[ale] OT, Antarctic Ice Melt

[Greg Freemyer]

My info is likely out of date, but a quick google found this wired
article from which I quote:

http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/16-04/ff_zapped

>>
Over the years, ZAP has taken millions from investors and dealers
eager to see the company's line of green cars hit the road. But that
line has never materialized. Of nearly a dozen groundbreaking
eco-vehicles ZAP has promised in public announcements and on its Web
site, only the Xebra and its sibling, a truck version, have ever made
it to market. As a result, fans of electric cars have grown
disillusioned, while individuals like Youssef have been financially
devastated. What's more, investment firms around the country have
become cautious about financing electric vehicles after being
repeatedly misled by one of the industry's most visible companies.
>>

But the article is a couple years old.  Maybe their reputation has
improved, or maybe wired had it all wrong in the first place.  But
based on that one article (which I think I read 2 years ago), I'd be
cautious to expect ZAP to produce a flying vehicle just because they
talk about it.

Greg

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 14:34 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
>> I seem to remember ZAP selling electric cars.
>>
>> Trouble was they never delivered them.
>
> Huh?
>
> They deliver them just fine.  They even *support* them.  My
> father-in-law has one and he communicates with the company fairly
> regularly by way of email and phone calls.
>
> There was quite a snafu here in Georgia with the things.  When he first
> got his Zap car he couldn't drive it for a while because the state
> wouldn't let him register it, and then when he finally did get it
> registered they turned around and revoked the registration and told him
> he had to surrender all that stuff.  One of the local news stations ran
> a piece on the thing and as a result, GA straightened everything out.
>
> In fact, here's a picture of him with his Zap car:
>
> http://www.zapworld.com/zap-customers
>
> He's about halfway or so down the page, in the green shirt; search for
> the text "dunwoody" and you'll see it there.
>
> Now, I will say this: the car is *small*.  I don't know how he drives
> it, it's kinda tight for me and I am shorter than he is.  Also, in that
> particular car, it's pretty easy to hit the Big Red Switch with your
> foot... I learned that the hard way.  :-)
>>
>> If my memory is accurate, I'd take that article with a big grain of
>> salt.
>
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