Major World Automotive Poised to Make ‘Big Apple’ Greener With New All-Electric Cars and Trucks

Queens Dealership Named Exclusive Provider of Miles Electric Vehicles for the N.Y. Metro Area

Official Announcement to Be Made at Con Edison-Hosted Press Conference Featuring New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Other City, State Officials

Long Island City, New York – September 7th, 2007 – Major World automotive of Long Island City, NY, has been selected as the exclusive distributor of Miles Electric Vehicles for the New York metropolitan area as well as Westchester County. Backed by MILES lineup of zero emissions all-electric cars and trucks, the dealership is setting its sites on providing New Yorkers with some of the greenest cars and trucks on the road.

“All-electric vehicle technology is undergoing huge advances, and MILES is quietly taking the lead,” said Major World President Bruce Bendell. “We’re excited to provide all-electric vehicles that we think can make a difference in one of the world’s largest and most influential automotive markets.”

According to Bendell, the first step will be to introduce municipalities, universities and other organizations looking to cut emissions and costs to MILES’ lineup of low speed all-electric vehicles, including the ZX40 and
ZX40S hatchback and the ZX40ST work truck. With 90% fewer moving parts and a 125+ mpg cost equivalent, they generally cost about one-fifth as much to operate as typical gas-powered vehicles, and they enable organizations to
eliminate an average of 12,000 pounds of annual tailpipe emissions for every gas-powered vehicle they replace.

Looking forward, Major World will also be the area’s exclusive seller of the MILES XS 500, the company’s highway-speed all-electric sedan, slated for delivery late next year. Powered by proprietary lithium ion battery
technology, the vehicle tops 80 mph and can travel 120+ miles on a single charge - for about the cost of a gallon of gas. With an MSRP right around $32,000, it’s anticipated to be the only reasonably affordable highway-speed car on the U.S. market for the foreseeable future.

Major World, which sells more than 20,000 vehicles annually on Northern Blvd in Long Island City, joins a network of approximately 40 authorized Miles Electric Vehicle dealers nationwide, most of which have joined within the last few months. That number is expected to grow to nearly 200 by the end of 2008.

“Because it serves such an important market, Major World is going to play a pivotal role in our company’s future and, for that matter, the future of electric vehicle adoption in this country,” said Miles Automotive Group CEO Jeff Boyd. “Given the quality of their operations and their dedication to their customers, we couldn’t ask for a better partner to bring our vehicles to the market and join our mission to help change the way Americans drive.”

City and State Officials to Help Kick Off Major World’s Green Vehicle Push New York state and city officials will speak at a special press conference to support Major World’s green transportation leadership and promote adoption of all-electric vehicles among New York fleets and drivers. Speakers will include New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, and representatives from the New York City Mayor’s office and Con Edison. Major World President and CEO Bruce Bendell (who’s also a board member of the Queens and Sunnyside Chambers of Commerce as well as the Long Island City Business Development Corporation) will also speak at the conference, as will Miles Rubin, chairman and founder of Miles Electric Vehicles.

The event will be held Friday, September 7th, at 11:00 am at the rear patio of the Con Edison Learning Center, located at 43-28 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City.

Members of the media will also be invited to preview and test-drive the MILES ZX40S low-speed hatchback.

Learn More
To learn more about Major World, Miles Electric Vehicles and/or the emerging all-electric vehicle marketplace, contact Betsy Isroelit at 213.300.0108, betsy@rbicom.com.

About Miles Electric Vehicles
Miles Electric Vehicles is dedicated to building safe, comfortable, and affordable all-electric cars and trucks that make it easy for drivers and buyers to make a difference. The company’s advanced low-speed vehicles are utilized by a prestigious fleet customer base that includes Stanford, UCLA, California State Polytechnic University, NASA, the U.S. Navy, the National Park Service, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Building on its low-speed production experience, MILES is on track to introduce the first safe, affordable, mass-produced all-electric
highway-speed vehicle (the MILES XS 500 sedan) to the U.S. market, in late 2008.

Founded in 2005 by entrepreneur/activist Miles Rubin, Miles Electric Vehicles is owned by S. Shamash & Sons and headquartered in Santa Monica, CA. To learn more about our vision and vehicles, visit www.mileselectricvehicles.com.

Visit www.majorworld.com for locations and pricing.

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Conservative Party Slams Medical Marijuana Ads Despite Members’ Support

ALBANY, NEW YORK — Ads asking New York voters to urge their senators to pass a medical marijuana bill, set to begin appearing in newspapers and on the radio today, have already elicited a response from the New York Conservative Party. The party’s Sept. 4 press release (reprinted in full below) devotes its entire first paragraph to a sweeping attack on all pain medication, not just medical marijuana.

The ads, sponsored by New Yorkers for Compassionate Care and MPP, feature Buffalo resident and Conservative Party member Joel Peacock, a construction project manager who could benefit from medical marijuana if it were legal to alleviate chronic pain from a 2001 car accident.

A Sept. 4 press release from Conservative Party leaders asserted, “‘medical’ marijuana will not offer the relief [Peacock] seeks,” and described the party as “adamantly opposed” to medical marijuana legislation. However, a recent Mason-Dixon poll showed 55 percent approval among Conservative Party members for a medical marijuana law and only 35 percent of members opposed to such a law.

