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     OK, here's a press release from one of the smaller manufacturers.  I don't
endorse or otherwise recommend this product, but what they hey, it's mostly
informative.

-- Chris Yoder                  Internet --- Chris@HMCVAX.Claremont.Edu
     VMS Systems Manager
     Harvey Mudd College        Bitnet ----- Chris@HMCVAX.Bitnet

B.A.T. Technology Announces

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 1992

CONTACT: Joseph La Stella, P.E.(800) 255-0906 or (801) 977-0906

OCTOBER ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCES ASSEMBLY-LINE PRODUCTION BY ITS SUBSIDIARY, B.A.T.
TECHNOLOGY, OF ELECTRIC-POWERED FORD RANGER TRUCKS

· SALT LAKE CITY, UT OCTOBER ASSOCIATES, OTC Bulletin Board (Symbol:
  30CTB),based in West Valley, UT with operations in Oregon and  several sites
  in Utah, today announces assembly-line production by its subsidiary, B.A.T.
  Technology,  Inc. (B.A.T.), 0f electric-powered Ford Ranger trucks.
  Production will begin at the  company's Springville, UT, facility in October
  1992. As a special introductory offer, the first 25 Ford Ranger electric
  vehicles will be priced at $22,900.

· IN ITS FIRST PRODUCTION YEAR, B.A.T. will chassis-retrofit to electric-power
  up to 500 new ranger trucks, which are fully warranted by Ford, except for
  the  electric motor and controller, which are respectively warranted by their
  manufacturers,  and the batteries which is warranted by B.A.T.

· THE BAT WARRANTY IS CALLED "l00 PLUS 10O" a 100,000-mile warranty on  the
  Ultra Force Battery and a 100-plus-mile driving range per charge, with some 
  limited restrictions. "B.A.T. Technology, Inc. is very much aware that
  prospective buyers of electric vehicles are naturally concerned about battery
  performance and warranties," according to Joseph La Stella, P.E., consultant.
  "Therefore, as an additional protection for the  purchaser, B.A.T. will
  escrow for three years, in the name of the purchaser the cost of a 
  battery-replacement set. The company's warranty is not only remarkable, based
  on its longevity, but the Ultra Force warranty has to be the most bankable
  pledge within the industry."

· TO KICK OFF ITS INITIAL ELECTRIC-VEHICLE PRODUCTION THIS FALL, B.A.T. is
  sponsoring, on September 12, 1992, the Utah electric car  "World Challenge,"
  the longest electric vehicle race ever attempted, with a $25,000 award to the 
  first-place finisher. Competitors will drive non-stop from Salt Lake City to
  Wendover, Nevada and return for a distance of 240 miles without recharging.

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