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GE Capital: Kentucky Zap deal? What Kentucky Zap deal?

Click on image above for a high-res gallery of the Zap Xebra PK A little addendum to lasts week's post about Zap's setback with its Kentucky plant. It had been reported that one problem with getting that plant started was that GE Capital withdrew its offer to buy $125 million in bonds for the factory. Instead, it seems that GE Capital never made such a promise, as both Manufacturing.net and the Louisville Courier-Journal are now reporting. This goes against the statements by Integrity Manufacturing CEO Randall Waldman that there had been a ... Read more →

ZAP report 52% revenue increase for third quarter of '08 Xavier Navarro

Click on image above for a complete gallery of the Zap Xebra PK Zaps seems to have found a piece of good news in the sales increase reported for third quarter: The accounting department reports a ...

Zap ships record number of vehicles in 3Q 2008 Sebastian Blanco

Following sales of $737,000 of vehicles in August and the Kentucky plant groundbreaking in September, Zap has announced that the company shipped more vehicles in the third quarter of 2008 than during ...

$84 million ZAP! plant for Kentucky to be announced today Domenick Yoney

It looks as though the passing of Xebra-friendly laws and promises of millions of dollars in tax incentives will result in the building of an $84 million ZAP! factory in Kentucky. The governor of the ...

VIDEO: ZAP Xebra hacked!!! Domenick Yoney

Kids today. Give them a new toy and before the sun goes down it's been taken apart, hacked, and maybe even improved. Jeff isn't exactly a kid and he picked up this toy some time last January but a ...

ZAP gets CARB rebates and an in-wheel motor company 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Things may be looking up for the somewhat controversial electric vehicle company "ZAP" since Mr Al Yousuf took control of the company the other day. Just after the change at the top happened, the California Air Resource Board added two ZAP models to their list of vehicles eligible for a rebate. ...

Trifun three-wheelers set to enter U.S. market 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Currently, there are a few small manufacturers marketing in the small, three-wheeled vehicle segment. Obviously, ZAP comes to mind with their electric Xebra sedan and pickup truck. Bajaj sells small three-wheeled utility vehicles here as well. It looks like we can add Trifun to that list, as they ...

TTAC tests the ZAP Xebra, hates it 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 far as to refer to it as a motorized wheelbarrow/hair-shirt - which, despite what you think of the ...

Videos: Sting checks out Zap's electric truck, UPS using the Xebra 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above shows singer Sting checking out one of Zap's electric vehicles at EMA, the Environmental Media Awards. Sting's wife Trudie Styler won a lifetime achievement EMA and Sting tagged along for support. Sting is not the only one interested in Zap's trucks. Below the fold is a video of UPS ...

Four-door Zap Xebra approved for UK roads 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If crowding a bunch of school children into a Zap Xebra (remember this video?) sounds like fun to you, then perhaps a new four-door version of the all-electric vehicle will be the site of your next endeavor. Even if you just want to use the car around, town, this news might be welcomed by you. The ...

UPS leases 42 all-electric Zap Xebras for deliveries in Petaluma, California 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In May, Zap announced that Domino's would use a three-wheeled, all-electric Xebra to deliver pizzas in Las Vegas. Today, Zero Air Pollution vehicles announced a much bigger delivery deal: UPS is leasing 42 Xebra cars and trucks to deliver packages in the city of Petaluma in Northern California. ...

Review: How about a test-drive in a new Xebra PK? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 for seven years. Upon closer inspection, I noticed the Zap! logo and remembered that these guys were ...

ZAP is hoping to clear one more electric car hurdle with their new high speed charger 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Certainly, electric cars would be accepted by more people if the time it took to charge the vehicle were roughly the same as what it takes to fill your tank with gas. While this is rather difficult to achieve, AltairNano and others are working on just that. Perhaps the closest you can come to that ...

Are Xebra EVs zero-emission or not? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The newspaper Inside Bay Area regularly features alternative car technologies and culture (like this article on Elon Musk of Tesla or this one fuel taxes) and, with the paper situated in a place where the population is likely to embrace NEVs – which is the focus of the paper's new article on ...

ZAP to show off a solar electric car at the San Francisco International Auto Show 2 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 introduces pickup in Texas truck country 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

ZAP wannabe-dealer Shock Value is hoping to sell an electric 3-wheeler pickup out of its Austin, Texas, location. Shock Value is still awaiting its state dealer license, but owner John Martin is a big ZAP fan and wanted to bring the vehicle to Texas. He says Austin is a ideal city for electric ...

Xebra sells on eBay for $10,800. Winner outbids 8,000 others? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Steve Palmer is the freshest owner of a Xebra electric vehicle after submitting the winning bid of $10,800 on a recent eBay auction. While the Xebra's actual retail price is under $10,000, the squat little EVs are only sold through authorized dealers and are not available everywhere right now. ...

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 ...

Grand opening for Voltage Vehicles this weekend 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

ZAP will cut the ribbon on an electric car dealership Sept. 8 at 11 a.m. in Santa Rosa, California, followed by a weekend celebrating tthe success of the XEBRA. Voltage Vehicles will be located on Fulton Road in Santa Rosa and is Sonoma County's first sales and service center for all electric cars ...

ZAP cars keep coming with Xebra, Obvio 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Small and nimble will win the next segment of the auto sales race. With most of the major auto manufacturers only slowly moving away from their once-insanely popular (but now seen as gas-guzzling burdens) large SUVs to smaller cars, independent small car makers are poised to dominate the new ...


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