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Green Star Announces Biorefinery and Electric Car Plans at Stockholders Meeting
Green Star Products Announces Strategic Plans to Build Electric Vehicles
Green Star Completes Final Test Series for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
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Green Star Products, Inc. (GSPI) is an environmentally friendly public company involved in the production of renewable clean burning fuels such as biodiesel and cellulosic ethanol and other products including super-lubricants that are designed to reduce emissions and improve fuel economy in vehicles, machinery and power plants.
The company is one of the early pioneers who began researching alternative energy resources in the 1990s. Following an extensive Research & Development program, GSPI has advanced a variety of proprietary technologies now in revenue-producing commercialization. The company is 100% vertically integrated to design and manufacture its own biofuels processing equipment at its own facility. The company also provides operational and training support for its processing facilities.
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Developments
Green Star Completes Final Test Series for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Frankfort, KY (BUSINESS WIRE) June 5, 2009 – Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI) today announced that it has successfully completed its full series of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) testing protocols.
Global Green Cars, Inc., a strategic alliance partner with Green Star Products, has completed its full testing sequence of its PHEV over the past month. Initial testing was completed on May 15, 2009, see press release titled “Green Star Plug-In Electric Hybrid Successfully Completes Preliminary Test Track Trials” (http://www.greenstarusa.com/news/09-05-15.html).
The tests were design to simulate intra-city driving delivery truck routes. The first series of tests were performed to identify the vehicle's efficiency, range capabilities and performance standards. The second set of tests, performed on June 3, 2009, were designed to test a variety of different components which will be available as options including larger on-board IC engines and different combinations of hardware and software in the vehicle's computer system.
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Green Star Plug-In Electric Hybrid Successfully Completes Preliminary Test Track Trials
Frankfort, KY (BUSINESS WIRE) May 15, 2009 – Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI) today announced that preliminary testing of its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) has been successfully completed at the Corbin Motor Speedway in Kentucky.
This was a preliminary test for the full demonstration event scheduled during the first week of June. However, this preliminary test did produce some impressive on-road efficiency data as follows:
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1993 Pikes Peak electric truck climb
Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Frankfort, KY (BUSINESS WIRE) April 29, 2009 – Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI) announced today that within the next four weeks it plans to publicly test its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).
The demonstration will take place in Corbin, Kentucky, where the vehicle will be test driven and evaluated by industry representatives. The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle will be driven on a simulated city driving test route. The company expects to demonstrate that during an eight hour delivery day simulation this plug-in hybrid vehicle can exceed 150 miles while exhibiting an efficiency of over 75 mpg (miles per gallon).
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Green Star Kentucky Electric Car Demonstration Covered by News Media
Frankfort, KY (BUSINESS WIRE) April 16, 2009 – Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI), announced today that the April 14 Kentucky Electric Vehicle Demonstration was successful and attracted news media despite rainy weather conditions.
In an article written by TheNewsJournal.com titled “The Future is Now: Electric Car Company Considers Local Plant” (on the Internet site it's titled “Electric car company considering Williamsburg factory”). Colored pictures of the vehicle cover the newspaper's front page and the featured article covered many aspects of Global Green Car's program including the advantages it brings to target markets.
Brooks Agnew, Vice President of Engineering for Green Star Products Inc., said “The electric vehicle production assembly plant will be managed by Global Green Cars, Inc. Global Green Cars is a U.S. and International Consortium of automobile companies and associated supply companies which includes Green Star Products as an engineering and technology provider.
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U.S. Representative Tours Idaho Biorefinery Project
Glenns Ferry, ID (BUSINESS WIRE) April 16, 2009 – Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI), announced today that the Biorefinery Project of its partner, Idaho Sustainable Energy, LLC, (ISE), was toured by U.S. Representative Mike Simpson of Idaho. The tour was covered by Times-News correspondent Blair Koch in an article titled “Rep. Simpson Impressed by Glenns Ferry Biodiesel Facility.”
The full text of the article can be read at:
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2009/04/13/news/local_state/159407.txt
Green Star Products Announces Kentucky Electric Car Demonstration for Legislators and Media
Electric Car Demo Drive to be Held on April 14 at Corbin Motor Speedway
Frankfort, KY (BUSINESS WIRE) April 13, 2009 – Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI), along with its global auto industry partners announced today their Kentucky electric vehicle demonstration event and strategic plans to build and assemble electric vehicles in the United States.
