SOURCE: EV Transportation, Inc.

Oct 08, 2008 07:00 ET

EV Rental Cars, LLC Announces New Vice President of Operations

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - October 8, 2008) - EV Transportation, Inc. (OTCBB: EVTP), owner of EV Rental Cars, LLC, today announced the appointment of Paul Christensen as Vice President of Operations.

Christensen has over 30 years of rental car industry experience in Senior Management positions. His unique combined experience in corporate, franchise, and independent operations brings great management depth to the blue chip EV Rental Cars management team. He has served as General Manager for Budget Rent a Car, Chief Operating Officer for Budget Rent a Car's largest licensee, and General Manager for National Car Rental and Alamo Rent a Car.

"Paul Christensen has the comprehensive experience in the rental car business that makes him the perfect fit for our growth strategy moving forward," said William N. Plamondon III, Chairman and CEO.

"I'm excited to be a part of EV Rental Cars. It's a great time to be involved in this planet-friendly venture," Paul Christensen stated.

ABOUT EV RENTAL CARS, LLC

EV Rental Cars, LLC opened its doors in December 1997 as the first car rental company in the United States to rent only environmentally-friendly vehicles to the public. Since then, the company's fleet has grown to more than 350 cars at seven locations throughout the country. Airport locations include California sites in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose; in addition to a site in Phoenix, Ariz. The company has prevented more than 100 tons of air pollution and passed on to its customers more than $1 million in fuel cost savings. EV Rental Cars is affiliated with Fox Rent-A-Car. For more information about EV Rental Cars, visit them on the Web at www.evrental.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Press Release may contain, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements. Statements in this news release that are forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties concerning the specific factors disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in EV Transportation Inc's. (the "Company") periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. When used in this news release, the words such as "could," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "potential," "should," and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. The risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include, but are not restricted to the Company's limited operating history, uncertainties about the availability of additional financing, geological or mechanical difficulties affecting the Company's planned geological or other work programs, uncertainty of estimates of mineralized material, operational risk, environmental risk, financial risk, currency risk and other statements that are not historical facts as disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the Company's periodic filings with securities regulators in the United States. Consequently, risk factors including, but not limited to the aforementioned, may result in significant delays to the projected or anticipated production target dates.

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