Helsinki Motor Show (HMS) is an annual national car show in
Helsinki,
Finland. It is organized around November to December and it has been held in the
Helsinki Fair Center. It is the only annual motor show in the
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; literal translation, lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmar ...
.
In the beginning, HMS was a show based on motor sports but gradually more and more upcoming cars have been shown there. Most of the Finnish car importers are present. The event is organized b
Team Nykopp Ltd
The show has attracted around 50,000 visitors each year. The HMS was organized for the 11th time in 2006 and it had 55,000 visitors. A visitor record was made in 2003 with 57,000 visitors.
The 2008-2011 shows have been cancelled due to economic downturn.
HMS 2005
In the year 2005, over 30 car models were introduced for the first time in Finland. These cars had their world
premier
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A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
s in other international car shows like the
International Motor Show Germany in
Frankfurt.
HMS 2006
Among the 20–30 car introductions made for the Finnish market was the
Mercedes Benz C 63 AMG.
Electric Motor Show
The Electric Motor Show, which is held in November, is an exhibition of
electric car
An electric car, battery electric car, or all-electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using only energy stored in batteries. Compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, electric cars are quie ...
s,
motorcycles and scooters as well as of electrically powered
mopeds and
microcars. The Electric Motor Show is Europe’s first exhibition event that focuses solely on electrically powered vehicles.
EMS 2009
The Electric Motor Show kicks off making its proud world debut will be the eCorolla built by the Finnish
open source
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project called eCars-Now! using quality components and
lithium batteries. The car is powered by an
Azure Dynamics
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AC motor and controller . The lithium batteries are from
Thunder Sky
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and the car uses a
battery management system (BMS) by
Lithium Balance
Lithium (from el, λίθος, lithos, lit=stone) is a chemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal. Under standard conditions, it is the least dense metal and the least dense solid ...
.
[http://www.lithiumbalance.com/] Being open source, the eCars-Now! website offers complete instructions on how to make your own eCorolla (or
eJetta
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or what have you), as well as much other EV info, and encourages everyone to give it a go.
References
External links
Helsinki Motor Show
Helsinki Fair Center HMS information{{in lang, fi
Recurring events established in 1996
Auto shows
Tourist attractions in Helsinki