Media Advisory From Torvec -- Automotive Editors

    ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 26 Torvec, Inc. today
issued the following media advisory to automotive editors:

    What:     Presentation by Torvec, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TOVC) at
              Dartmouth College, hosted by the Army Research Office and US
              Army Corps of Engineers.

    Why:      To discuss technology to give cars and trucks as much traction
              on ice as if they were driving over dry pavement.  Also, to
              discuss a non-thermal system to repel ice from windshields.

    Who:      Dr. Herbert Dobbs, Chairman, Torvec, Inc.
              Keith Gleasman, President, Torvec, Inc.
              Dr. Victor F. Petrenko, Professor and Senior Lecturer,
              Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College.

    Where:    Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College,
              Hanover, New Hampshire

    When:     March 8, 2001, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

    Contact:  Lisa LaMagna, LaMagna Communications, on 2/26/01 and 2/27/01, or
              Mr. James Gleasman, Torvec, (716) 248-8549.

    About Torvec, Inc.
    Torvec, Inc., based in Rochester, New York, develops technologies that
increase transportation safety, mobility, fuel efficiency and reduce soot
emissions.  Torvec owns or licenses technologies for: a system to increase
tires' traction on ice, windshields that repel ice, a transmission that
reduces diesel soot emissions, a fast tracked vehicle that goes where no 4x4
can, and novel advances in pumps and joints.  Torvec's founders invented the
famous Torsen differential used in high-performance vehicles.  Torvec is a
public company trading under the symbol TOVC.
    Torvec has licensed the worldwide rights for the ice traction and
ice-repelling technology from Dartmouth College for motorized and
non-motorized vehicles.

    This advisory does not represent an endorsement of Torvec by the
Department of the Army.

    For more information visit http://www.torvec.com.