Curious about electric cars?  You can take a test drive of a new Nissan Leaf car and see a Formula Electric race car designed and built by IIT students!

Illinois Science Council is fortunate to partner with the Chicago Area Clean Cities coalition to educate people about the use of clean fuels and clean fuel vehicles throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. Nissan will have their new electric Leaf vehicle that you can take on a test drive (or ride along) for FREE.  (Other manufacturers being added soon.) After you’ve heard the science speakers and seen the demos up on the Mart’s 12th floor for Chicago Science Fest, step outside to the driveway.  Cars will be parked along the driveway with representatives who can answer all your questions.  No registration necessary!

While you test drive the Nissan Leaf you can learn about Nissan’s partnership with ComEd which is providing  customers and employees the opportunity to purchase the all new, all electric 2018 Nissan LEAF at a savings of up to $3,000 plus a potential tax credit of up to $7,500 through June 30.

IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology) Motorsports competes this year in its 10th consecutive year in Formula SAE competition against 20 other universities.  Formula SAE is a student design competition which is organized by SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers). Every year, student design teams are tasked to develop a small formula-style race car for a fictional manufacturing company. The prototype race car is evaluated on a variety of attributes during the annual competition.