Zap! teams with Chilectra for electric vehicle deal
The largest power company in Chile, Chilectra, and perennial good new EV company Zap! have announced a partnership to sell Zap's "electric bicycle, scooter and other vehicles." Chilectra will "allow its customers to use their monthly utility bill to finance the purchase of electric bicycles, scooters, mopeds and other vehicles from
US-based ZAP." The electric company sells you a vehicle, you buy more electricity. Makes sense, no?
For now, the deal does not include any of Zap's "cars," like the Xebra or the Obvio 012e. Instead, Chilectra's order is for just electric bikes and the Zapino electric scooter. Chilectra will begin a promotional campaign for the EVs in October.
[Source: TMCNet via Jalopnik]
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Domenick 6:22PM (9/19/2007)
What's going on with that Obvio 012e, anyway? It's still on the Zapworld website. Let's pop it into Google..... Oh!
• 012E - Electric Plugin version - preliminary specifications
Range 200 – 240 miles without charge
Acceleration 0 to 60 < 4.5 secs with 200HP’s and two-speed transmission system
Top Speed 120 mph
Charge rate 30 minutes for 20 – 50 miles
Full Charge 2 hrs (fast), 5 hrs (normal)
Electric Propulsion
Drive system 120 kW, 220 Nm, 13,000 rpm
Regenerative braking
Innovative Lead Cobalt Battery made with Lead-Foam grids by Apollo Energy Systems, Inc.
Charger Onboard, plug in anywhere - up to 20 kW
Vehicle to grid (V2G) Bi-directional grid interface
Instrumentation:
Analog Cluster Speedometer, ammeter, battery state of charge
Multi-Function Display Energy use, efficiency, charge control functions,
Cell-level voltage, temperature and V2G control
Targeted price 012E will be US$59,000 - available in the last quarter of 2009.
Cool!
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Alex Campbell 4:26PM (9/20/2007)
Chilectra is importing the ZAPPY3 line of electric scooters as well as our electric bike motors and Zapino moped-class EVs. A majority of the population in Chile cannot afford cars, which was why Chilectra opted for the bikes and scooters.
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