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Detroit Electric turns to Europe for investment, technology

We remember when Zap revived the name Detroit Electric, a classic, last year but the details haven't been coming very fast and furious since then. Zap announced late last week that the U.S.-Chinese partnership (with China Youngman Automobile Group) is now headed over the Atlantic to find both money and tech help. In a statement, Detroit Electric CEO Albert Lam said that partners in Europe (unnamed) would help with the electric drive system, capital financing and vehicle distribution. More details - like the names of those partners - will be ... Read more →

Number 20: Top 20 most exciting green cars we wish we could buy today: Anything from ZAP Jeremy Korzeniewski

ZAP has proven to be an excellent company when it comes to issuing press releases. They have also offered some nice products in the past, like the Zappy line of scooters. For some, the Xebra (see ...

eBay find of the day: non-electric Detroit Electric Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click on the image for more shots Here we have an electric car which is not an electric car. When the current owner got the car, is was stripped of its motor, batteries and other assorted bits. For ...

Zap Alias will revive Detroit Electric brand Sebastian Blanco

No, that's not a new photo of the upcoming Zap Alias. Instead, it's a photo to show what Zap and Youngman's partnership will bring back from the dead: Detroit Electric. Zap and the Chinese company ...

Detroit Electric turns to Europe for investment, technology 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We remember when Zap revived the name Detroit Electric, a classic, last year but the details haven't been coming very fast and furious since then. Zap announced late last week that the U.S.-Chinese partnership (with China Youngman Automobile Group) is now headed over the Atlantic to find both money ...

Number 20: Top 20 most exciting green cars we wish we could buy today: Anything from ZAP 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

ZAP has proven to be an excellent company when it comes to issuing press releases. They have also offered some nice products in the past, like the Zappy line of scooters. For some, the Xebra (see gallery below) fits their needs quite nicely, and for those people, ZAP is a fine company. For the rest ...

eBay find of the day: non-electric Detroit Electric 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more shots Here we have an electric car which is not an electric car. When the current owner got the car, is was stripped of its motor, batteries and other assorted bits. For that reason, in went a Ford 2.8 liter V6, meaning that the vehicle you see here is a Detroit Electric ...

Zap Alias will revive Detroit Electric brand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

No, that's not a new photo of the upcoming Zap Alias. Instead, it's a photo to show what Zap and Youngman's partnership will bring back from the dead: Detroit Electric. Zap and the Chinese company China Youngman Automotive Group announced today that Detroit Electric, the 100-year-old electric car ...


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