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Monday, 09/17/2007 11:32:12 AM

Monday, September 17, 2007 11:32:12 AM

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Frankfort Auto Show:

The Frankfort Auto Show website
http://www.iaa.de/index.php?id=home0&L=1
now returns a few interesting hits on searches for "green party". Still no hits on "lithium technology" or other variations.

(1) QUOTE:
VDA Press Releases
Jürgen Trittin visits the IAA on Sunday

Frankfurt am Main, September 15, 2007.

Jürgen Trittin, Member of the German Bundestag and vice-chairman of the parliamentary group of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Germany’s Green Party), will visit the 62nd International Motor Show (IAA) Cars on 16 September 2007 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Dr. Thomas Schlick, Managing Director of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), will welcome the eminent Green politician and accompany him on his walking tour.


The following stops are planned: DaimlerChrysler (Hall 2.0), BMW (F3 Agora), VW (3.0), Loremo (4.0) and in Hall 8 the companies Bosch, Opel and Toyota.

Contact: Eckehart Rotter
German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)
Communications Department
Tel.: +49 (0) 69-97507-266
Fax: +49 (0) 69-97507-320

(2) QUOTE:
VDA Press Releases
Kuhn and Künast at the IAA:

“Beginnings of an ecological orientation now visible”

Frankfurt am Main, September 14, 2007.

“At this IAA the beginnings of an ecological orientation are now visible in the German automotive industry, even if not yet in the whole fleet. The basic direction is right,” emphasized Fritz Kuhn, chairman of the parliamentary group of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Germany’s Green Party). He was speaking after an extensive walking tour of the trade show, which he and Renate Künast, chairwoman of the Grünen (the Greens’) parliamentary group, undertook accompanied by Matthias Wissmann, President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) on Friday. Kuhn said he liked the new small car “Up” from Volkswagen, and also recognized the fuel-saving technology that BMW is using “across the product range.” At the DaimlerChrysler stand Renate Künast got behind the wheel of a roomy Mercedes ML 450 Hybrid, which will be launched onto the market in 2009 with 340 hp and consuming only 7.7 l of gasoline to travel 100 km. The two politicians took seats together in the VW Polo BlueMotion – whose 99 g CO2/km makes it a “CO2 champion.” At the Porsche stand Kuhn and Künast heard about the new hybrid technology of the Cayenne.

The Greens’ leaders expressed their great satisfaction with the IAA stand of their own party in Hall 4.1. “Above all many young engineers are coming to see us at the stand and they are pleased that the Greens are represented at the IAA. Obviously young technical graduates in particular are very enthusiastic about the idea of linking ecology and economy. In our opinion, a car that is to be successful on the market must emit little CO2 – but of course it can have a smart design,” Fritz Kuhn said.

[edited: same contact information]

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