ADVISORY/Leading the Way: GM Installs High-Tech Solar Power System at Valley Dealership; Four Non-Profits to Receive Alternative Fuel Vehicles

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WHAT:         General Motors will announce a partnership with the Air
              Quality Management District (AQMD) to install a BP solar
              power electrical system at the new Rydell GM dealership
              in the city of San Fernando, Calif., and clean air,
              natural gas-powered microturbine generators at five
              California dealerships. The generators will allow the
              dealerships to remove themselves from the state's
              electric power grid, if the need arises. This unique
              partnership aims to provide clean air resources to local
              communities, solutions to California's energy issues,
              and a reduction in air pollution.

              GM will also donate Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered
              vans to three community organizations in the Southland
              selected by the AQMD. They are The Desert Community
              Foundation, Palm Springs; Michael E. Rodgers Seniors'
              Center, Huntington Beach; and Sylmar Graffiti Busters
              Inc., Sylmar.  A fourth non-profit organization will be
              surprised with a CNG van during the news conference.

WHO:          Ed Begley Jr., actor and environmentalist
              Dennis R. Minano, vice president, environment and
                   energy, and chief environmental officer, GM
              Dr. William Burke, chairman, Air Quality Management
                   District
              Bob Malone, president, Western U.S., BP (manufacturer of
                   the solar panels)

WHEN:         Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001
              11 a.m. - Noon

WHERE:        Rydell Chevrolet-Buick-Pontiac-GMC Dealership
              700 San Fernando Road
              San Fernando, CA 91340
              (2000 Thomas Guide page 502, B1)

BACKGROUND:   GM was the first company to join in a Community Clean
              Air Partnership with the AQMD in 2000. In previous
              partnership initiatives, GM has begun to retrofit diesel
              school buses to significantly reduce emissions and has
              introduced the first advanced hybrid electric-powered
              transit buses to Southern California.

    Note to Editors: Media will be allowed to photograph the solar panels from the rooftop. Dennis R. Minano, Dr. William Burke, Bob Malone and non-profit representatives will be available for interviews.