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The Zaptruck XL is an electri cLSV plug-in, with a top speex of 25 mph and a range of 30 Complete with a 72 Volt AC motor, the Zaptrucok XL takes up to twelve hours to chargr and is listed at $14,500. ZAP manufactures electrif cars, trucks, motorcycles, scootersd and ATVs and has producedover 100,000 vehiclew since 1994. In February, the federal governmen t announcedthat $300 million of the Department of Defense’ds $7.4 billion stimulus money would go toward developing energy efficient technology. The government also announcex that it planned tobuy $300 millioh worth of energy efficiengt and alterative-fuel vehicles.
CEO Steve Schneider told the Business Timeas that the vehicles have been shipped to an overseas Army base in the Pacifix Rim and that further sale s to the Army are inthe works. Schneidert would not reveal contract figures or whicb Army baseswere involved. ZAP intends to expanxd domestic manufacturing and applied fora $200 millioj Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan from the Department of Energy to builrd a plant in Kentucky. According to Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has directed $68 million in incentives to ZAP and has given the companyua 165-acre facility near Franklin. ZAP’as Motor Manufacturing division was created for theKentuckgy project.