"SHREVEPORT, La., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- BAT International (OTC Bulletin Board: BAAT) today issued the following release:
Southern States Power Company (OTC Bulletin Board: SSPC), announced today that its joint venture company, Global Fuel Cell Corporation and its R&D partner, Anuvu, Incorporated will be able to make 300+ mile range, zero emission cars a reality very soon. Manufacturing of fuel cells is expected next year.
For this first demonstration, Global Fuel Cell Corporation will be using a new compact proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell that is specifically designed for mobile applications. Anuvu Incorporated's Carbon-X technology enables the size of the fuel cell to be cut in half while delivering sustained power output and much higher volumetric efficiency. By using very thin bipolar plates (less than .1 inch thick) made with Carbon-X that facilitate temperature and humidity management in each plate, the Carbon-X fuel cell is able to achieve much better performance, longer duty life and lower production and operating costs. The plates are very strong with excellent chemical compatibility to ensure long fuel cell life and are less than one half the size of competing fuel cells. This allows Carbon-X fuel cells to go in small spaces such as those in passenger vehicles."
Only none of that ever existed except as text in a PR to pump the penny scam so LaStella could dump more of his shares to suckers.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ENTERPRISE : They're Fruitful and They're Multiplying : Trends: 'Business incubators' help reduce the risk and costs of starting a firm, and they're rapidly gaining popularity. November 20, 1995|NANCY RIVERA BROOKS | TIMES STAFF WRITER
Joseph LaStella makes an unusual product in an unusual place.
LaStella's company, Battery Automated Transportation International, produces electric cars and bicycles in the high-ceiling hollows of an old Lockheed factory in Burbank that is now home to Calstart, a public-private consortium devoted to nurturing an advanced transportation industry in California. There, Calstart operates Project Hatchery, a so-called "business incubator" that helps companies get a start in business.
LaStella's neighbors at Project Hatchery include another electric bike company, a cab company that uses natural-gas-powered vehicles, a company that has developed a system for giving traffic information to drivers over cellular phones, and firms working on advanced batteries. They can take advantage of cheap rent, research and computer facilities, business consulting services and a machine shop for making prototypes.
The allure of Project Hatchery induced LaStella to relocate his company from Utah last year. Under Project Hatchery's roof, BAT International has grown to 16 employees and now is looking for additional production space outside the incubator."
Only Joe LaStella never made any electric cars or bikes. It was all pure baloney.
Oh and don't miss this from 2003:
"A couple of mixed things about BAAT, which has apparently metamorphized into Green Star Products, and the CEO Joe Lastella:
I don't know what they're asking for their stock, but I want to convey an extreme urge-to-caution for anyone asked to invest in this Green Star Company. Mr. Lastella and BAAT lost a LOT of people a LOT of money before going belly-up. Worse, there was evidence (to my eye) that they were clear examples of stock promotion of the slimier sort. They'd have news releases, which were embarrassing to read sometimes if you took a closer look at them, and then the stock would runup, suckers would come in, and then it would go down.
The biofuel company, Southern States Power Corp. was connected in some way with BAAT and both BAAT and SSPC were known for having a ridiculous number of hyping internet message board stock-promotion type messages (dozens of thousands). In relation to SSPC (which is still in existence, ostensibly, though under a penny a share I think) this was even mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article which examined alternative energy publicly traded companies which might be trying to take advantage, in a dishonest way, of the california energy crisis."
Those pictures are very old and have never been or will be updated.
You may not see his name again (Remember -- Wolf in Sheeps clothing)
But still definitely involved.
Hey - Don't get me wrong - I HAVE stock - But will get out as soon as it moves for me to break even -- I fear it won't -- chance I was willing to take. Shame on me for not digging further. Hope I'm wrong for all the peeps who have their hopes higher than mine.
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