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To: fred whitridge who wrote (3355)	3/18/1999 3:16:00 PM
From: WALT REISCH	Respond to of 8393

-GM: New inductive charging station powers electric car with green energy March 17, 1999 14:30 M2 PRESSWIRE-17 March 1999-GM: New inductive charging station powers electric car with green energy (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD -- Environmentalists, businesses team up for clean air BERKELEY, CA. -- Driving an electric car in the Bay Area just got cleaner as the Union of Concerned Scientists, working with General Motors and Green Mountain Energy, unveiled a "green powered" inductive charging station in Berkeley. The new station is located in the parking lot of UCS's downtown office and will fuel UCS Senior Scientist Don Aitken's electric car with 100% renewable energy. "We're putting our money where our mouth is," said Dr. Aitken as he plugged his silver-blue General Motors EV1 into the charging station. Dr. Aitken recently became the first employee of an environmental organization in the San Francisco Bay Area to lease an electric vehicle. "The electric car, already the cleanest vehicle on the road, is now even cleaner." Using clean electricity supplied by Green Mountain Energy, Dr. Aitken's car will be free of all fossil fuels. The inductive station was installed by Edison EV and paid for by General Motors. The organizations hope the new station will increase customer acceptance of electric vehicles by demonstrating the ease of owning an electric vehicle. "Driving an electric vehicle is an exciting way to help the environment," stated Joe DiAntonio, GM's Advanced Technology Vehicles brand manager. "GM is committed to increasing the number of chargers available to help EV drivers refuel their cars more conveniently." The recent deregulation of the electric power industry creates a powerful opportunity for reducing air pollution from cars and trucks. Many companies, including Green Mountain, Enron, and PG&E, now offer electricity generated from renewable, non-fossil fuel sources, such as solar, wind, hydro, biomass, and geothermal. "This is an excellent opportunity for Green Mountain to partner with other organizations to pursue clean air and energy," said Kevin Hartley, chief marketing officer, Green Mountain. "Using Wind for the Future 2.0SM to 'fuel' the EV1 demonstrates that renewable energy sources can operate more than light bulbs -- and it's fossil fuel free. M2 COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION PROVIDED WITHIN M2 PRESSWIRE. DATA SUPPLIED BY NAMED PARTY/PARTIES.