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   From: ar231@FreeNet.Carleton.CA   
      
   >> (K): You're kidding. right?  Usenet posters have become the definitive   
   >> experts on the electric car and its viability?  You must be a mighty   
   >> confused little man if you're taking your direction from posters rather   
   >> than   
   >> the experts.   
      
   "Chom Noamsky" (e@t.me) writes:   
   > It doesn't take an expert to evaluate the economic variables or the   
   > practicality of the *current technology*  That doesn't mean they won't get   
   > better in the future, and when the technology does improve they will be a   
   > challenge to combustion-powered autos.   
      
   (K): It IS the "current technology" that is being praised by experts and   
   electric car owners.  The fact that that oil-defending U.S. car producers   
   are withdrawing their electric car manufacture is going to come back to   
   haunt them big time.   
      
   When electric IMPORTS from Europe and Japan once again overtake U.S.   
   automobile sales, the U.S. will have no one to blame  but themselves......   
   oil producers can only protect their profits for so long before the people   
   get very angry.   
      
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   0/04/2006 ZAP Hires Former Segway and JVC Sales Executives   
      
   SANTA ROSA, CA (October 4, 2006) -- ZAP [NYSE Arca: ZP] today announced   
   the hiring of senior sales executives Guy Alderton and Steve Tucker to   
   lead ZAP's Power Systems and Portable Energy business units.   
      
   10/02/2006 Highest eBay Bidder Wins ZAP Electric Car   
      
   SANTA ROSA, CA--Oct 2, 2006 -- A Massachusetts man joined nearly 8   
   thousand other eBay users in a bidding war to win the only electric city   
   car available for sale in the United States. ZAP (NYSE Arca: ZP) says   
   Steve Palmer paid $10,800 dollars for its new XEBRA sedan, which plugs in   
   to any household electrical socket, puts out 90 percent fewer emissions   
   than the standard car and eliminates those expensive monthly gas bills.   
      
   09/27/2006 Electric Car Company ZAP Signs Agreement to Form China Joint   
   Venture   
      
   SANTA ROSA, CA and DEZHOU, CHINA--Sep 27, 2006 -- ZAP (NYSE Arca: ZP),   
   Zero Air Pollution, announced today it has signed an agreement to form a   
   joint venture with China auto manufacturer Shandong Jindalu Vehicle   
   Company Ltd. The joint venture involves designing and manufacturing of a   
   new generation of low cost advanced transportation vehicles that run   
   efficiently on gas, electricity, ethanol and other advanced technologies   
   and fuels.   
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