Altair shows off all-electric SUV with nanotech batteries

Altairnano (NASDAQ: ALTI), with its electric vehicle partners Boshart Engineering and Phoenix Motorcars, successfully launched a full size, all-electric SUV at the California Air Resources Board Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Technology Symposium, in Sacramento, California this week.

The freeway ready, all-electric SUV was powered entirely by Altairnano NanoSafe(tm) batteries. The launch included demonstration rides in the vehicle around the Sacramento streets near the CARB building. Over 50 people rode in the vehicle during the event.

"I enjoyed my test drive in the Altairnano powered electric SUV. I have driven many electric vehicles, including the General Motors EV1, and the Altairnano powered vehicle delivered excellent performance in acceleration and rapid battery recharge," said John Waters, Breakthrough Design Group leader at the Rocky Mountain Institute, a consulting organization with major clients in, among others, the transportation and defense sectors.

Also on September 27, at 2:30 p.m., Evan House, Ph.D., Director of Altairnano's Advanced Materials & Power Systems business unit, presented Altairnano's NanoSafe rechargeable nano-titanate battery program to the symposium. The speech was well received by the audience, which consisted of a broad mix from motor industry executives to academics.

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