ZAP Retains Richardson & Patel LLP as Company's Securities Counsel

ZAP Retains Richardson & Patel LLP as Company's Securities Counsel

SANTA ROSA, California (January 29, 2004) - Electric car pioneer ZAP (OTC BB:ZAAP) announced today that it has retained the legal services of the law firm Richardson & Patel LLP.

The law firm specializes in corporate and securities law and has been retained by ZAP to assist in various financing and corporate governance issues. Richardson & Patel, LLP represents publicly trading companies whose stock trades on such systems as Nasdaq and the OTCBB.

"Becoming an electric car company is going to take work on many fronts, and we are excited that our vision of introducing Zero Air Pollution-ZAP-transportation is shared by Richardson & Patel," said ZAP CEO Steve Schneider.

Schneider says that ZAP has been actively pursuing strategic partnerships that would bring more professional services from a variety of specialties to bear on the company's electric car marketing and business development. Recently ZAP announced that it has retained the legal services of Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP, a San Francisco Bay Area law firm with offices in Mill Valley, Oakland and Walnut Creek.

Schneider noted that there are many issues related to electric car regulations, licensing, distribution, financing and other matters that may need addressed as the company looks to the future.