SUNRISE SALVATION??

Hello ,from $5.50-a-gallon UK..,
- I and other ZEV campaigners here in the UK are wondering how you might respond to the following:
- As you must know, Rover Cars - known as the 'English Patient' - face imminent collapse - with the probable loss of 50,000 jobs. Basically the Rover/BMW chiefs have admitted they just can't find enough buyers for their old-tech, innovation-free and boring cars....meanwhile high-powered venture-capitalists "ALCHEMY" under a certain maverick Jon Moulton have stepped into the breach and announced plans to develop a radical new generation of 'technology driven' vehicles - most significantly, for me, stating that steel chasses etc. would be replaced by high-tech aluminium and composite materials. Solectria's specialty I believe.(I am told that one of the reasons given by carmakers for not taking on the SUNRISE was their unwillingness to switch to aluminium/composite...)
Anyway....a 'dream' headline for many of us here in the UK would be something like:
"ALCHEMY to form future-proof strategic alliance with Solectria to mass produce revolutionary Zero Emission 'SUNRISE' all-electric vehicles for UK and European market..."
Any hope?
You have many, many frustrated, eco-minded and overtaxed Sunrise admirers ...(and Toyota Prius/Honda Insight detractors) this side of the pond. Will flattery get us anywhere or will the above headline remain forever a fantasy? Your thoughts - bemused or otherwise - would be appreciated.

Solectria responds:
Thank you for your interest in Solectria. We have not heard of Mr. Jon Moulten, but if you have any contact information for him or web links to projects he is working of, these would be of interest.

Jim obliges with the following information:

You may or may not know that the UK (and European) media is pretty much preoccupied with the Rover/BMW/Alchemy turmoil. I have attempted to find contact details for the maverick and illusive Mr. Moulten - head of Alchemy Partners - so far without result.
In the meantime further research has produced some VERY interesting background and track-record info: in 1998 for example Alchemy acquired Envirotest Systems a US emissions-testing company in a 650 million dollar deal. Moulten set up (quote) "renowned New York venture capitalist firm KKR " a few years back together with top-shelf partners such as Abbey National Bank. The UK's leading newspaper the Daily Telegraph has some extremely informative articles on the Alchemy/Rover plans and until I am able to locate precise contact details, am attaching here a few, very relevant recent, persuasive articles from their pages. If you are at all interested could I also suggest clicking on the Daily Telegraph's excellent search engine and searching on 'alchemy'..the articles headed: "Alchemy boss promises to transform ' tarnished firm" and another headed "Alchemy aims to turn Rover's ruin to Gold" are particulary relevant,inspiring, informative.