March 16, 1999

          New Inductive Charging Station Powers
          Electric Car with Green Energy 
          Environmentalists, Businesses Team Up for Clean Air

          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 ..., 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."
          
          For info on this release, call:

          MICHAEL PANCOOK, UCS     510 843-1872