Not-so-shocking admission: Zap kills Xebra, slows development of Alias

Jeremy Korzeniewski — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:29:00 EST

Filed under: Budget, Specialty, Electric

Our sleuthing colleagues over at The Truth About Cars have dissected electric car maker Zap's latest 10-Q filing, and they unearthed the following little tidbit: "The decrease of $1.5 million (in revenue) is primarily due to the phase out of our three wheeled Xebra vehicle with reduced selling prices."

We can't say that we're particularly shocked that Zap has found it difficult to continue moving its little three-wheeled Xebra contraption, especially with discretionary spending money in such short supply these days and reasonably-priced hybrids flooding the used car market. Perhaps even more damning for Zap, though, is the admission that it is doing "less work on the development of the Alias prototype vehicle."

Whatever the future has in store for Zap in 2010 and beyond, one thing is for sure: there will be no shortage of press releases to let us all know what's (supposedly) going on behind closed doors.

[Source: TTAC]

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Domino's tries ZAPping pizzas to customers

Chris Tutor — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:24:00 EST

Filed under: Hybrid, Green

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Domino's Pizza (The Official Pizza of NASCAR, btw) delivers piles of pizzas every day and probably burns several gallons of fuel, or at least pays their drivers to burn it. So going electric probably sounds pretty good to both the bean counters and the environmentalists.

The Electric Vehicle Company also saw a publicity opportunity in Domino's and provided the pizza-maker with one of its Xebra all-electric, plug-in models to try out in Las Vegas.

"Today it is not uncommon to have your Domino's pizza delivered by bicycle, scooter or car around the world," said Jim Stansik, Domino's executive vice president of Franchise Development. "Looking toward tomorrow, Domino's is committed to also being a responsible consumer of our planet's natural resources by testing the feasibility of using electric vehicles in our stores."

And you gotta admit that the red, white and blue color scheme looks much better than lighted plastic signs strapped to the tops of assorted used cars in various states of disrepair. Can't wait to see the Domino's Xebra competing at Daytona.

Check out the jump for EVC's press release and two more photos.

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