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  • ZAP Xebra Sedan

    Back in 2009, we told you about the official National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall of the 2008 Zap Xebra three-wheeled electric motorcycle. At the time, the NHTSA said the recall was to rectify an excessively long braking distance, which U.S. electric vehicle vendor Zap and the Chinese maker of the vehicle, Qingqi group Motorcycle Co., had proposed a fix for. Now, nearly three years after the original safety recall was announced, the NHSTA has released another official recall: to address the same problem. According to the NHSTA, Zap USA is recalling all Zap Xebras made during...

  • Aptera 2e development prototype at company offices in Vista, California
    Aptera: It's Baaaaaaaaack! (We'll Believe It When We See it)

    This story is now a couple of weeks old, but we haven't hurried to publish it. The gist is that the unique Aptera three-wheeled electric car is supposedly going to be reborn, and will return to the U.S. market sometime next year. A new company, Aptera USA, purchased the assets of the old Aptera...

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    What Ever Happened To...? 5 Electric Cars We Should Have by Now

    Nissan may have got heat recently for its long, drawn out and significantly delayed rollout of the 2011 Nissan Leaf, but it isn’t the only company struggling to fulfil its own sales figures for 2011. Over the past two years there have been a whole barrage of cars which were promised to the...

  • Li-Ion Motors Wave II, Progressive Automotive X-Prize winner.
    Will Auto X-Prize $2.5m Build Electric Cars, Or Pay Lawyers?

    What do you do when a major publication publishes an expose on the firm you’d crowned winners of a competition you’d been running, asking if the winner was even eligible to take part? That’s the problem facing the team behind the Progressive Automotive X-Prize after an article in...

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    Good Sports: How The Auto X-Prize Became A Lesson In Sharing

    As your mother probably told you, it’s polite to share. But while we’ve all probably shared candy, the occasional pretzel and perhaps even a car into work, how many of you would share a $2.5 million prize fund with the people you just beat? That’s exactly what has happened with...

  • BYD e6 electric crossover, Electric Avenue, 2010 Detroit Auto Show
    As BYD Sales Slide, American EV Company Heads To China

    In a week where US Coda Automotive has launched its 2011 Sedan, an all-electric vehicle based upon the chinese-made Hafei Saibao, China’s own electric car industry is undergoing some interesting changes. BYD, backed by U.S. businessman Warren Buffet, has been making loud noises in the...

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    Yesterday at the National Automobile Dealers Association annual expo in New Orleans, ZAP unveiled their three-wheel roadster, the Alias. The Alias, shown in its running pre-production form, features upward hinging doors, seating for two, an estimated 100-mile range, 0 to 60 in 7.8 seconds, and a relatively reasonable prince point of less than $35,000. Signature Series Alias roadsters will be available this year in limited numbers, but ZAP does plan to mass-produce the Alias as well. ZAP is taking $1,000 deposits to hold an Alias, with delivery slated for late this year. Reserve one here...

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    Integrity Automotive Applies for ATPMIV Funds

    Remember the whole Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program (ATPMIV) that was supposed to encourage automakers to develop more technologically advanced, fuel efficient vehicles? This is the same pool of money that the Detroit Three were salivating over until the government decided...

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    ZAP Dealership Opens in San Jose

    This weekend a brand-new dealership is celebrating their grand opening in San Jose, California. Why is this news-worthy to electric car gurus? Because it's a ZAP dealership. ZAP, makers of the popular three-wheel Xebra sedan and (larger) XL Truck, plan to open a network of 50 electric vehicle...

  • Electric Car Incentives Approved in Montevideo, Uruguay

    Marketwire is reporting today that according to electric vehicle manufacturer, Zero Air Pollution (ZAP), Ricardo Erhlich, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay, has approved incentives to promote the use of electric vehicles in the city. ZAP Latin America representative, Fernando Cancela, says, "The...

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