Green Star Products with its consortium partner, Global Green Cars, Inc., has chosen the State of Kentucky for its demonstration because this state has exhibited interest in being the electric vehicle capital of the United States. Global Green Cars has already identified a potentially suitable Kentucky site for its electric vehicle assembly plant.
The high performance production electric car will be showcased and test driven at the Corbin Motor Speedway in Corbin, Kentucky, on Tuesday April 14th, 2009, from 10 AM to 1 PM. The Corbin Speedway is located approximately 3.5 miles west of Interstate-75 Exit 25 on U.S. Highway 25W, (606) 526-8899. The track is a 1/4 mile slightly banked asphalt oval. Those who want to register for a free test drive should request so by sending an email to info@GreenStarUSA.com.
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Video Courtesy of KSL.com
Successful GSPI Electric Car Demonstration Covered by Media
Next event will take place in the State of Kentucky on April 14
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (BUSINESS WIRE) April 9, 2009 – Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI), announced that its electric car demonstration at Rocky Mountain Raceways (see GSPI's press release dated April 3, 2009 – http://www.greenstarusa.com/news/09-04-03.html) was successful and impressed a variety of spectators and media with its performance. The event was covered by television, newspaper and radio media.
The TV video coverage of the event previewed on KSL 5. The KSL 5 news clip and article titled “Electric-car company considers plant in Utah” can be found at:
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=6076336
(John Daley, KSL 5 News 04/06/2009)
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Green Star Products Announces Strategic Plans to Build Electric Vehicles
Electric Car Demo Drive to be Held at Rocky Mountain Raceways
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (BUSINESS WIRE) April 3, 2009 – Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI), along with its global auto industry partners announced today their strategic plans to build and assemble electric vehicles in the United States.
In 1994, Michael O. Leavitt Governor of Utah 1993-2003 (also former U.S. EPA Administrator 2003-2005 and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services 2005-2009) declared a Zero Emissions Day in Utah and presented Joseph LaStella with an honorary plaque for his company's contribution to electric vehicles. That same day, Governor Leavitt requested to personally test drive Mr. LaStella's high performance production electric vehicle around Salt Lake City with Mr. LaStella as a passenger and the Governor's limousine following the car. At the same time, four other GSPI electric vehicles chauffeured Capitol Hill assembly members around town.
The high performance production electric car driven by former Governor Leavitt will be showcased and test driven at the Rocky Mountain Raceways 6555 W 2100 S, West Valley City, UT 84128, (801) 252-9557 on Monday April 6th, 2009, from 10 AM to 1 PM. Those who want to register for a free test drive should request so by sending an email to info@GreenStarUSA.com.
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Green Star Announces Biorefinery and Electric Car Plans at Stockholders Meeting
For the GSPI Letter to Shareholders 2009 (Dec. 29 2008) (Click Here)
For the GSPI Summary of the Shareholders Meeting
(Click Here)
Salt Lake City, UT – (BUSINESS WIRE) March 11, 2009 – Green Star Products, Inc., (US OTC: GSPI) held its Special Stockholders Meeting on January 31, 2009 (see press release dated January 9, 2009). The meeting had the largest attendance in many years and special presentations were given by GSPI Consortium member companies. Details of the Stockholders Meeting are covered on Green Star's website GreenStarUSA.com.
The presentations outlined detail plans of the biorefinery projects and their plant construction. These plans include the production of cellulosic ethanol, chemical by-products from cellulosic ethanol plants, algae biomass production, algae biodiesel production and the many advantages of combining all of these technologies into one biorefinery complex.
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Green Star Products and its Consortium have taken a big step forward toward the realization of a Commercial Size Algae Farm and Integrated Biorefinery Complex in Missouri.
GSPI's announcement was further discussed by The Marshall Democrat-News (see article here) of Saline County.
View the Big Sky Coalition 2008 Biofuels Symposium Video where Mr. LaStella discusses many interesting facts about our energy future needs.
Also, be sure to read the GSPI Montana Algae HAPS Demonstration Report (available here) published since May 2008 and showing the feasability of the GSPI's HAPS Algae Production System. This demostration unit holds 40,000 litres of algae culture, which constitutes one of the largest algae production testing system designs.