FEV Powertrain Innovation Forum to Fuel Change

DETROIT, April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The FEV Powertrain Innovation
Forum, one of three featured theaters at the SAE 2009 World Congress, will
focus on discussions surrounding alternative energy sources and their
individual races to the marketplace.

The SAE 2009 World Congress hosted by Honda, with its theme "Racing to Green
Mobility," is set for April 20-23 at Cobo Center in Detroit. Masaaki Kato,
Senior Managing Director, Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and former President, Honda
R&D Co., Ltd., is the General Chairman of the event. Bosch is the Tier One
Strategic Partner. The SAE World Congress is the world's largest powertrain
and safety engineering event.

"The Road Map to 35 MPG: Which Technologies Will Get Us There?" opens the FEV
Powertrain Innovation Forum on Monday, April 20, at 10 a.m. New fuel economy
regulations present a major challenge to the auto industry - no news there --
but the technologies that are most likely to be utilized to attain the federal
mandate might be unexpected. Moderator of the session is Gary W. Rogers,
President & CEO, FEV, Inc., and panelists include John M. German, Senior
Fellow, International Council for Clean Transportation; Trevor O. Jones,
Chairman, NRC Comm on Fuel Economy Tech for L.D. Vehicles; John W. Juriga,
Director, Powertrain, Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc.; Charles
Klein, Director, Global Mass, Energy & Aerodynamics, GM Product Development;
Norbert Krause, Director, Engineering and Environmental Office, Volkswagen of
America, and Johannes Jorg Rueger, Sr VP, Diesel Systems N.A. Engrg, Robert
Bosch LLC.

"New Battery Technology: The Path to Durability, Cost and the Best Combination
Range," is scheduled Tuesday, April 21, at 1:30 p.m. in the FEV Powertrain
Innovation Forum. Discussion will center on the many aspects of batteries for
the future, including the most pressing question of all: When will they be
manufactured for and sold at a mass-market price? Moderator is Nancy L. Gioia,
Director, Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs, Ford
Motor Co.; panelists include Steven L. Clark, Senior. Manager - E/E Energy
Management, Chrysler; Michael Crane, Managing Director, HEV N.A., Continental
Corp.; Prabhakar Patil, Chief Executive Officer, Compact Power Inc., and
Minoru Shinohara, Senior Vice President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

For a complete list of panel topics, participants and dates/times, please
visit FEV Powertrain Innovation Forum
.
Members of the press can request credentials for the SAE 2009 World Congress
by visiting http://pr.sae.org/media/ or emailing pr@sae.org .

SAE International is a global association of more than 121,000 engineers and
related technical experts in the automotive, aerospace and commercial-vehicle
industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and
standards development. SAE International's charitable arm is the SAE
Foundation, which supports many programs, including A World In Motion(R) and
the Collegiate Design Series.

Contact: Nancy Lewis or Shawn Andreassi, both of SAE International, at
pr@sae.org or 1-248-273-4092.

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