“Perhaps Joel Peacock and his doctors should be the judges of whether medical marijuana will give him the relief he seeks,” replied noted conservative author and National Review senior editor Richard Brookhiser.

The state Legislature is expected to return to session sometime in September or October, and the Senate could take up medical marijuana legislation at that time. The Assembly passed Assemblyman Dick Gottfried’s medical marijuana bill, A4867, in a 95-52 vote on June 13.

“Suffering New Yorkers have waited far too long for relief,” said Peacock, who currently relies on $36,000-a-year’s worth of prescription pain medication. “It’s time for voters to let their senators know we want a compassionate, commonsense medical marijuana law now.”

Organizations representing the state’s physicians, nurses, and medical schools all support allowing medical marijuana, and none have opposed it. Recent Mason-Dixon polls conducted in six districts in which ads will run revealed voter support for medical marijuana laws, ranging between 61 and 76 percent. A June 2005 Siena Research Institute poll found that 76 percent of New York voters support allowing medical marijuana. Results are online at www.mpp.org/nypoll2007 andhttp://lw.siena.edu/sri/results/2005/05_June_NYPoll.htm .

Print advertisements will appear in newspapers in the following senators’ districts: Sen. Martin Golden (R–Brooklyn), Sen. Kemp Hannon (R–Nassau County), Sen. Serphin Maltese (R–Queens), Sen. Thomas Morahan (R–Rockland County), Sen. Carl Marcellino (R-Nassau County, Suffolk County), Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Queens), Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Nassau County), Sen. Dale Volker (R–Wyoming County and parts of Erie, Livingston and Ontario counties). In addition, radio ads will air in Volker’s district. The print ads and the radio ad are all available at www.mpp.org/medicalmarijuanaads/ny .

With more than 23,000 members and 100,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP believes that the best way to minimize the harm associated with marijuana is to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol. For more information, please visit www.MarijuanaPolicy.org .

Full text of Sept. 4 Conservative Party of New York press release:

News from Conservative Party of New York State - For more information contact: Shaun-Marie Levine, 518-356-7882

Buffalo’s Conservative Peacock Misguided, Strong Traditional Values Do Not Encourage Drug Use

FORT HAMILTON STATION, NY (09/04/2007; 1621)(readMedia)– Every major study indicates that substance abuse is, unfortunately, increasing in the United States. Legally prescribed medicine is a major cause and health care cost escalate as people demand more and more prescriptions to alleviate pain and suffering while becoming addicted to all types of “pain-killers”. The sad realization is that the more one takes of a “pain-killer” the more “pain-killers” are needed to “kill the pain.”

Today, a registered conservative, Joel Peacock, injured in a 2001 car accident, is calling upon the State Senate to pass “medical” marijuana as the Assembly did in June of this year. Unfortunately, Mr. Peacock is only looking at the situation through his belief that “medical” marijuana will help him with his serious illness. Despite his belief, and the urging of the Marijuana Policy Project, the organization making a concerted effort to legalize “medical” marijuana throughout the United States, “medical” marijuana will not offer the relief he seeks.

According to the Marijuana Policy Project’s news release, it is seeking to minimize the harm associated with marijuana by regulating marijuana “in a manner similar to alcohol.” Perhaps MPP should look at the hundreds of bills the legislature introduces each year to keep our roads safe from drunk drivers. Alcohol and drugs are responsible for the majority of automotive accidents that take our loved ones from us.

The New York State Conservative Party is adamantly opposed to adding marijuana, a known mind altering drug, as a medicine. The latest research shows just how dangerous cannabis is and even the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled (March 15, 2007) that Angel Raich can face federal prosecution on drug charges despite the fact that California has “medical” marijuana laws.

Conservative Party State Chairman, Michael R. Long, acknowledges that Mr. Peacock has chosen to register in the Conservative Party, but stated that he does not speak for the Conservative Party. “Those of us who keep this political organization together, the leaders of the party, the everyday people who carry Conservative petitions that keep this Party on the ballot, know that “medical” marijuana is an oxymoron introduced by those who, like George Soros, seek to make illegal drugs acceptable,” said Long.

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Kamen & Co. Group Services To Develop e-learning Valuation Media Platforms

Baldwin, NY - Kamen & Co. Group Services, a leading provider of print & digital media valuations to US, Canadian, European, Latin and South American publishing companies, announced today that they will begin to establish an e-learning Valuation Platform that will become an educational tool for all business and management departments at publishing entities which will assist in guiding and monitoring the fiscal status of the media organization. This system will distinguish the major departments at publishing companies and will provide powerful capabilities that enable publishing organizations to develop and manage content and assess expenditures on a quarterly basis.

Kevin B. Kamen, President/CEO of Kamen & Co. stated, “We are constantly hearing from publishing executives and their ownership groups that they require our firm to assist them structurally with fiscal concepts and long-plan impact studies.The availability of this e-learning platform that we have created internally will assist all our clients on a global basis and enable them to keep engaged with our professional staff online. This program, the first of its kind in the media industry, will help extend valuation capabilities and will foster a deeper connection between our firm and all clientele.”

For more information please visit: www.kamengroup.com
 
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