On 1 Aug 2013 at 11:43, Paul Wujek wrote:

> "The company was bought by a Chinese auto manufacturer in mid-2012 and 
> reactivated as Zaptera

Now I remember reading that the Chinese buyers were connected in some way 
with Zap USA.  As longtime EVDL members will recall, Zap's history with EVs 
is ... checkered.

The Autoblog link you provided seems to be saying that the American side 
doesn't have the same connections, but the whole situation smells funny to 
me.  The comments also make it clear that what this company has rights to is 
not the lean early prototypes but rather the late, bloated version they 
entered in the X Prize competition.  That doesn't interest me very much.

It breaks my heart to see good EV ideas sink.  I should be used to it by now 
though; in 4 and a half decades of following EVs, that's most of what I've 
seen.

David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator

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