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UPS rolled out an electric car and truck fleet from ZAP this week to help with small parcel deliveries in dense urban communities. The move was made to reduce fuel consumption and reduce CO2 emissions. The UPS branch in Petaluma, California has leased an initial fleet of 42 ZAP Xebra® electric city cars and trucks for their small parcel deliveries. This is the first time that UPS has used electric city-speed vehicles for this purpose. Small parcel deliveries are becoming more challenging for the trademark big, brown UPS delivery vans, which is why UPS is using the electric city cars and trucks to handle small parcel deliveries. The ZAP vehicles lessen fuel consumption and reduce automotive emissions produced by current delivery vehicles. Drivers will be monitoring their electrical usage to carefully analyze cost-savings and emissions reductions.
"This is the missing link for small package deliveries in congested areas," said ZAP CEO Steve Schneider. "Packages go from the airplanes, to the tractor trailers, to the delivery vans, then to the drop-off nodes. From there the ZAP trucks make the final delivery to the consumer in a zero-emission vehicle that costs less to operate. It's a perfect example of how green technology can help corporate America's bottom line."
UPS is setting up strategic distribution nodes where vans can transfer packages to the ZAP Xebras for final delivery in smaller communities, neighborhoods and downtown areas where larger delivery vans are less efficient and have a more difficult time navigating or parking.
"ZAP vehicles are much better than full size trucks in urban areas because they can save a fleet operator money," said ZAP Chairman Gary Starr. "Electric vehicles can also be one of the best things any organization can do to cut greenhouse gases and help the environment."
About UPS
Founded in 1907 as a messenger company, UPS has grown into a $47.5 billion corporation by focusing on the goal of enabling global commerce. It has become the world's largest package delivery company and a leading provider of specialized transportation and logistics services. Every day UPS manages the flow of goods, funds, and information in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. UPS employs 427,700 people delivering 3.9 million packages annually. UPS operates 1,788 facilities with an overall vehicle fleet of 94,542 package cars, vans, tractors, and motorcycles. UPS also operates a fleet of 277 aircraft, making it the 9th largest airline.
About ZAP
ZAP has been a leader in advanced transportation technologies since 1994, delivering over 100,000 vehicles to consumers in more than 75 countries. At the forefront of fuel-efficient transportation with new technologies including energy efficient gas systems, hydrogen, electric, fuel cell, ethanol, hybrid and other innovative power systems, ZAP has a joint venture to manufacture electric and hybrid vehicles with Youngman Automotive Group, one of China's leading manufacturers of buses and trucks. ZAP is developing a high-performance crossover SUV electric car concept called ZAP-X engineered by Lotus Engineering. ZAP is also developing a new generation of vehicles using advanced nanotech batteries with Advanced Battery Technologies (AMEX: GBT). The Company recently announced a strategic partnership with Dubai-based Al Yousuf Group to expand its international vehicle distribution. ZAP also makes an innovative, new portable energy technology that manages power for mobile electronics from cell phones to laptops. For product, dealer and investor information 13
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NYC Symposium to Explore The Economic State of Green Building
The Green Building Industry's Top Analyst and New York's Green Financial Advisor aim to educate Eco Investors and take Green Building to new heights
San Diego, CA. Nov 7, 2007 - Harvey Bernstein of McGraw-Hill Construction and Bruce Kahn, Citi Smith Barney's Green Financial Advisor, will come together to explore the riveting topic of "The Economic State of Green Building" at the Eco Investment Club's Symposium on November 19th, 6-8PM. These industry leaders will discuss Economic Forecasts, the current state of Green Building, the principles of Investing in "Green" and current Industry Trends, all of which will be held above the Manhattan skyline at Citi Smith Barney's Park Avenue offices.
