Reeves School of Business and the Electric Car Company Co-host "Ride N'Drive"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 9, 2007
MARIA SIKORYAK-ROBINS
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS

FAYETTEVILLE, NC—James Marcin, instructor of marketing at Methodist University, announced that the Electric Car Company, a subsidiary of Bleecker Automotive Group, will be presenting “Ride N’Drive” on Friday, Feb. 16, 2007. The event will be in conjunction with his MKT 420 Sales class and MKT 470 Marketing Management class. Ride N’Drive will feature the company’s electric cars from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in front of Clark Hall. This event is free and open to the public.

“We would like to show Methodist an alternative mode of transportation that is extremely beneficial to the environment,” said Travis Hibler, vice president of Bleecker Electric Car Company. “The event will provide education about vehicles that are environmentally sound,” he said. “Especially when there is such negativity towards gas consumption.”

The Electric Car Company is headquartered in Fayetteville, N.C., but is in the process of creating a “footprint” of electric car centers throughout North Carolina. These centers will be located at shopping malls in Fayetteville, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Charlotte, and Winston Salem. These locations are designed to educate the public and promote awareness about electric modes of transportation. There is already an electric car kiosk at the Crabtree Mall in Raleigh.

Bleecker currently offers seven different brands of neighborhood electric cars – Miles Automotive Group, Dynasty, Zenn, Canadian Electric Vehicles, E-Ride Electric Vehicles (heavy duty maintenance applications), Evader Electric Scooters, and Tomberlin Golf Cars (road ready golf cars). The company has exclusive selling rights in the State of North Carolina for these electric vehicles.

Methodist University is Fayetteville’s only independent, four-year institution of higher education. The University enrolls 2,147 students from 41 states and 30 countries. To learn more about the Electric Car Company visit www.bleecker.com or www.theelectriccarco.com. For information pertaining to Ride N’Drive at Methodist University, please contact James Marcin, instructor of marketing, at (910) 630-7624.