SAE International to Host Vehicle Battery Summit in Shanghai

WARRENDALE, Pennsylvania, February 3 - Menahem Anderman, Ph.D., will serve as chairperson for SAE
International's Vehicle Battery Summit, scheduled 1-3 September 2010. The
event will bring together the world's most highly regarded engineers,
scientists and corporate decision makers from the battery, automotive,
utility and lithium mining industries. In recognition of China's growing
significance in both the development and implementation of electrified
vehicles of all types, this international summit will be held at the Sheraton
Hongqiao Hotel in Shanghai, China.

Dr. Anderman, President of Advanced Automotive Batteries, USA and founder
of Total Battery Consulting, Inc., is distinguished in the industry as a
broad-based battery expert who has taken both lithium- and nickel-based
products from material research, through product development, and into the
marketplace. He is a well-known inventor, speaker, and author, and is a
recognized authority in technology assessment and battery technology legal
cases.

Co-sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers of China (SAE-China),
the Summit is designed to provide corporate-level engineering and business
decision makers with an assessment of current and near term Li-ion battery
systems alternatives and capabilities; as well as critical marketplace and
supply chain information. Dr. Anderman has organized an outstanding list of
more than twenty expert speakers representing the world's largest and most
successful companies in the vehicle battery and related industries.

The program compares technological advances occurring worldwide,
including developments in Europe, Taiwan, Korea, the U.S. and in particular
China, it also examines growth projections for the electrified
vehicle/battery markets and explores their implications for the global
marketplace-thereby providing the insight required for optimum business
decision-making. Reliability and safety issues as well as other challenges
the industry faces, including standardization, will also be addressed.

The Summit will provide an exclusive opportunity to interact with
corporate technology peers from the automotive OEM, the battery components
and manufacturing industry, and the lithium mining industry. The event will
include opportunities for corporate sponsorships and exhibits as well as
technology related poster sessions.

Visit www.sae.org/events/battery/ for more details as they become
available on the SAE International Vehicle Battery Summit.

The Summit is organized in cooperation with Advanced Automotive Batteries
USA and the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC)

SAE International is a global association of more than 121,000 engineers
and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and
commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are
life-long learning and voluntary consensus 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.

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Contact: Shawn Andreassi of SAE International, +1-724-772-8522 or
pr@sae.org

Shawn Andreassi of SAE International, +1-724-772-8522, pr at sae.org