Helsinki Motor Show (HMS) is an annual national car show in

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. It is organized around November to December and it has been held in the

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. It is the only annual motor show in the

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. 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

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s in other international car shows like the

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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

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s, motorcycles and scooters as well as of electrically powered

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s. 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

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project called eCars-Now! using quality components and

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. The car is powered by an

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AC motor and controller . The lithium batteries are from Thunder Sky and the car uses a

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(BMS) by Lithium Balance.http://www.lithiumbalance.com/ Being open source, the eCars-Now! website offers complete instructions on how to make your own eCorolla (or eJetta or what have you), as well as much other EV info, and encourages everyone to give it a go.

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Helsinki Motor Show

Helsinki Fair Center HMS information
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