Going to the Social Media Preview of the Chicago Auto Show.

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart) 02/06/2014 at 11:04 • Filed to: Chicago Auto Show, KIA, Media Preview, Jalopnik, Oppositelock, smart, Chicago, Trucks

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Today's Media Preview is more formal than I'd like, so I'll be going tomorrow. I'm really interested in finding out what the heck is the "B" gear in the KIA Soul EV...And if it has the guts to go against popular favourites like the Leaf.

As I like video more than pictures, expect videos of quite a few of the press conferences (if not all of them).

I'll be posting the goods to Twitter (@SmartCarStig), !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and of course here (yes, I hardly use Twitter and Tumblr, deal with it).

If you see a guy armed to the teeth with iPhones, an iPad, and wearing this shirt, run, run very far!

(Top Photo Credit: KIA)

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Mercedes Streeter 02/06/2014 at 11:14

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You gonna be Tweeting from the show?

Mercedes Streeter > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 02/06/2014 at 11:19

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I normally never use Twitter, but since there's definitely a huge social network influence (even Vine is joining in this year) I guess it'll be time to fire up the old Twitter and Tumblr accounts again.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Mercedes Streeter 02/06/2014 at 11:22

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Honestly, I used to despise Twitter (and I work in social media marketing lol) However, since I got my new job I've been using it quite a bit more (for pretty much nothing but automotive industry and following camping/fishing/rock climbing companies) and I'm really starting to like it. The integration of Vine is definitely making it more interesting too.

Mercedes Streeter > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 02/06/2014 at 11:34

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Indeed! The Vine Challenge sounds fun! I added appropriate Social Network links into the post.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Mercedes Streeter 02/06/2014 at 11:38

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Followed!

Textured Soy Protein > Mercedes Streeter 02/06/2014 at 11:48

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Maybe it's some kind of more-economical drive mode and B stands for battery saver?

Rico > Mercedes Streeter 02/06/2014 at 13:58

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B is for Blow up, because the Soul is awful.