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October 12, 2006 ------ HTUF e-UPDATE

Register Today! HTUF Main Hotel Is Almost Sold Out!
Get Your Early Discount: Registration Fees Increase After Next Week

Our room block at the Paradise Point Resort is 95% sold out, so make your reservations today! Remember that a Special Room rate of $129.00 (plus tax) has been arranged for those who refer to the name “WestStart-CALSTART’s Hybrid Truck Users Forum”. This special rate will only be available until the rooms are sold out, and they are going fast! Please book your rooms TODAY.

As an alternative, we have made arrangements with Town & Country Resort in Mission Valley, which is 5 miles from Paradise Point Resort. The special rate is $131 a night. Attendees should call 1-800-772-8527 and refer to the name “WestStart-CALSTART’s Hybrid Truck Users Forum”. The Town & Country Resort is located at 500 Hotel Cir N San Diego, CA 92108.

Please note: The city of San Diego is having a city wide conference and most hotels are selling out quickly so book your rooms TODAY!

We also wanted to remind you that the early registration discounted rates for the HTUF Meeting will end on October 20, 2006, so please, don't delay! Register for the National Meeting today to take advantage of the reduced early registration rate as well.

You don't want to miss this event as an exceptional number of vehicle manufacturers and hybrid system suppliers will be providing updates on their products and new product development activities during the New Vehicle Development session. You may be surprised by the pace of development and the new offerings. The agenda also includes a discussion panel on EPA heavy hybrid testing protocol implementation and the effort to obtain EPAct tax credits.

Rounding out the agenda will be insight into energy storage technologies and results of field testing fully-operational heavy hybrids. Finally, the ability to test drive the vehicles on Thursday morning, November 16, will drive home the viability of this technology to meet the needs of the user: and we will have some hybrid trucks you have never seen before available, including several utility hybrids.

- Bill Van Amburg

Conference Registration Information
Significant savings for early registrants!
Early Registration: $150.00 BEFORE October 20, 2006.

Late Registration: $200.00 for fleets, $250.00 for ALL others After October 20, 2006

Fleets are those companies who purchase/lease and manage a fleet of trucks/vans/heavy duty vehicles. “All others” include: manufacturers, suppliers, research organizations, non-profit organizations, and government entities that are not directly involved in fleet management. If you have questions about your organizational status, please contact Monica Alcaraz at (626) 744-5655.

Price includes:

Compilation CD of speaker’s presentations
Networking breakfast and lunch on November 15th
Special dinner meeting hosted by ISE Corporation, Maxwell Technologies and Siemens Energy and Automation Inc. on November 15th
Ride-and-drive on November 16th
Tour of ISE Facility

New Hybrid DiaLog Available
Latest Information on Hybrid Progress
The latest edition of HTUF's Hybrid DiaLog newsletter has been published and is now available on-line at the HTUF website, www.htuf.org.

Articles include a review of the pre-production truck efforts now underway in the refuse and parcel delivery markets, the latest efforts in utility-class trucks, recent industry news on truck and prototype announcements, and a review of the emerging commercial timeline for hybrid truck implementation.

Follow the links to Hybrid News in this e-Update to get your copy.

Meeting Location / Lodging
Paradise Point Resort & Spa
1404 Vacation Road
San Diego, CA 92102-7905
Tel: 858.274.4630

The Paradise Point Resort is a deluxe hotel located on a 44 acre peninsula on Mission Bay, surrounded by a mile of golden, sandy beaches; and, is just 7 miles from both the San Diego International Airport, and downtown San Diego.

A Special Room rate of $129.00 (plus tax) has been arranged for those who refer to the name “WestStart-CALSTART’s Hybrid Truck Users Forum”. Please make your reservation by October 15, 2006 to ensure you can take advantage of the Special Room rate.

NOTE: Attendees are responsible for handling their own reservations and lodging costs.

Make your reservations online or by phone by calling 1.800.344.2626 or (Tel) 858.274.4630

Transportation
Attendees should fly into San Diego Airport. The hotel is 7 miles from the airport. Take “Cloud 9” shuttle service located at the airport ground transportation for $12.00 per person (please notify driver that you are going to Paradise Point). A one way taxi ride is approximately $20.00.

We have arranged for a discount of 5% off of the airfare with American Airlines. Call 800.433.1790 or go to www.aa.com. The HTUF authorization number is A05N6AV.

Questions or Comments?
Contact Bill Van Amburg, bvanamburg@weststart.org, or Richard Parish, rparish@weststart.org.