Detroit Auto Show: EcoXperience tiptoes through the dying tulips

MEDC’s EcoXperience track at NAIAS 2009, Detroit Mich. (photo: Howard Lovy)

Here’s Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s EcoXperience track in the basement of COBO Hall. (Click to expand the thumbnail picture.)

My initial impression? It smells like rotting vegetation down there. In the picture, though, you can see one of the cool little Jetsons’ cars in the background.
 
The feature succeeded in a couple of ways. First, it generated some significant news coverage because journalists love “hands-on” stuff.

And also it took up significant COBO real estate to make up for the fact that this event was very scaled-down compared to previous years.

But if you ask the wilting tulips (picture below), trying in vain to find the sun, I’m not sure they would agree that the whole experience was eco-friendly.