Speaker Pe los i,Ma jor ityLeader Reid, Ch airm an Bingaman, Chai rma nDinge ll, Sen at ors McC ai nand Obama: Before you agree to provide $25 billion to the Big 3in Detroit to com e up with super fuel-efficient vehicles, consider setting aside 25 %of those monies for smaller innovative com panies across America who have been developing such technologies. 150 MPG XH150 Plug-In Hybrid SUV near AFS Trinity’s Livermore, California engineering facility. It isn’t aconcept. It’s real. As an example, AF S Trinity has two fully operational this car, they would burn zero gasoline on most days. On weekends, Extreme Hybrid ™ prototypes that can go at least 40 miles without they might drive an additional 100 miles. Sixty of which would use burning a drop of gasoline in the electric vehicle mode with a top EV gasoline. speed of 90 MPH. Based on a total of 340 miles per week, fuel economy will av - They also go from zero to 60 in 6.9 seconds in full hybrid erage over 150 miles per gallon. mode. After 40 miles as an electric vehicle they convert to gas. The No additional new technology is needed. This technology is technology is explained at afstrinity.com. ready to be integrated into vehicles that could be mass produced. Since over 75% of Americans drive less 40 miles a day, in All that is needed is additional funding. We ar enotalone. There are numerous smaller companies with amazing and relevant technology. Below is a partial listing. VEHICLES : BATTERIES AC Propulsion, AFS Trinity Power Corporation, Aptera, Azure Dynamics, A123 Systems, Altairnano, Compact Power, Inc., ECD Ovonics, Electrovaya, Balqon, CommuterCars Corporation, Fisker Automotive, Global Electric Motor Cars, Electro Energy, EnerDel, Valence Technology Odyne Corporation, Miles Electric Vehicles, Moroea, Phoenix Motorcars, Tesla, ZENN Motor Compan y INTEGRATORS: ELECTRONICS: Azure Dynamics, ISE, Inc. AC Propulsion, Aerovironment, Cafe Electric, E-Drive Systems, Energy CS, Hybrid Car Conversions, Hymotion, Hybrids Plus, Manzanita Micro ULTRACAPACITORS: Maxwell Technologies DRIVE SYSTEMS: Enova Systems, NuGen, Raser Technology, TM4, UQM Technologies In the interes tof quickly overco ming our dependence on oil: At least 25% of the funds to be provided for the auto industry should go to small innovative companies in the field like those listed above. Securing Michigan’s and Ohio’s elec - bly to ignore the handwriting on the wall cient vehicle technologies to apply for this should be made by an independent body toral votes is obviously at the heart of the that the age of the gas guzzler was over. funding. that is free of political or economic self-in - current draft of the legislation that is so Because the auto industry in Michi - No matter how much is appropriated teres t—an institution that may not be easy strongly skewed toward providing funding gan and Detroit is in serious trouble, and for such technology, it should be tied not to to find or create, but this important mission for the big automakers in Detroit. because it’s a major part of what remains of CAFE standards of 35 miles per gallon by requires no less. GM, Ford and Chrysler aren’t the only America’s heavy industrial base, it makes 2020, but to at least 40 miles per gallon by The companies listed above are North companies that want to develop innovative sense for the government to help them 2015. American firms whose work we admire be - technologies for super fuel-efficient vehi - avoid bankruptcy. Is it advisable for Congress to assign cause they have been focused for years on cles. But it would compound the previous the decision regarding which of the compa - enabling America to meet the challenge of Many smaller innovative companies myopic and flawed judgment of the au - nies should get this funding to the incum - developing and commercializing super-fuel- have been developing electric, hybrid and tomakers if Congress, and whoever becomes bent automakers who have resisted such efficient electric, hybrid and/or plug-in hy - plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technologies our next President, fails to give the opportu - change for so many years? brid electric vehicles. for years while Detroit continued inexplica - nity to all companies developing super-effi - We don’t think so. Such decisions Paid for by AFS Trinity Power Corporation. The companies listed above have been named by AFS Trinity Power Corporation as examples of fuel efficient vehicle technology innovators. Except for AFS Trinity, none of these companies has co-sponsored, paid for, approved or otherwise participated in the publication of this ad. APOwww.afFWstriniEtS y.cRom TCORRIPONRAITIOY N.