Comments on: Detroit Electric Returns, Again

By: thomatt12

thomatt12 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:16:08 +0000

I agree that it is interesting to see an old brand name being revived for modern electric vehicles. Let us just wait and see what they can contribute to the market, may it be hydrogen gas saver cars, hybrid, or electric cars. It will surely be exciting.

By: PJKBP

PJKBP — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:44:52 +0000

Just another Chinese company hiding behind a American Brand Name.

By: Shines

Shines — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:18:54 +0000

Ecologically derived power is a noble venture. All the more reason to be very sceptical and avoid dealings with an ignoble company like ZAP.

By: John Mansfield

John Mansfield — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:42:01 +0000

I met Albert Lam when he was CEO of lotus Engineering. We discussed a project (google: Motorsport University Malaysia) that would include Lotus as a partner.
Albert was polite and professional. His knowledge of Lotus history and engineering projects were not as extensive as I had expected. However, he was very much a venture capitalist. How revenue could be made and sustained were questions he was very interested in.
I am not surprised he has left Lotus and gone out on his own.
ZAP are very much into getting investors on board. Albert under the Detroit Electric banner will I'm sure have a compelling business case in his hand to encourage people and institutions to hop on the roller coaster ride. I hope they are not disappointed. Ecologically derived power is a noble venture.
John Mansfield

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:16 +0000

I had no idea the Zap company was so scandalous, I’m glad I read that Hype machine article. Sad, I would have like to see them succeed, good thing I didn’t invest

By: Bryce

Bryce — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:01:25 +0000

zenn looks like it has great potential. I sure would enjoy hundreds of miles of electric range with a 5 minute charge. It will especially be interesting if big companies license the tech so that it can be released to the masses at cheaper prices.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:27:22 +0000

I fail to see how any investors are interested in zap. Their products are either unsafe and impractical or unattainable concepts that would never meet their price points. Why doesn’t all this investment go towards companies who have quickly and successfully developed innovative vehicle that actually exist. Aptera and a all electric Smart car sound like good investments compared to Zap.

By: Scott Mackey

Scott Mackey — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:50:06 +0000

I am very skeptical about anything with Zap in the ownership chain. Read the Wired article referenced in this article and you will see. They seem to be playing with companies, designs (real or not) , and already existing technology to create a big ponzi scheme or shell game that ends with them grabbing investor dollars to line the exec's pockets.

That said, I am a sucker for any story the gives a hope that we'll be tooling around quietly in electric vehicles, especially if it means we can actually go somewhere that isn't within 50 miles of the house.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:10:11 +0000

It is interesting to see an old brand name sake being revived for modern electric vehicles, it is kind of fitting.