Great Highway EV Showdown: Art Bikes & Kinetic Chaos
Join us for the Great Highway EV Showdown, a kinetic sculpture race-meets-electric time trial hosted by GLHQ, San Francisco’s nonprofit makerspace for boundary-pushing hardware, edge AI, and electric dreams. Inspired by the land version of a sailboard and the spirit of the Kinetic Grand Championship, this event celebrates custom e-bike builds, hacked-together EVs, and anything powered without carbon.
Build rules? Keep it electric. Keep it rolling. Bonus points for flair, flags, or full-blown chaos.
Efficiency is optional. Spectacle is not.
We’re calling on Bay Area hackerspaces, art collectives, and rogue inventors to show up and show off. Bring your most ridiculous electric vehicle, and let’s start some friendly rivalries on the windswept pavement of the Great Highway.
Event Highlights:
Time trials and head-to-head heats
Community vote for Best Art Bike
Show & tell: showcase your EV creations
DJ booth
Prize categories for speed, style, and total nonsense
Food trucks & GL-powered charging station
When:
June 14, 2025
Best wind season, maximum chaos.
Where:
The Great Highway, San Francisco
Parade permit pending to close off a section for a few hours of EV-fueled madness.
Want in?
Start building now. Bring your friends. Challenge another team. Duke out rivalries.
Let’s make this a rolling art parade the Bay Area won't forget.
Questions or want to join the builders' group chat?
Visit general-lithium-hq.com for more intel.