Someone posted a comment to my Electric Car blog entry where I talk about a new electric car that is faster than a Porsche 911 Turbo. In his comment, he mentions a new electric car called the Trio made from a company called "Zap!". I doubt it goes as fast as the electric car I mentioned in my prior blog post, but they don't list the top speed or the 0-60mph times on the website. It's range is 40 miles, so this electric car is certainly designed for more urban areas. They claim to fit four people in this car. Now just take a look at the size of the vehicle and keep in mind the name of this company - Zap!. Doesn't it look like one of those remote-controlled ZipZaps cars that were all the rage two Christmas's ago. Hmmm, Zap! and ZipZaps? Coincidence?

And speaking of ZipZaps, I checked out their site to see if they sell a ZipZips version of an American icon -the Dodge Viper and sure enough they do have a ZipZaps 2003 Viper SRT/10 - if you can even call it a Viper. I mean look at this thing (photo below). Does this look like a Viper to you? To add insult to injury they claim the 0-60mph time is a paltry 4.4s when in fact the 2003 redesigned (Gen III) Viper has a 0-60mph time of under 4 seconds (3.7s). Heck, my 2001 RT/10 (Gen II) which has 50 less HP than the Gen III has a 0-60mph time of 4.1s. Well, at least they got the 2003 Corvette specification wrong too. Yeah, they made the Corvette faster - listing it as 0-60mph in 4.5s when in fact it's 4.7s. Not that I'm bitter or anything!