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Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

4. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following at December 31:


		2011				2010
Computers and software		$	618,000			$	601,000
Machinery and equipment			892,000				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
Construction in progress			39,000				—

			3,769,000				3,655,000
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization			(2,841,000	)			(2,483,000	)

Total		$	928,000			$	1,172,000

Fixed assets totaling $187,000 and $0 were retired or disposed of in the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense was $495,000 and $534,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, which included amortization expense of leasehold improvements of $262,000 and $268,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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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