"Those that invest (in Green Buildings) understand the advantages of green design-from the health benefits and the resource (energy, water, etc.) conservation. Both of those save $$ for owners, and those concepts have traction now in the marketplace," said Harvey Bernstein, Vice President of Industry Analytics, Alliances and Strategic Initiatives for McGraw-Hill Construction in a recent interview with Yeves Perez, Founder of the Eco Investment Club. Bernstein then added, "However, that is the part of the population that has been exposed to that level of education, and the reality is that we as "information providers" still have our work cut out for us in reaching those investors who aren't as aware of how the market is shifting. It's an exciting opportunity, though, to be helping to push what is now a fully emerging trend to one that becomes standard".
The complete interview with Mr. Bernstein will be featured in the up coming article, "What Green Invest ors Should Know About Investing in Green Buildings," released this Friday, November 16th. Mr. Bernstein had also commented on the touchy "ROI" questions saying, "Our Commercial Green Building SmartMarket Report has shown that (Green) building owners expect decreases of operating costs between 8% and 9%, average increases expected of around 7.5% in building values, an ROI improvement of 6.6%, occupancy ratio expected to increase by 3.5% on average and rent increasing by three percent on average". Admission to this insightful event is Free, yet pre-registration is required due to building security. For more information, visit the Eco Investment Club's website at www.EcoInvestmentClub.com .
About Eco Investment Club
The Eco Investment Club was designed to facilitate a positive atmosphere where Eco-Investors, Green Entrepreneurs, and like-minded individuals can become a part of a group that: provides exceptional educational opportunities; shares eco-investment opportunities; encourages the forming of new partnerships; provides in-depth news and pertinent information about the Green Industry and Eco Investing; supports the progression of The Green Movement. 02
Given the high number of successful energy trusts and junior oil and gas
companies, it’s clear there’s a recipe for success in this sector. Many
management teams and technical professionals have been able to repeat
the recipe time after time, while others have attempted to multiply their
success by being involved in numerous companies, potentially at the board
level or as founding investors.
Iradesso sees this recipe in action every day in our strong stable of publicly
traded oil and gas clients
The recipe looks simple. The lure of riches is so strong that the sector has
attracted business people and investors from far and wide. Many of these
people have learned the hard way that although the recipe is simple,
following it isn’t. Often a company is able to bring together a few of the
ingredients, but they’ll be missing one vital component – and as any chef
will tell you, one missing ingredient is enough to ruin a meal.
A company may have a good management team and access to capital, but
lack effective geological techniques or promising prospects. We’ve seen
a number of these disappointments over the past year. Another company
may have a great concept for a play, but lack the ability to attract the
capital needed to grow, ending up with diluted capital structures and overextended
debt burdens. They may even have everything required, but lack
the patience to wait for the commodity price cycle to go their way.
So far in 2006, we have observed just how important the final ingredient
is – timing. Only 12 of the 84 juniors (or 14 percent) included in our latest
comparison had a positive return for the second quarter, a time when
natural gas prices came down to almost half of their highs at the beginning
of the year. This is all about timing. With patience, depressed natural gas
prices are not a long-term concern for those companies that have the other
ingredients in place. Junior oil and gas companies have always been a
volatile investment; investors that want the potential for high rewards need
to be prepared for losses when their timing is off.
The energy trusts fared better during the second quarter due to a greater
weighting to oil, more commodity price hedges in place, and unit prices
that are tied to distributions by hypothetical yield calculations. Fourteen of
30 energy trusts (or 47 percent) in our comparison had positive returns over
the second quarter. These returns included the distributions declared during
the period.
For investors, timing the commodity price markets on purpose is extremely
difficult, if not impossible. In this way, investing in oil and gas is much
like investing in real estate or putting investments into the broader equity
markets. One can never know what will transpire with market cycles over
the short term, so it is best to position oneself with all of the other correct
ingredients in place and then be patient for the right timing.
We hope this iQ report will help you identify companies that are following
a recipe for success. The comparative charts suggest on the surface whether
a trust or company has some of the right ingredients in place. To find out
about the other ingredients, such as an intelligent and driven management
team or a geological concept with good potential for success, you must do
more digging. The two-page profiles we have included in this report are a
good place to start. 
