ZAP another million. BAT still zero..... Honda 2 Bat 0
12/22/1998 - ZAP Receives $500K Order from CSW Total EVSebastopol,
Calif. - Electric bike and scooter-maker ZAP Power Systems announced it has received $500,000 in orders from CSW Total EV, an unregulated
subsidiary of Central and South West Corp., as part of its intended $1
million purchases. If it does so, the company obtains the right to
market ZAP products in an eight-state area: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri. CSW Total EV has already begun marketing ZAP's products through conventional bike and scooter outlets and other stores. Recently, it shipped a number of "Zappy" folding electric scooters to a number of upscale Neiman Marcus retail stores.
12/21/1998 - Honda Unveils Hybrid EV, to Offer in Fall 1999
Tokyo, Japan -
Honda Motor Co. has unveiled a prototype hybrid-electric vehicle it
will offer in late 1999 that is capable of more than 70 miles per gallon fuel efficiency in combined city/highway driving, reports Reuters. According to California-based American Honda Motor Co., Inc., the two-passenger hybrid code-named the "VV" uses an improved version of the company's "Integrated Motor Assist" (IMA) system first shown in 1997 in Honda's "J-VX" concept car (News Notes 9/19, 9/30 & 10/23/97). The VV uses an "extremely efficient" 1.0-liter, three-cylinder engine that is assisted by an electric motor during acceleration. Honda's press release says the aluminum-and-plastic-bodied VV is also "engineered to meet California's Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle standard." Following today's unveiling in Japan, the VV will next be shown at the upcoming North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Reuters article indicates the VV will launch first in Japan, then within a year in foreign markets; American Honda's press release doesn't indicate a delay for U.S. customers.
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