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California Studies On Electric Vehicles

26 May 2000

ADVISORY/Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers' Representatives to Provide Comments Regarding Results of New State Studies On Electric Vehicles At Air Resources Board Public Workshop

    State Studies Examining Viability of ZEV Mandate Indicate High Cost
    and Technology Shortfall Issues as Critical Factors

WHO:   Steven Douglas, Director of Environmental Affairs, 
       Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers 
       Gregory Dana, Vice President of Environmental Affairs, 
       Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

WHAT:  The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is holding
       its second public workshop to hear from various
       parties and organizations in preparation for the
       September 2000 Biennial Review of the state's Zero
       Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate.

       Workshop discussion topics will include results and
       findings from the ARB's Battery Technical Advisory
       Panel and the University of California Davis' Cost
       Study, including consumer demand, battery cost
       factors, and environmental and energy impacts
       issues. Air quality improvement issues and mutual
       clean air goals will also be discussed. Steven
       Douglas, Director, Environment Affairs, of the
       Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, as well as
       individual automobile industry representatives, will
       attend the workshop and provide information and
       feedback on report findings, alternative fuel
       vehicles and clean air initiatives.

       The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is a
       coalition of 13 car and light truck manufacturers,
       representing more than 90 percent of U.S. vehicle
       sales. Alliance members include BMW Group,
       DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, Ford Motor Company, General
       Motors, Isuzu, Mazda, Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan,
       Porsche, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo.

WHEN:  Wednesday, May 31 - Thursday, June 1, 2000
       9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

WHERE:  South Coast Air Quality Management District
        21865 E. Copley Drive
        Diamond Bar, CA  91765-4182
        (2000 Thomas Guide Page 679, J-3)

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