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Ford "Smart Gauge" collects green leaves for good behavior w/VIDEO

Filed under: Gadgets, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Tech, Ford, Mercury You drive like crap and you know it. Stop the burnouts, late braking and 100-mph freeway sprint and you just might make a tank of gas last longer than a day. Sure, automakers like Ford could spend a few million on lectures to teach car buyers a thing [...] [...]

Quiet wind-turbine comes to U.S. homes

A home wind turbine already installed at 250 sites in Scotland is now being sold across the pond. Cascade Engineering said Monday the Swift wind turbine, for homes and other buildings, is available in the U.S. and Canada. (Credit: Cascade Engineering) The Swift tries to set itself apart from … [...]

Rendered Speculation: R&T takes a guess at Tesla’s Model S

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green, Hatchbacks, Rendered Speculation Road and Track has taken an early speculative look at what Tesla’s Model S sedan may look like. Of course, it’s impossible to know for sure how close this rendering may be to the real thing, but it’s always fun to guess, right? We can see some clear [...] [...]

ZAP News: ZAP Has Record Third Quarter Electric Vehicle Shipments

Santa Rosa, CA (October 8, 2008) – Electric transportation pioneer ZAP (OTC BB: ZAAP) announces that unprecedented demand for alternative transportation has resulted in record electric vehicles shipped (unaudited) in the quarter ended September 30, 2008 for the Advanced Technology Vehicle segment. This was the best sales quarter since ZAP launched its Xebra sedan and [...] [...]

ZAP News: PennDOT Gives Dealer Green Light to Sell ZAP Electric Car

LITITZ, Pa. — Mike Cronin, owner of Lititz Car Company, announced the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has given the green light to sell a new 40 MPH electric car and truck from ZAP (OTCBB:ZAAP). Cronin said ZAP cars and trucks have generated sales interest since arriving at his dealership this summer. Because the electric vehicles were [...] [...]

ZAP News: ZAP Expands Workforce to Meet Record Demand for Electric Vehicles

SANTA ROSA, CA — Oct 1, 2008 — As a result of an increase in demand for electric cars and other forms of plug-in transportation, alternative energy pioneer ZAP (OTC BB:ZAAP.OB – News) has increased its workforce by almost 30 percent since the beginning of the year. “While most U.S. automakers are laying off workers and [...] [...]

ZAP News: Uruguay Grants Land for ZAP Electric Vehicle Assembly Facility

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY — September 23, 2008 — The government of Uruguay, in a move to expand investment in new industries and technologies, has set aside land for an electric vehicle assembly plant expected to begin construction next month by US electric car pioneer ZAP (OTC BB:ZAAP.OB). read more [...]

ZAP News: ZAP Turns 14 September 23, 2008

SANTA ROSA, California (September 22, 2008) — For the past 14 years, ZAP (OTC BB: ZAAP) has had a vision of the future in which environmentally and socially conscious consumers started opting for less polluting, less energy-intensive or less expensive models of transportation. We have offered electric bicycles, bike kits, scooters, mopeds, motorcycles, ATVs, [...] [...]