EVAA Names AutomotiveWire Official News Distribution Service of the 2001 Electric Transportation Industry Conference

    SAN FRANCISCO--Aug. 1, 2001--The Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas (EVAA) has named AutomotiveWire the official news distribution service of the Electric Transportation Industry Conference (ETIC), Dec. 11-14, 2001, in Sacramento, Calif.
    Under the terms of the agreement, the EVAA's ETIC-related news releases will be transmitted to the media via AutomotiveWire and posted to a special news archive in the Fall 2001 section of Business Wire's tradeshow news site (www.tradeshownews.com) for easy retrieval by journalists, conference participants and others.

    About ETIC

    The "Electric Transportation Industry Conference: Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Technologies" is a four-day conference that will focus on historic battery and hybrid electric-vehicle technologies as well as fuel cells, the "new frontier" for electric transportation technologies.
    The conference and exposition will feature many of the world's top electric transportation experts discussing battery, hybrid and fuel-cell technology advancements, infrastructure development and commercialization issues.
    This year's EVAA conference expands upon the North American Electric Vehicle and Infrastructure (NAEVI) series of years past, which traditionally included panel sessions on battery and hybrid electric-vehicle innovations. The new event taps into worldwide interest in fuel-cell electric vehicles, and the conference agenda appeals to experienced and new industry players alike.

    Media Day

    Media Day is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 12. Reporters will experience an insider's look into new products and technology breakthroughs while being able to report on major announcements by industry leaders.
    Interview opportunities with leaders of the U.S. and the international automotive communities, fuel-cell and related technology developers, government and academia are available. To schedule private interviews, journalists should contact the EVAA media office. For detailed media information, visit the EVAA Web site (www.evaa.org) and click on the ETIC logo.

    About EVAA

    Based in Washington, D.C., the Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas advocates the development of electric transportation technologies and infrastructure through public policy and market initiatives, industry conferences, symposia, publications and other forms of communication. EVAA also serves as the Americas' representative to the World Electric Vehicle Association.
    The EVAA's board of directors includes representatives of General Motors, New York Power Authority, TH!NK Group, Southern California Edison, General Energy Technologies, Ford, Energy Conversion Devices, Baker Equipment Engineering, American Honda, EPRI, Toyota, Potomac Electric Power, Texaco, Edison Electric Institute, Dominion Virginia Power, Georgia Power, Avestor (Hydro-Quebec), Florida Power and Light, and the Electric Vehicle Association of Canada.
    Visit www.evaa.org to learn more about the organization and its activities.

    About AutomotiveWire

    A division of Business Wire, the world's leading commercial wire service, AutomotiveWire transmits automotive industry news releases via satellite, high-speed data lines and the Internet, to thousands of newspapers, wire services, business journals, broadcast and other media.
    In addition to serving the information needs of hundreds of automotive industry writers, AutomotiveWire delivers full-text news to more than 100 automotive columns and syndicates, nearly 700 automotive trade media, hundreds of industry analysts, some 500 online automotive media, as well as thousands of online services, databases, search engines and Web sites.
    Visit www.businesswire.com/automotivelink for more information.

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