2007 National Alternative Fuels Conference Announced

Las Vegas, NV-July 5, 2006- The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVI) will hold the 13th National Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Conference and Expo in Anaheim, California, April 1-4, 2007. The Conference will be held at the Anaheim Marriott & the Anaheim Convention Center.

The annual conference, formerly sponsored by the Department of Energy as the national Clean Cities Conference, has traditionally been held in May. It is being held earlier this year in order to make use of the Anaheim venues. "Given the growing interest in alternative fuels, California is a good place for us to be," said Annalloyd Thomason, Executive Director of the AFVI. "The state is a global model for the development of policies and funding to increase the use of alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies."

This annual event brings together more than one thousand government and industry stakeholders who share the mission of reducing petroleum consumption in the transportation sector. The program has long supported non-petroleum fuels including natural gas, ethanol, biodiesel, propane, and electricity; as well as the alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) that can use those fuels.

Lead sponsors of the 2006 conference were AFV Solutions, American Honda and General Motors. Additional sponsors included Advanced Fleet, ANGI International, BAF Technologies, California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition, Campbell-Parnell, City of Phoenix, Clean Energy, Cummins Westport, Custom Alloy Products, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, GreenField Compression, ICF International, IMW, John Deere, Logex, National Biodiesel Board, National Ethanol Vehicle Council, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Pinnacle CNG Company, Propane Exceptional Energy, Salt River Project, Southern California Gas Company, and Toyota.

The AFVI is the education provider and information link between the alternative fuels and vehicles industry and public/private fleets and other proponents of alternative fuels. AFVI is fuel and technology neutral. For more information on the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute, go to http://www.afvi.org/.