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Article: Smart Car Fan Rutger Hauer Signs ZAP's eBay Charity Auction Car; First Auction of U.S.-Compliant Smart Car Reaches $30,000 on 53 Bids with Three Days Remaining.

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June 22, 2005
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- ZAP (PCX:ZAPZ), pioneering the next generation of advanced transportation and energy technologies, announced today that actor and Smart Car fan Rutger Hauer has signed the car being auctioned by ZAP on eBay, the first U.S.-compliant Smart Car available to the general public, with proceeds going to charities involved in clean air and advanced transportation.

Mr. Hauer, currently appearing in the feature film "Batman Begins" and recently in "Sin City," yesterday signed the Smart Car's "Passion Model Plate" during a meeting with ZAP CEO Steve Schneider in Los Angeles. The car being auctioned by ZAP now becomes a "Rutger Hauer Signature Smart ...

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