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Delphi Launches "Energenix Center"

29 May 1998

Delphi Launches "Energenix Center" to Enhance Electronics Technology Capabilities

     KOKOMO, Ind., May 28 -- Delphi Automotive Systems announced
here today the formation of a new engineering group, known as Energenix,
designed to enhance electronics capabilities for its customers worldwide.
     The group will be located in a new Delphi Energenix Center, and it will
develop advanced power conversion, energy storage and propulsion systems,
including integrated alternator starters, hybrid powertrains, smart batteries
and high powered generators.
     The Energenix Center reinforces Delphi Automotive Systems' commitment to
developing advanced products with electronics integration for customers
worldwide, said Michael J. Burns, general manager of Delphi Delco Electronics
Systems and GM vice president.
     Approximately 120 engineering personnel from Delphi Energy & Engine
Management Systems in Castleton, Ind., will relocate to the Delphi Delco
Electronics System's Kokomo, Ind., complex.  The colocation is expected to be
complete by the end of 1998.
     "This colocation of a portion of our advanced engineering groups to one
facility is testimony that Delco Electronics Systems is an integral part of
Delphi's business," said Burns.  "We continually strive to develop the
advanced technologies that our customers want, when they want them."
     According to Donald L. Runkle, Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems
general manager and GM vice president, advanced engineering groups among the
Delphi divisions have already established a strong track record of working
together.
     "For example," he said, "engineers from Delphi Energy and Delphi Delco
Electronics developed a new generator approach that uses an electronically
controlled rectifier bridge (ECRB).  This generator uses highly integrated
electronics to put more power in a smaller package."
     "Energenix combines the best of both groups' core expertise, including
rotating machines, power electronics, energy storage, engine management
systems, materials engineering and systems engineering," Burns said.
"Energenix will allow Delphi to identify the next generation needs of our
customers, translate them into high-value solutions to customer requirements,
and bring those products and solutions to market faster," he said.
     "Working together will get us another step closer to our goal of
completely removing the car from the environmental equation,"  Runkle said.
"The whole world is finally discovering that clean air is important.  We are
the only systems supplier capable of integrating Engine Management Systems and
Energy Management Systems with component capabilities.
     "We're in the business of selling clean air," Runkle said.  "And
Energenix will help us lower emissions, reduce fuel consumption, improve
powertrain performance, and meet the coming need for much higher electrical
capacity."
     Delphi Automotive Systems, with headquarters in Troy, Mich., USA, is the
world's most diversified supplier of automotive components and systems.  With
the recent integration of Delphi Delco Electronics Systems, Delphi operates
208 manufacturing facilities, 46 ventures and 27 technical centers in 36
countries.  Regional headquarters are located in Paris, Tokyo and Sao Paulo.
     Delphi can be found on the Internet at http://www.delphiauto.com.