Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - Feb. 26, 2015
Chicago, IL. -- A familiar sight at the Chicago Auto Show made its appearance once again.
The Chicago Auto Show press folks released details on this year’s event which ran nine-days and saw 7 percent more attendees than the 2014 show.
With more than 1 million square feet of exhibit space, the Chicago Auto Show is the nation’s largest auto show and could hold the LA, Detroit, and NY Shows combined within its confines.
The home page stories documented the media preview were we learned about the 18 world premieres including the introduction of the Kia Trail’ster Concept, Chevrolet Equinox, Honda Pilot, Toyota Avalon, Hyundai Elantra GT and Veloster Rally, Kia Rio, Ram Laramie Limited, and Toyota Camry and Corolla Special Editions.
Complete coverage can be found in the following:
- #CAS2015 - Hyundai in the Windy City 2015
- #CAS2015 - 2016 Honda Pilot Set For 2015 Chicago Auto Show Reveal
- #CAS2015 - Toyota at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show
- #CAS2015 - Kia at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show
- #CAS2015 - 2015 VW Golf SportWagen Pricing Announced
- #CAS2015 - Mazda at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show
- #CAS2015 - Chevrolet at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show
- #CAS2015 - Ram 1500 Laramie Limited Reveal in Chicago
- #CAS2015 - 2016 Kia Rio Refresh Reveal and Preview
- #CAS2015 - Full 2015 Chicago Auto Show Presentation and 2016 Kia TRAIL’STER Reveal
- #CAS2015 - Refreshed 2016 Hyundai Elantra GT Revealed
- #CAS2015 - Nissan Exec Addresses the Economic Club of Chicago
- #CAS2015 - Refreshed 2016 Avalon + Camry and Corolla Special Editions Introduced
The Chicago Auto Show and Chevrolet provided free and very robust Wi-Fi to all attendees. The official Chicago Auto Show app had more than 33,000 downloads during the run of the show – easily doubling the number of downloads from a year ago thanks in part to a free large drink and cup for just $2.00. Yes, we downloaded and installed the app and received the $2.00 drink and cups too. The KIA winter hat was other swag I picked up during the last day of Public Days last week.
Pass up a deal? Not a chance. ;)
The Chicago Auto Show app incorporated location technology designed to message attendees as they approached significant vehicles or sponsor-activation areas.
The Chicago Auto Show also continued to engage with thousands across social media. The show’s #CAS15 – I used #CAS2015 the entire time – was a top trending hashtag on Twitter during the Media Preview and helped the show reach 30 million people with over 22,500 tweets. I probably accounted for one hundred of those. ;)
On the last day of the 2015 Chicago Auto Show Public Days, the FCA - Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and RAM - venue was by far the best attended. Expect big sales results from the company throughout the year if the venues attendance is any indication.
FCA at the Chicago Auto Show
Planning is already underway for the 108th Chicago Auto Show. The 2016 Chicago Auto Show will open to the public on Feb. 13 and run through Feb. 21. The media preview will be Feb. 11-12, 2016, and First Look for Charity will be Feb. 12, 2016.
Last look at a non-Car highlight from the 2015 Chicago Auto Show
A highlight of the 2015 Chicago Auto Show was not a car at all but was a Google Glass inspired project. Within the Ford area is a 2015 F-350 with the V10 Triton. Powerstroke is not yet available within this particular spec chassis.
Google Glass in service of patients within the ambulance.
Google supplied some Google Glasses to the Illinois based MedEx ambulance service. With the help of a Dept. of Defense (DOD) approved software (SW) vendor named Pristine - they erase the Google Operating System (OS) and install a DOD certified encrypted one - a Google Glass equipped ambulance can stream real time video of the EMS workers in action back to a trauma doctor at a local hospital. It is encrypted on secure servers and controlled by the doctor on his tablet.
An example of the lifesaving scenario that occurred just the other day.
Here in Chicago there are stroke specific emergency rooms to transport patients too. For an EMS provider to deduce a stroke takes minutes. A trauma doc diagnosed a stroke with the question have the patient try and smile. He saw the drooped corner of the patient’s mouth and diagnosed the stroke instantly with instruction to head to the nearest stroke trauma center vs. another less equipped emergency facility.
In other words, this Google Glass solution saves lives!
Michael Pieroni, Director of Operations for MedEx, thank you for the Google Glass for the EMS rundown.
All in, the Chicago Auto Show is the best Auto Show on the planet. It was informative, exciting and chocked full of the latest manufacturer’s offerings for millions who passed through the doors to see.
#CAS2015 – Chicago Auto Show: Best Auto Show on the Planet plus a Final Highlight
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