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ZAPPY Scooters Reach the Height of Fashion

21 August 2000

ZAPPY Scooters Reach the Height of Fashion

    SEBASTOPOL, Calif. - What started in 1997 as a simple, new form of 
alternative transportation has blossomed into a scooter revolution.  From
California boardwalks, to Fifth Avenue boutiques, to Wall Street brokerage firms 
-- quiet, fun, and eco-safe ZAPPY(R) electric scooters have reached the height 
of fun and fashion.

    The 30 lb. ZAPPY scooter from ZAPWORLD.COM has been turning
heads in cities across America since the California firm first developed it in
1997.  Saks Fifth Avenue in its latest ad campaign, "Go ahead live a little,"
shows a model "zapping" down Fifth Avenue wearing shades, dress, heels and
handbag.  The ads have been seen in several fashion magazines.  

    Men's Journal, in its September issue, features the ZAPPY as one of the
90 best designs available.  Contributing Editor Paul Hochman said he has been
watching the scooter industry grow for a while and the ZAPPY was a unanimous
favorite.

    "The design of the ZAPPY is so clearly about transportation, and yet so
clearly new," said Hochman.  "The word is that ZAPPY is the scooter every
movie star has to have.  Besides, there is nothing nicer than a quiet, clean
ride."

    In June, Advertising Age Magazine picked the ZAPPY and ZAP's CEO
Gary Starr for their Marketing 100.  Others like Stuff Magazine and The Gadget
Guru rated ZAPPY as one of the best scooters on the market.  Countless reviews
about the ZAPPY are on the Internet, popular with the techie and extreme sport
crowds alike.  Columnist Alice Hill of http://www.zdnet.com, in an article "Revealed:
Why Geeks Love Scooters," says the ZAPPY has been popular with Silicon Valley
types because they love efficiency.  A three-cent charge of electricity powers
the ZAPPY from 5 to 10 miles per charge, at speeds up to 13 mph, great for
zipping around corporate campuses and office buildings.

    "The true manufacturer of the moment is ZAPWORLD.COM (short for Zero Air
Pollution World), and its popular new "ZAPPY" motorized standing scooter,"
writes Hill.  "ZAPPY's brother is the "KICK" the kickable version of the
ZAPPY, and both are embraced and revered among the geek population."

    Extreme sports people like the ZAPPY for its rugged construction and its
ability to handle the rigors of urban street "zapping."  A review by Marty
Wendt, "Rippin' It Up Electric Style," at http://www.bluetorch.com said he put the
ZAPPY through six months of punishment and the scooter "lived to tell the
tale."

    "We subjected the ZAPPY to a far harsher test than most people would ever
unleash upon it, so we can honestly say the ZAPPY is a pretty tough cookie,"
writes Wendt.

    ZAPWORLD.COM is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Small Cap exchange under the
trading symbol ZAPP.