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Prospective Zap dealer chokes on electric vapor!

The world desperately needs vehicles with alternative powertrains, such as battery electrics. The potential to make a killing in the business is huge, as is the potential to lose everything. The auto industry - as anyone who has ever gotten involved in it knows - is hugely capital intensive so investors are needed. However, people tend to be unwilling to put large quantities of cash unless they see a potential return. In any new business arena there are startups who fail without drawing much attention to themselves. Unfortunately there are ... Read more →

TTAC tests the ZAP Xebra, hates it Jeremy Korzeniewski

Paul Niedermeyer over at TTAC got the chance to drive a ZAP Xebra pickup and his review pretty much reads as you would expect. The car is poorly assembled, slow, short range and dangerous. He goes so ...

ZAP enters into joint venture with China's Youngman for new EVs, hybrids Sebastian Blanco

It's another great day in Zap PR land. The electric vehicle company has signed a deal with the Chinese luxury bus manufacturer Youngman Auto Group to jointly work on electric and hybrid vehicles. The ...

Review: How about a test-drive in a new Xebra PK? Shane Addie

I was just going in for some routine maintenance on my car, when I saw a line of scooters in front of the lobby of Jessup's Automotive in LaGrange Park, IL, the mechanic my family has been going to ...

Investor Ideas thoughts on our vehicles efficiency and consumer choices Jeremy Korzeniewski

Update: AutoblogGreen is not endorsing any of the companies in the article linked to below. The point of this post is to point out that there are many companies who are hoping to get a piece of the ...

Obvio! contracts Lotus to design trybrid cars 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Obvio! Automotoveiculos SA of Brazil has picked Lotus Engineering to help it develop two new microsports cars that are being dubbed trybrids. Obvio! will initially be building two new cars, the 828 and 012, for markets around the world. Lotus has been given a full development program that includes ...

ZAP to show off a solar electric car at the San Francisco International Auto Show 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The San Francisco International Auto Show starts tomorrow (and runs through November 26) at the Moscone Center and Zap! will be showing off their newest car. Zap! will be publicly introducing the Xebra Xero, their first electric car with solar charging. They have taken their existing plug-in EV ...

Zap picks up steam with record sales and profit 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Electric car maker Zap! has benefited from rising gas prices in the past and their financial numbers are showing it. They had record sales of $9.9 million for the first nine months of 2006, compared to $2.9 million during the previous year. Sales during the third quarter were $2.6 million, a jump ...

Zap celebrates 12 years of alternative vehicles 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Santa Rosa, California based Zap! flipped on the switch September 23, 1994. Over the years they have built up their business building and selling battery powered vehicles. Currently they are offering a range of electrically powered ATVs, scooters, dirt-bikes and cars. One of their products is ...


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