Sec. of Transportation

The United States Secretary of Transportation, Brock Adams, fell victim to his proposal to "Reinvent the Automobile" ... he was forced to resign after appearing before the United States Senate in 1979 and recommending the purchase several of Amectran's EXAR-1 Electric Automobiles.

This became a fatal proposal for Secretary Adams as it struck the automobile industry in two areas in which it had no interest. First and foremost; the automobile industry was apposed to changing anything to do with advancing automotive technology of any real consequence, or changing its manufacturing process - even seat belts and particularly air-bags were being fought over and rejected by the auto industry. Secondly: the question of an electric automobile was Ludditly addressed by the auto industry stating that, "...you can't force technology...." This was during the late '70's when General Motors was trying to frame Ralph Nader with what was referred to as the, "General Motors Laid Out Hooker Traps [sic]" for Nader: American Motors was going out of business; the Japanese were making strong inroads into GM's dominance and Ford was changing executives with celerity in order to get the company moving forward.

Secretary Adam's approach to re-inventing the auto industry, at the time, has proved to be exactly what was needed to save the American auto industry from foreign dominance. While American Motors failed General Motors, Ford and Chrysler lay dormant, and this while Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Datsun, and some fifty (50) other Japanese auto makers evolved as competition. This of course, does not include the increase and dominance of luxury and standard brands flooding the U.S. market from Europe. And what is worse, is that basically Ford is the only company that saved itself. Chrysler is now owned by Fiat of Italy and General Motors had to be saved by the American tax-payer bailout - tax-payers losing their shirts in the process - only to see GM jockey back and forth with Toyota for the #l spot in the auto industry.

Amectran was the last straw in Secretary Adams' denouement: an electric automobile that actually worked: Tested and proven by the Federal Government under the auspices of the U.S. Federal Court system. This court case was as the result of an overt effort by the U.S. Department of Energy's Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Department and others ... object, to destroy Amectran and the technology it was attempting to introduce (some of which was made law in 2013), as well as the additional problems it provided for the DOE, Detroit auto makers and others ... Secretary Adams was a victim of his own prescience.

In 1980 the United States Federal Court charged Ramirez with fraud; the basis of which was to be that, "...no electric car could do what he claims." The DOE talked the U.S. Attorney General's office into bring this court action as they needed to discredit the EXAR-1 in order to cover up the awarding of a contract to Chrysler Corporation (which cost the government some $13 million dollars) as well as other illegal actions by the DOE. The Federal Court appointed Dr. Clark to supervise testing of the EXAR-1 Electric Automobile at the Ontario motor Speedway in Ontario, California.

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Chrysler had no experience in electric automobiles; their proposed car was merely a converted gasoline model into which they simply replaced the gasoline engine with an electric motor and gas tank with batteries, even window mechanisms were removed to save weight. That contract should have been awarded to Amectran at a cost to the government of only $1.2 million dollars.

Amectran, on the other hand, had been in the electric automobile business for years, as well as being a minority company which had already produced several tested prototypes which out performed the government's requirements: Further, Amectran's car would have been built from the ground up to be a "real" electric automobile (see, "Technology Partners").

For several years prior to this situation, Dr. Carl Clark (Inventor Contact Office of Passenger Vehicle Research, R&D National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for the United States Department of Transportation, had been investigating and analyzing Amectran's EXAR-1 Electric Automobile and its intended manufacturing, production, distribution, sales and service system. This was as the result of claims by Edmond X. Ramirez Sr. Inventor of the car, as well as reported discrepancies and allegations brought by the United States Department of Energy and others with vested interests in discrediting the EXAR-1 - all of which proved to be false.

The vitriolic prejudice against Ramirez and his car became evident when the court sided with the prosecutor and the DOE. Prior to testing the EXAR1, Dr. Clark officially advised the Federal Court that the car chosen by the Court (as influenced by the DOE), was not a test vehicle nor was Mr. Ramirez being given the opportunity to replace dead batteries or prepare the car for testing (see, "Just Another Government Frame Up!"). The DOE knew the production ready prototype was 66% heavier than the production model would be; the heavy gauge steel that was used was to prevent warping while molds were being produced from the body - the DOE was fully aware of the heavier weight and the fatal detriment to mileage it would cause during testing.

Dr. Clark sent a detailed report of the successful testing of the EXAR-1 to Secretary Adams, who in turn testified before the U.S. Senate recommending its purchase (see "Videos" above.) ... he was forced from office three weeks later. Something that turned out to happen to anyone who sided with Ramirez Double-click here to edit the text.

Amectran was the last straw in Secretary Adams' denouement: an electric automobile that actually worked: Tested and proven by the Federal Government under the auspices of the U.S. Federal Court system. This court case was as the result of an overt effort by the U.S. Department of Energy's Electric and Hybrid Vehicles' Ed Brown and others – object, to destroy Amectran and the technology it was attempting to introduce (some of which was made law in 2013 since the auto industry had not applied that safety feature as applied by Amectran in 1976), as well as the additional problems it provided for the DOE, Detroit auto makers and others – Secretary Adams was a victim of his own prescience.

In1980 the United States Federal Court charged Ramirez with fraud; the basis of which was that, "...no electric car could do what he claims." The DOE talked the U.S. Attorney General's office into bring this court action as they needed to discredit the EXAR-1 in order to cover up the awarding of a contract to Chrysler Corporation (which cost the government some $13 million dollars) as well as other illegal actions by the DOE. The Federal Court appointed Dr. Clark to supervise testing of the EXAR-1 Electric Automobile at the Ontario motor Speedway in Ontario, California.

NOTE:
Chrysler had no experience in electric automobiles; their proposed car was merely a converted gasoline model into which they simply replaced the gasoline engine with an electric motor and gas tank with batteries, even window mechanisms were removed to save weight. That contract should have been awarded to Amectran at a cost to the government of only $1.2 million dollars.

Amectran, on the other hand, had been in the electric automobile business for years, as well as being a minority company which had already produced several tested prototypes that outperformed the government's requirements: Further, Amectran's car would have been built from the ground up to be a "real" electric automobile (see, "Technology Partnerrs").

For several years prior to this situation, Dr. Carl Clark (Inventor Contact Office of Passenger Vehicle Research, R&D National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for the United States Department of Transportation), had been investigating and analyzing Amectran's EXAR-1 Electric Automobile and its intended manufacturing, production, distribution, sales and service system. This was as the result of claims by Edmond X. Ramirez Sr. inventor of the car, as well as reported discrepancies and allegations brought by the United States Department of Energy and others with vested interests in discrediting the EXAR-1 - all of which proved to be false.

The vitriolic prejudice against Ramirez and his car became evident when the court sided with the prosecutor (which is to be expected in cases such as this) and the DOE. Prior to testing the EXAR-1, Dr. Clark officially advised the Federal Court that the car chosen by the Court (as influenced by the DOE), was not a test vehicle nor was Mr. Ramirez being given the opportunity to replace dead batteries or prepare the car for testing (see, "Just Another Government Frame Up!"). The DOE knew the production ready prototype was 66% heavier than the production model would be; the heavy gauge steel used was to prevent warping while molds were being produced from the body – the DOE was fully aware of the heavier weight and the fatal detriment to mileage it would cause during testing.

Dr. Clark sent a detailed report of the successful testing of the EXAR-1 to Secretary Adams, who in turn testified before the U.S. Senate recommending its purchase (see "Videos") ... he was forced from office three weeks later. Something that, as it turned out, happen to anyone who attempted to help Ramirez and Amectran against the auto industry (see, “Government” then “U.S. Secretary of Commerce Recommends Funding Amectran….”).