Property and Equipment

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

4. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following at:


	June 30,			December 31,
	2011			2010
Computers and software	$	604,000		$	601,000
Machinery and equipment		862,000			958,000
Furniture and office equipment		98,000			98,000
Demonstration vehicles and buses		774,000			650,000
Leasehold improvements		1,348,000			1,348,000

		3,686,000			3,655,000
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(2,598,000	)		(2,483,000	)

Total	$	1,088,000		$	1,172,000

Depreciation and amortization expense was $253,000 and $271,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and within those total expenses, the amortization of leasehold improvements was $131,000 and $134,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense was $129,000 and $134,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and within those total expenses, the amortization of leasehold improvements was $65,000 and $67,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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