Green Trust Fund Orders ZAP Electric Cars and Trucks for Atlanta

Environmentally-Friendly Trust Places Initial Order for 40 ZAP XEBRAs ATLANTA (March 5, 2007) -- Seeking to invest in environmentally-friendly technologies, a trust fund based in Atlanta, Georgia has placed an initial order for 40 electric cars and trucks from California electric car pioneer ZAP (OTC BB: ZAAP). The trust fund is setting up a dealership with ZAP to distribute the XEBRA (pronounced 'zebra') electric car and truck in the Atlanta area. James Tucker, Executive Trustee representing the trust, says he already has orders and strong interest for the XEBRA. "We figured, why give all the money to the oil companies?" said Tucker. "We have interest from all over the Atlanta area -- from city fleets, planned communities, law enforcement, major corporations, colleges -- we expect orders for 2000 ZAP vehicles in the initial phase of our marketing. We wanted to make an impact on the environment and the ZAP cars were the only affordable option." ZAP calls the XEBRA a 'city-car,' an all-electric design for city-speed driving and priced around $10,000, the XEBRA comes in a 4-door sedan or pickup truck with a convertible dump/flat bed. It plugs into a standard 110volt outlet for a full charge in up to six hours and a 50 percent charge in 1.5 hours, and also has an optional solar charging panel. Fueling is estimated to cost 1-3 cents per mile, or about one fifth that of gas vehicles. ZAP says the XEBRA was designed to appeal to environmentalists and fleets that wanted to cut their emissions cost effectively. Atlanta was named by the American Lung Association in 2005 as the ninth most polluted metropolitan area in the country. Studies show that electric cars can reduce automotive emissions by more than 90 percent, even including the emissions from power plants to recharge the vehicles. ZAP is recruiting auto dealers across the country to form a distribution network to market electric cars and other forms of advanced transportation technologies. ZAP has 22 dealers listed on its website at http://www.zapworld.comand expects to announce more.