Project Partners - people and agencies who have helped to make this project possible…

• 16th Street Community Health Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Education staff are providing content advice and product review.
• A.J. Ugent Furs, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rodney Ugent loaned a leather trench coat for a character's costume during the Milwaukee taping of the video.
• Colorado Rocky Mountain Institute and Hypercar Center. Education staff have offered to provide content advice and product review.
• Corbin Motors, Hollister, California. Corbin employees accommodated our disruptions and offered their assistance while we spent a day videotaping at their Sparrow factory. Pamela Denner, Marketing and Communications, arranged for our visit and hosted our video crew. Claire Bell, a Corbin engineer, has offered to provide content advice and product review.
• Currie Technologies, Inc., Van Nuys, California. Representative Greg Nesen loaned two Currie Electric Scooters for use in the Milwaukee taping of the video.
• Electric Auto Association. The following individuals brought their electric vehicles to San Jose High Academy in San Jose, California, for an electric vehicle fair. They spent the day having their vehicles videotaped and answering student questions.
  • Representing the Silicon Valley Chapter: Will Beckett and his Solectria Force, Nancy Nehring and her Daimler-Chrysler EPIC (Electric Powered Interurban Commuter), and Rob Means and his ZAP electric bicycle and electric scooter.
  • Representing the San Jose Chapter: Mike Thompson and his General Motors EV-1.
  • Representing the East Bay Chapter: Ed Thorpe and his Honda EVPlus.
  • Representing the Sparrow Owner Club: Keith Bierman and his Corbin Sparrow.
    
• Giuffre Brothers Cranes, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin loaned a crane for use in the Milwaukee taping of the video.
• Hildy Holmes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin loaned us her 1972 Oldsmobile for use in the Milwaukee taping of the video.
• Jesse Jones High School, Houston, Texas faculty, staff and students hosted our crew for three days of videotaping. Principal Lawrence Allen and Vanguard Coordinator Mary Kay Porter welcomed our crew. Teacher Sehba Sarwar and her students Tico Hannan, Eric Hester, Robert Trujillo, Melanie Harrison, Alicia Zellers, Alicia Lyles, Kyra Walker, and Chiedu (Ike) Ginikanwa gave us a tour of the school, helped organize videotaping logistics, and joined us each day on the set. Student Emaneli Cintron performed as talent for a scene in the video.
• Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin. Instructors Don Schinker, Auto Technology; David Biegel, Diesel Technology; and Ken Roh and Peter Jensen, Motorcycle, Marine, and Outdoor Power Products Technology have provided content advice and product review.
• Midwest Express. Special thanks to one of our corporate sponsors, Midwest Express Airlines. Midwest Express provided air tickets at a substantially reduced cost to the Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation for students and their instructors. The tickets will be used for travel to Houston, Texas and San Jose, California for videotaping.
• Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, Drug Enforcement Unit, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sergeant Fred Hagedorn loaned a confiscated vehicle - a "heap" - for use in the Milwaukee taping of the video.
• Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The following staff aided with numerous videotaping logistics: John Schissler and Paul Kroog - John Marshall High School; Robb Schleck and Barb Nyklewicz - Dept. of Technology; and Larry Lenox, Jim Hogg, Mike Dahl and Jerry Scully - Dept. of Facilities and Maintenance.
• Office of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Traffic Safety Coordinator Randy Thiel will assist with distribution to driver's education teachers across the state.
• San Jose Film & Video Commission, California. Joe O'Kane, Vice President, Film & Video Marketing, helped our crew with local videotaping logistics and permissions, especially with regard to taping on the light rail vehicle.
• San Jose High Academy, San Jose, California faculty, staff and students hosted our crew for an electric vehicle fair and day of videotaping. International Baccalaureate Coordinator Sandy Schwarer organized our visit; students Justin Vonderach, Vaughn Barker, and Janet Huynh performed in the video; teacher John Sullivan hosted us in his auto shop classes and provided technical assistance to the electric vehicle owners; and Principal Lawrence Holquin welcomed our group and assisted with site logistics.
• Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, San Jose, California. Kevin Kurimoto helped us secure permission for our crew to videotape scenes on the light rail vehicle and Laura Jimenez organized the logistics.
• Robert Schroeder, Safety & Transportation Consultant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Schroeder acted as a liaison between the project and the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department to help us borrow a vehicle for the Milwaukee taping of the video.
• The Russ Darrow Auto Group, Wisconsin. Mr. Russ Darrow, Jr., provided vehicles from the Darrow companies for use in the Milwaukee taping of the video. Glenn Leinen, West Bend dealership, loaned a 2001 Toyota Prius, a hybrid-electric car, and a 2001 Toyota 4-Runner, a sport utility vehicle. Chris Olson, Mequon dealership, loaned a 2001 Honda Insight, a 2-seater hybrid-electric car.
• Sorens Ford, Brookfield, Wisconsin. Dan Carpenter loaned a 2001 Ford Mustang convertible to be used in the Milwaukee taping of the video.
• Sprint PCS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tamara Tomczyk, Field Marketing Manager, loaned a SPC 6000 Mobile Phone prototype for use in the Milwaukee taping of the video.
• Studio Gear, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bob Wiese loaned a megaphone for use in the Milwaukee taping of the video.
• United States Army Reserve, HSC, 961st Engineer Battalion (CPT) (HUY), S-4 Section, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. E-4 Tamila Peavey loaned gas masks for use in the Milwaukee taping of the video.
• Wisconsin Department of Transportation staff are providing content advice and product review.
  

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