Kentucky politicians gone wild wooing ZAP! factory
There has been quite a political
Democrats preempted the senators with a press conference of their own which they scheduled for the day before the original media event. The senators "R" then decided to head the Democrats off at the pass and pre-filed a bill that would allow licensed three wheeled vehicles on roads with speed limits of 45 mph and under. The Dems finally held their press conference but unfortunately forgot to go over some details with Bullitt County businessmen and the Xebra they crowed they would test drive was a no show. Their corrected press release indicated that they would inspect what they termed a "Segway scooter" (we think they meant a Zappy 3) instead.
What do they make of all this at ZAP HQ in California? It seems that, while ZAP seems somewhat interested in manufacturing stateside, they say any "formal conversations" with this factory owner have not been held. Regardless of what side of the political fence you reside on, the whole hoo-hah makes for great reading as it was nicely chronicled on the WHAS11 Political Blog.
[Source: WHAS11 / Courier Journal]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
paul 9:07AM (7/11/2008)
Who would want one of those overpriced pieces of CRAP!
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jeffzekas 2:03PM (7/10/2008)
According to the May issue of Wired magazine, Zap is a scam, kind of a financial shell game. Have Zap produced any REAL vehicles?
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Stefan Feer 2:36PM (7/10/2008)
Never mind the scam. Those are three-wheelers with the single wheel in front. Can you say rollover?
Those things would be a menace to pedestrians (rolling over while cornering). For once, maybe it's better that ZAP is a scam.
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mike 12:48PM (8/05/2008)
sorry stan i own a zap car but it was convreted to 4 wheel car no rollover prob, its great scam ??? u by gas at 449 a gal ill plug in for 30 CENTS a charge
Niralisherni 12:13PM (7/13/2008)
ZAP's vehicles may not the best in the world and there is certainly scope for improvement but they fulfill a requirement that people have for electric vehicles to cut their transport costs and to make a difference to the environment.
As for the rollover the sedan and the truck are really quite stable when you drive them. You should take a test drive. As for being overpriced, how are they over priced at about 11 grand, the cheapest street legal EVs around and costing about a tenth of say a Tesla roadster?
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