ZAP (fka ZAAP)

[WOLDUMAR]

X-Prize rolls down to wire after a long road

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38431572/ns/business-autos/

For ZAP, the trials and tribulations have been worth it. Alex Campbell, one of the Santa Rosa, Calif.,-based electric vehicle maker's founders, said that win or lose, he’s betting his company will have a better chance of tagging along as bigger makers, like General Motors and Toyota, start pushing into the electric vehicle market.
“We’ve been on the outside looking in,” said Campbell, adding that during several recent shakedown events at the speedway about 80 miles west of Detroit he’s been able to make contact with conventional automotive suppliers who might be able to help him improve the way ZAP produces its battery cars.