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ADVISORY/CALSTART TO Honor Ford Motor Company With 1999 Blue Sky Award
At Pasadena Event 02/23/2000 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 2000,
Business Wire) --(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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International Award Honors Outstanding Marketplace Contributions to
Clean, Efficient, Sustainable Transportation -- Ford, California
Official to Attend --

WHAT: WestStart-CALSTART, the nation's leading advanced transportation
      consortium, will recognize 1999's most significant contributors
      to environmental leadership in clean transportation -- Ford
      Motor Company will receive the top Blue Sky Award; the
      California Fuel Cell Partnership will receive recognition with
      the Blue Sky Innovation Award.  Three merit award winners will
      also be honored. The Blue Sky Award is given for outstanding
      marketplace contributions to clean, efficient, sustainable
      transportation; the use of clean transportation options; and for
      significant technology breakthroughs that affect the
      marketplace.

WHERE:CALSTART's Southern California Facility 3360 East Foothill
      Boulevard, cross street Madre Pasadena, California

WHEN: Friday, March 3, 2000 Lunch12:00 noon
      Award Presentation 1:00 p.m.

WHO:  Dr. Alan Lloyd, Chairman of the California Air Resources Board;
      Robert Pernell, Commissioner, California Energy Commission; John
      Wallace, Executive Director Ford Th!nk Group and Director of
      Environmental Vehicles, Ford Motor Company; Martin Zimmerman,
      V.P., Government Affairs, Ford Motor Company; Joe Ferguson, AVS;
      Jeff Pink, President, EV Rental Cars; Honorable Jeff Groscost,
      Speaker, Arizona House of Representatives; Michael Gage,
      WestStart-CALSTART President & CEO

VISUALS:Ford's innovative TH!NK, a two-passenger, plastic body urban
      electric vehicle and the prototype postal service electric
      delivery van, powered by a Ford drive system, will be
      available.

BACKGROUND: Each year, WestStart-CALSTART honors those companies,
      organizations or individuals instrumental in bringing the most
      innovative transportation options to market. In 1998, the U.S.
      Postal Service won for being the federal agency with the largest
      number of alternative fuel vehicles in its fleets; in 1997,
      Toyota won for its innovative, hybrid-electric Prius sedan; in
      1996, General Motors won for the market launch of its EV1
      electric car. The Blue Sky Award is selected by a team of
      businesses and environmental organizations, including the Union
      of Concerned Scientists, the Natural Resources Defense Council,
      and the Coalition for Clean Air.

CONTACT:WestStart-CALSTART Bill Van Amburg, 626/744-5600 calstart.org
13:54 ESTFEBRUARY 23, 2000
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 http://www.calstart.org/        news@calstart.org
CALSTART Tel# 805-987-3049 / fax: 805-987-6049
P.O. Box 2870, Camarillo, CA 93011 USA
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