EV RENTAL CARS OFFERS FORD ESCAPE HYBRIDS TO 2005 OSCAR® NOMINEES
Leading Contenders for Academy Awards® Can Arrive at Red Carpet with a Stylish Nod to the Environment with Fuel to Spare

Los Angeles, February 15, 2005

EV Rental Cars, the only environmental based rental car company in the United States, is offering the 77th Annual Academy Awards® leading nominees an opportunity to experience the environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient Ford Hybrid Escape. Nominees now have a chance to test-drive an award winner in its own right as the very hard-to-find Ford Escape Hybrid was recently named the 2005 North American Truck of the Year.

"We know how frenzied the week before the Academy Awards can be for the nominees who have to travel constantly between designer fittings, jewelers, hair stylists and the like," says EV Rental Cars CEO Jeff Pink. "We wanted to offer not only our congratulations to the nominees with these complimentary VIP rentals, but to give the actors and directors a chance to discover just how easy hybrid vehicles operate in everyday, often harried, driving conditions. And we know the great gas mileage will give them more time for these vital errands."

Oscar nominees from the five major categories, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director, can take advantage of EV Rental Cars offer of a complimentary rental for use in the greater Los Angeles area in the seven days prior to the award presentation. The Ford Escape Hybrid will be delivered to their residence or business office at their convenience and collected on Monday, February 28th, following the Academy Awards ceremony.