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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