DAVIS, CA -- 09/10/07 --
Gary Starr, Chairman of electric car pioneer ZAP
(OTCBB: ZAAP), is scheduled to speak in a panel discussion on "The Next
Generation Automobile" at GoingGreen 2007, September 10-12 at The Mondavi
Center, University of California, Davis.
A UC Davis graduate in Environmental Studies, Starr is scheduled to speak
on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 5 PM. Starr has more than 30 years
experience in electric transportation and is a co-founder of ZAP of Santa
Rosa, California. ZAP has been a leader for electric transportation since
1994, delivering over 100,000 electric cars, trucks, scooters, bicycles and
other vehicles to consumers in more than 75 countries.
Starr plans to talk about ZAP's XEBRA electric cars, trucks and other
vehicles. Davis is also home to one of ZAP's growing number of auto
dealerships, Davis Electric Cars (http://www.daviselectriccars.com). ZAP,
with its slogan 'Ride the Future,' has a goal to become the leading source
for a full-line of advanced technology vehicles with fundamental
improvements in energy efficiency, sustainability and performance.
"If you build them, they will come," says Starr. "There has been too much
talk about electric cars, endless amounts of research, and way too much
emphasis on improving the technology when today's electric vehicles are
already practical and affordable. Everyone who is saying the time is now
for electric cars should go out and start driving one today."
As a UC Davis undergraduate, Starr built his first electric car in 1974
during the era of the OPEC Oil Embargo and gas lines. Frustrated by the
fuel shortage, he asked one of the professors about electric cars and was
told that electric cars could not go fast enough, far enough and were too
expensive. A few months later, Starr built his first electric car with
mostly junk and surplus parts. The converted dune buggy went 50 MPH, had a
range per charge of 50 miles and cost about $2,500 to make.
"That car taught me that, just because an expert says it can't be done,
doesn't mean it's true."
Starr's efforts presage a trend that continues on campus today. UC Davis
has developed a reputation as one of the leading universities involved in
advanced transportation technologies. The Institute of Transportation
Studies at UC Davis, founded in 1991, is a multi-faceted, internationally
recognized program with more than 60 affiliated faculty and researchers, 80
graduate students, and a $6 million annual budget. Its primary program
components are research, education and outreach.
More than 700 greentech CEOs, business development officers, eminent
researchers, venture capital and private-equity investors and leading
members of the media are expected to attend GoingGreen, which is
co-presented by the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. Learn more at
URL http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/6393.
About ZAP
ZAP has been a leader in advanced transportation technologies since 1994,
delivering over 100,000 vehicles to consumers in more than 75 countries. At
the forefront of fuel-efficient transportation with new technologies
including energy efficient gas systems, hydrogen, electric, fuel cell,
ethanol, hybrid and other innovative power systems, ZAP is developing a
high-performance crossover SUV electric car concept called ZAP-X engineered
by Lotus Engineering. The Company recently launched a new portable energy
technology that manages power for mobile electronics from cell phones to
laptops. For product, dealer and investor information, visit
http://www.zapworld.com.
Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks
and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of
the Company's products, increased levels of competition for the Company,
new products and technological changes, the Company's dependence upon
third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights, and other risks
detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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