ZAP Announces Approval of 2005 Model Year Smart Car
20 7월 2005 - 3:09AM
PR Newswire (US)
ZAP Announces Approval of 2005 Model Year Smart Car SANTA ROSA,
Calif., July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ZAP (PCX:ZP), pioneering
the next generation of advanced transportation and energy
technologies, announced today the approval of the 2005 model year
Smart Car. ZAP announced that a petition for import eligibility has
been granted by the United States Department of Transportation for
the 2005 Model Year "Smart Car Fortwo Coupe & Cabriolet." ZAP
recently announced the first deliveries of Smart Cars Americanized
by ZAP to dealers in eight states. The Smart Car is the stylish,
fuel-efficient micro-car from Europe, one of the only available in
the country at a time of record gas prices. ZAP is beginning to
distribute the cars through a dealer network it is forming in the
U.S. that specializes in advanced automotive technologies. ZAP,
Zero Air Pollution(R), has been a leader in advanced transportation
technologies and energy products since 1994. ZAP has a 10-year
license on the technology developed by Smart-Automobile LLC to
Americanize the popular European-made Smart Car for the U.S.
marketplace. ZAP Americanizes the Smart Car to meet U.S. federal
and state safety and emissions standards through registered
importers. ZAP is not affiliated with, or authorized by, smart
gmbh, the manufacturer of SMART automobiles, or the smartUSA
division of Mercedes-Benz LLC, the exclusive authorized U.S.
importer and distributor of those vehicles. ZAP purchases its
vehicles from non-affiliated direct importer Smart-Automobile LLC.
For more information, visit http://www.zapworld.com/ . For
investor-specific information, visit
http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/zap . To read or download the
Company's Investor Fact Sheet, visit
http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/zap/factsheet.html . Cautionary
Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements.
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 on 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. DATASOURCE: ZAP CONTACT: Alex Campbell,
Media Relations of ZAP, +1-707-525-8658, ext. 241, or ; or Paul
Karon, Investor Relations of Trilogy Capital Partners, Inc.,
1-800-342-1467, or , for ZAP Web site: http://www.zapworld.com/
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