Comments on: Green Vaporwear, Hucksterism, and Electric Cars- Wired Magazine Unloads on Zap! http://earthfirst.com/green-vaporwear-hucksterism-and-electric-cars-wired-magazine-unloads-on-zap/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:14:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Portland Zebra Owner http://earthfirst.com/green-vaporwear-hucksterism-and-electric-cars-wired-magazine-unloads-on-zap/comment-page-1/#comment-6067 Portland Zebra Owner Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:48:09 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/green-vaporwear-hucksterism-and-electric-cars-wired-magazine-unloads-on-zap/#comment-6067 Cleanelectric is obviously yet another paid shill from Zap. I own a Xebra, had it since early '07. Its my second electric car and I've driven them since '04. The Xebra is a barely put toghether piece of junk that barely runs. There is a reason that the warranty is six months. That's when it starts falling apart. To date I've had to repair: the switch on the brake, the right universal joint, the batteries (they put a 'battery saver' in wrong), all the inline fuses, the radio wiring, the left brake light housing, the wiring to the motor, the plug-in housing, and the passenger door handle. When I called them about the metal shavings in the gear box (after replacing the oil twice with synthetic), the guy on the phone said 'What do you expect from Chinese parts?' It was unbelievable. The claims of 45 miles are utterly false (figure between 10-20). I should have kept my Nevco Gizmo. My only hope now is to scrap their controller, scrap the batteries, repaint the car, replace all the door and window insulation, and start from scratch with the chassis. Cleanelectric is obviously yet another paid shill from Zap.
I own a Xebra, had it since early ‘07. Its my second electric car and I’ve driven them since ‘04. The Xebra is a barely put toghether piece of junk that barely runs. There is a reason that the warranty is six months. That’s when it starts falling apart. To date I’ve had to repair: the switch on the brake, the right universal joint, the batteries (they put a ‘battery saver’ in wrong), all the inline fuses, the radio wiring, the left brake light housing, the wiring to the motor, the plug-in housing, and the passenger door handle. When I called them about the metal shavings in the gear box (after replacing the oil twice with synthetic), the guy on the phone said ‘What do you expect from Chinese parts?’ It was unbelievable. The claims of 45 miles are utterly false (figure between 10-20). I should have kept my Nevco Gizmo.

My only hope now is to scrap their controller, scrap the batteries, repaint the car, replace all the door and window insulation, and start from scratch with the chassis.

]]> By: cleanelectric http://earthfirst.com/green-vaporwear-hucksterism-and-electric-cars-wired-magazine-unloads-on-zap/comment-page-1/#comment-4646 cleanelectric Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:23:02 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/green-vaporwear-hucksterism-and-electric-cars-wired-magazine-unloads-on-zap/#comment-4646 that article was paid by the maker of the triac car who used to work with zap now he is trying to make a car that looks just like zaps and he completely slanders there name. you people have no clue what zap is doing for the world are you aware that zap has planted nearly 1 million trees to fight back against combustion car emissions the reason they never brought a lot of there product to the table was because legal technicality's and a lot of the time the got screwed over on deals like the smart car. it is really obvious that the maker of the triac is trying to slander zap so he can get the business it even say s in the article that he paid for it and look at the comment before mine if you think zap is scamming then you just got scammed. that article was paid by the maker of the triac car who used to work with zap now he is trying to make a car that looks just like zaps and he completely slanders there name. you people have no clue what zap is doing for the world are you aware that zap has planted nearly 1 million trees to fight back against combustion car emissions the reason they never brought a lot of there product to the table was because legal technicality’s and a lot of the time the got screwed over on deals like the smart car. it is really obvious that the maker of the triac is trying to slander zap so he can get the business it even say s in the article that he paid for it and look at the comment before mine if you think zap is scamming then you just got scammed.

]]> By: George Lewis http://earthfirst.com/green-vaporwear-hucksterism-and-electric-cars-wired-magazine-unloads-on-zap/comment-page-1/#comment-1958 George Lewis Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:13:14 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/green-vaporwear-hucksterism-and-electric-cars-wired-magazine-unloads-on-zap/#comment-1958 I agree! Unfortunately, I invested in Zap when it was at $1.10 and it's at .61 cents as of today! - It's a shame that a company with such an opportunity to do what's right, is wasting time selling a vehicle that has a range of 17 to 25 miles (according to many user reports online!). For more information on what's actually worth buying... like the Triac -from Green-Vehicles, visit www.HiddenBuzz.com I agree! Unfortunately, I invested in Zap when it was at $1.10 and it’s at .61 cents as of today! – It’s a shame that a company with such an opportunity to do what’s right, is wasting time selling a vehicle that has a range of 17 to 25 miles (according to many user reports online!). For more information on what’s actually worth buying… like the Triac -from Green-Vehicles, visit http://www.HiddenBuzz.com

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