EVLN(collaborative effort to develop a 4 wheel-drive HEV kit)

[Bruce {EVangel} Parmenter <BruceDP@iname.com>]

EVLN(collaborative effort to develop a 4 wheel-drive HEV kit)
[The Internet Electric Vehicle List News. For Public EV informational
 purposes. Contact publication for reprint rights.]
 --- {EVangel}
WTA Worldstar Vehicle Picked By University Of Texas For Four-Wheel
Drive Conversion Kit

EL CAJON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 1999--World Transport
Authority (WTA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Composite Automobile
Research, Ltd. announced today it is entering a collaborative effort
with University of Texas researchers to develop a kit to convert an
existing two-wheel drive vehicle to a four-wheel-drive, electric
hybrid vehicle. The cooperative research and development project is
proposed to be funded by a grant from Advanced Research
Program/Advanced Technology Program of Texas Higher Education.

University of Texas Associate Professor Dr. John Eftekhar, Fellow of
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and WTA Engineers will
work to perfect the conversion kit. The goal of the project is to
convert the WorldStar vehicle to a parallel four-wheel electric hybrid
vehicle for less than $5,000. The converted vehicle will provide the
option of operating as a two-wheel-drive, conventional,
two-wheel-drive electric, or a four-wheel-drive hybrid electric
vehicle.

WTA is providing a test vehicle to researchers and will have access to
all resultant patents and intellectual property from the project.

World Transport Authority is the designer and manufacturer of the
WorldStar Vehicle. The vehicle, in four configurations, represents
four years and $3.44-million of investment in research and development
to produce a highly resilient composite automobile that can be easily
manufactured using locally available labor in emerging-world nations. 
The vehicles are produced under distributed manufacturing licensing
agreements with local entrepreneurs in the nations in which the
vehicles are sold.

Standardization and quality control are built-in to the
"cookie-cutter" facilities delivered to site locations
"ready-to-install," under the supervision of WTA engineers who train
key personnel in all facets of manufacturing of the unique
automobiles. The Company provides ongoing training and management
information support to the local factories, and controls all inventory
delivery of raw materials and component parts.

The Company is strategically positioned to satisfy the rapidly
emerging requirement for reliable transportation in geographic regions
ignored by major auto manufactures such as Ford, Chrysler, and General
Motors.

WTA has completed its research and development cycle and is
operationally profitable entering its production and marketing stage.
The Company has no debt.

Composite Automobile Research, Ltd. and World Transport Authority are
profiled on the premier investor information site, Market Infocom
(www.market-infocom.com).

This press release contains forward-looking statements [...]
CONTACT: Composite Automobile Research Ltd.  Investor Relations,
619/444-7254 URL:   [ http://www.wtaworldstar.com ]
 ...
 http://www.businesswire.com/            webmaster@businesswire.com
Copyright 1998, BUSINESS WIRE. All rights reserved. Fax# 415-788-5335,
Tel# 415-986-4422, 44 Montgomery St, Floor 39, SF, CA 94104 USA
 ---
{Statements may not be my Employer's}_____ Bruce {EVangel} Parmenter 
  ____           BruceDP@iname.com   http://members.aol.com/brucedp/ 
~/__|o\__                     EAA Board member  http://www.eaaev.org 
'@----- @'---(= Get Amp'd   'Electric cruis'n the Santa Clara Valley'
SJEAA EVents officer  http://eaaev.org/sjeaa/   
EV List News Editor   http://crest.org/ev-list-archive/