transportation concept presented. There was only time for 2 questions in our session of 2 presentations, but there were none. I think the audience was in a state of shock and/or they wanted to go home early.

The SolaTrek model looked great and attracted lots of attention with the bright headlights and looping DVD animation and film. On Friday after the conference, the SolaTrek model was moved to the nearby UNLV Science and Engineering Building, which is part of the Howard Hughes School of Engineering Transportation Research Center. It will be on display in the lobby from September 29th thru October 19th.

The next SolaTrek presentation in Las Vegas will be on October 19th at 6-8 PM in the auditorium of the the UNLV Science and Engineering Building. Please see the draft of the October 19th program, which is attached.

We are talking to UNLV and the MGM Grand about hosting the full size SolaTrek Proof of Concept Demonstration in Las Vegas.

Thanks for the support,
Frank Randak, President
AVT SolaTrek

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SolaTrek at the 2009 Fall Transportation Conference at UNLV