Global Electric Motorcars Donates 75 Vehicles To City of Boston and 2004 Democratic Convention

* Clean, efficient electronic vehicles produce zero emissions * More than 2,000 GEM vehicles have been donated as program ends *

BOSTON, Oct. 1 -- Getting around Boston will be easier and pollution-free for service providers as well as during the upcoming 2004 Democratic National Convention to be held here thanks to a donation of 75 neighborhood electric vehicles by Global Electric Motorcars (GEM), the largest producer of electric vehicles in the United States. The donation completes a program that has seen more than 2,000 GEM vehicles provided to municipalities and charitable and service organizations.

GEMs are classified by the federal government as Low Speed Vehicles (LSV), with a top speed of 25 mph. They are ideal alternatives to full-size automobiles for short trips, as well as a primary people mover on corporate, academic and military campuses, especially ones with both public and private roads between buildings.

"The search for safe and viable alternative forms of transportation is ongoing as we seek long-term travel options for consumers," said Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chrysler Group President and CEO, Chrysler Group. "However, GEM provides real-world, immediate solutions with significant environmental benefits today in one, easy-to-use package."

More than 26,000 GEMs are on roads posted at 35 miles per hour or less across the country since they went into production four years ago in Fargo, N.D. Global Electric Motorcars is a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler. For more information on the company, visit websites at www.gemcar.com or www.daimlerchrylser.com .