Bobby Rahal to Keynote 14th Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference + Expo 2008

Ethanol Promotion and Information Council Sponsors the May 13 Appearance

Las Vegas, NV, November 5, 2007 - The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) is pleased to announce that legendary American open-wheel racing star, Bobby Rahal, is to keynote the 14th annual Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference + Expo on May 13, 2008. The championship driver and racing team owner will share his passion for the industry as he addresses 2000 attendees at the AFVi’s annual conference, May 11-14 at the Rio All Suites Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Featured speaker Bobby Rahal has had enormous influence on racing as an athlete, owner and executive. Rahal won three IndyCar/CART championships as a driver as well as the 1986 Indianapolis 500. As a team owner he has overseen the growth of Rahal Letterman Racing, which has become a multi-car, multi-discipline organization. He’s known for nurturing young talent such as 2004 Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice, Vitor Meira and Danica Patrick. The Ohio-born star is also credited for bringing American Honda into open-wheel racing, which has yielded eight championships and over 100 victories for the manufacturer. Rahal was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2004.

The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) is sponsoring Bobby Rahal’s appearance at the AF&V Conference + Expo 2008. In 2007, for the first time, the Indianapolis 500 and the IndyCar® Series powered its Honda engines on 100 percent fuel-grade ethanol, a renewable and environmentally-friendly fuel. EPIC is a nonprofit alliance of ethanol industry leaders who have come together to grow consumer demand for ethanol energy through targeted marketing and public relations. They are a 2008 Gold level conference sponsor.

“I can’t imagine a more compelling figure than Bobby Rahal to attract fleet decision-makers to our conference,” said Annalloyd Thomason, Executive Director of AFVi. “Showcasing the impressive performance of renewable, environmentally responsible ethanol in Indy Car racing sends a very powerful, credible message to those considering alternative fuels.”

The conference features 125 exhibitors, an opportunity to test drive new model year alternatively fueled and/or powered vehicles, tours and more than 200 speakers. In addition to EPIC, early sponsors include American Honda, Clean Energy, Chrysler, Cummins Westport, Firm Green, Ford, General Motors, Global Electric Motorcars, National Biodiesel Board, Roush, and Westport Innovations. The conference also enjoys broad support from a planning committee, which includes representation from many of the sponsors as well as the City of Las Vegas, Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management, Cromwell and Associates, Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, Hampton Roads Clean Cities, JD Power and Associates, Pacific Gas & Electric, San Francisco Clean Cities, Showtimes, and the United States Department of Agriculture.

Information is available at http://www.afvi.org/NationalConference2008/ .

About AFVi
AFVi is an entrepreneurial organization that works through industry to bring people in need of proven transportation technologies together with those who can meet their needs. AFVi is the education provider and information link between the alternative fuels and vehicles industry and public/private fleets. The primary business of the company is to advance the interests of OEM’s, fuel providers and their associated business partners through education, outreach and deployment. AFVi is fuel and technology neutral.

Source: EPIC

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