Ford, Motorola and Delphi Join SSA Technology Pavilion on Driver Focus at SAE 2001 World Congress

    WARRENDALE, Pa., Feb. 6 The Society of Automotive
Engineers Strategic Alliance (SSA) will host Ford Motor Company, Delphi
Automotive and Motorola Corporation in the SSA Technology Pavilion (Booth
#2558) at the SAE 2001 World Congress, March 5 - 8 in Cobo Center, Detroit,
Michigan.
    The SSA Driver Focus Technology Pavilion offers a unique opportunity for
SSA partners to showcase their products and/or technologies that address
driver distraction issues in an exclusive exhibit at the SAE 2001 World
Congress.
    Positioned on 2,400 square feet, the SSA Technology Pavilion provides SSA
partners the platform to highlight their technologies in developing solutions
for driver distraction between the driving task and handling the growing
number of high-tech electronic devices such as cell phones, fax machines,
personal computers and navigational systems available in the modern
automobile.
    SSA is a corporate partnership of the mobility market leaders created to
solve strategic business and technical issues.  SSA concentrates on developing
solutions for the issues that are of the greatest concern to the SSA partners
through the close organizational communication formed between SAE and the
industry leaders.
    SSA is also sponsoring two senior level management panels at the SAE
Congress.  An executive panel discussion on "Driver Distraction's Impact on
the Implementation of Telematics" is scheduled on Monday, March 5 at 1 p.m. in
Room M3-31, Cobo Center.
    "The Impact of the Global Economy on the Implementation of the 42-Volt
Electrical Systems" will take place at 9 a.m., Tuesday, March 6 in Room M3-31,
Cobo Center.
    Divided into two parts, the first session will include senior management
of automotive market leaders, and will address the opportunities and
challenges associated with the transition from 14- to 42-volt systems.  Norman
L. Traub of Delphi Automotive Systems and Director of SSA 42-V Initiatives
will moderate this portion.
    The second half of the session, "Service Issues for 42-Volt Systems," will
be a panel discussion covering the service and repair issues associated with
42-volt.  STS leaders, Robert Pattengale, Arizona Automotive Equipment
Solutions, and Mark Warren, Ease Diagnostics, will moderate this panel
discussion.
    For more information on SSA, contact Beth Santry, SSA Promotion
Specialist, at 724-772-8568 or bsantry@sae.org.
    For additional information on the SAE 2001 World Congress or to register
for the event, visit the SAE website at http://www.sae.org/congress or call
1-877-SAE-CONG (723-2664); outside the U.S. and Canada, call 1-724-772-4027.