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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 14A
           PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
                      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. )


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       ZAP issued the following press release with regards to its proxy
materials being revised for the Annual Meeting to be held on October 26, 2002


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           CONTACT:    Alex Campbell
                                                            (707) 824-4150 x 241


                   ZAP SHAREHOLDER MEETING OF OCTOBER 26, 2002
                                  PROXY REVISED

            SEBASTOPOL, Calif. (October 21, 2002) - ZAP (OTC:ZAPZ) announced
today that it has revised the proxy materials to include additional information
for the Director nominees biographies. It was also noted that shareholders of
record as of August 30, 2002, may re-vote before the meeting date as the result
of the additional information provided in the revised proxy statement . See
http://www.zapworld.com or Form DEFR14A as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission for the Annual Meeting to be held October 26, 2002.

The public is invited to join us for our annual shareholder meeting on Saturday,
October 26, 2002 at 10:30 am PST at the Kendall Jackson Wine Center 5007 Fulton
Road, Fulton, California 95439 . Please RSVP to ZAP (707) 824-4150. At the
meeting we will introduce our new management team and give a summary of our
latest financial results. We will demonstrate and show for the first time some
of our newest products being launched this year, and you will hear directly from
various departments. All of our electric bikes, scooters and other electric
vehicles will be available to test drive and will be available at a special
price, so you will have every excuse to ZAP your way around town!




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