Don't hold your breath for a Zap Alias in 2008
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Zap
When Zap announced plans for a new high performance electric three wheeler called the Alias earlier this summer, they indicated that it would arrive before the even more vaporous Zap-X, sometime in 2008. If you were saving your pennies for this lithium ion-powered trike, it looks like you'll have some extra time to save up. One of the features that was touted on the Alias was in-wheel electric motors produced by PML Flightlink.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Zap included a copy of a purchase order for 10,000 of these PML motors. The delivery date is listed as April 2009 and at this point no price is even specified. Also no mention is made of the Alias on the Zap website, although they are taking pre-orders for the Zap-X and even have a link to where you can get financing of it. Make of all that what you will.
[Source: Securities and Exchange Commission]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-08-2007 @ 9:57PM
Domenick said...
Oh noes!
I think the Volvo recharge will be on the road before this thing.
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9-09-2007 @ 12:35AM
Manny said...
Looks like Zap and Obvio broke up. They don't show the Brazilian cars on the Zap website anymore...
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9-11-2007 @ 2:05PM
GreenGuy said...
The Obvio is back up on the website. The whole website has been re-done so I am sure it had something to do with that. Even if it is not done until 2009 2 years is not too long of a wait.
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9-24-2007 @ 2:09PM
Alex Campbell said...
ZAP just anounced a joint venture with China Youngman Automotive Group to make electric and hybrid passenger cars, trucks and buses, as well as vehicles like the ZAP-X. The Alias is expected sooner. Perhaps the relationship with China's largest luxury bus maker will be a good match for breaking the electric car price barrier and make more mainstream high performance EVs. Stay tuned.
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12-19-2007 @ 9:44AM
darrdarr said...
No where do I see the word "air conditioning" mentioned on any of the models. I can not imagine living in the Southwest and driving any of these cars or the enclosed motorcycles anywhere but to the hospital for heat exhaustion, unless you only want to use any of them in the winter before noon. A bit expensive to have in storage most of the year.
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1-22-2008 @ 7:54PM
Doc Rings said...
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0351096.htm
And also the Alias is on their website with $5,000 deposit requests...
http://www.zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/electric-cars/zap-alias
Cheers,
Doc
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2-07-2008 @ 5:30PM
Alex Campbell said...
Who said the ZAP-X would be available in 2008? If you took the time to contact ZAP to confirm your facts, you would have found out they shifted priority to the Alias to get a more cost-effective EV to market sooner.
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