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Donner Corp. International Upgrades to Buy Recommendation on ZAPWORLD.COM

5 September 2000

Donner Corp. International Upgrades to Buy Recommendation on ZAPWORLD.COM

    SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 5 The following is being issued
by Donner Corporation International, a member of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, CRD number 37702:

    Donner Corp. International, an Investment Banking firm headquartered in
Santa Ana, Calif., today upgraded its Speculative Buy Recommendation on
ZAPWORLD.COM , Sebastopol, California to a Buy Recommendation.
ZAP (Zero Air Pollution) is one of the world's leading companies in the light
electric vehicle industry, producing and marketing vehicles such as scooters,
bikes and other personal electric vehicles.

    Donner said it is upgrading to a Buy Recommendation based on a number of
positive, significant announcements from the Company, including:

    -- Strong demand for ZAP's Zappy(R) and Kick(TM) scooters.  Revenues for
       the quarter ended June 30, 2000 were $2.3 million, up 51 percent
       compared to the same quarter in 1999.  Backlog on hand topped
       $2.9 million, an all-time record for ZAP.

    -- A recent major research study by Business Communications Co. predicted
       that the U.S. electric vehicle market will grow at the impressive rate
       of 27 percent annually through 2005, when it will become a $7 billion
       industry.  By far the largest segment of this market are the
       smaller-sized vehicles, exactly where ZAP is focused.

    -- ZAP's recent announcement that it signed a joint venture agreement with
       a major Chinese company to distribute ZAP vehicles in China, a market
       with tremendous potential.

    "We are impressed with the strong demand for ZAP's products and ZAP's
brand name recognition.  We expect this is the beginning of accelerated growth
for ZAP," Donner said.
    "ZAP's market valuation is much lower than comparable companies such as
the Huffy and Sharper Image Corp. .  We believe
ZAPWORLD.COM offers investors strong upside potential," Donner concluded.

    Copies of the Donner report on ZAPWORLD.COM are available at
http://www.donnercorp.com.

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originally invested.  Past performance is not indicative of future
performance.  Copyright 2000 DCI.  In the purview of Section 17(b) of the
Securities Act of 1933 and in the interest of full disclosure, we call the
reader's attention to the fact that DCI was recently compensated by ZAPP in
the form of a $2,500 initial retainer fee and DCI receives $2,500 per month
for services provided.  DCI will also receive $3.00 for each prospective
investor name delivered to ZAPP.  DCI will also receive 2,500 shares of ZAPP
common stock upon closing at $7.00 or higher for twenty-five consecutive
business days and 50,000 warrants at $12.00 per share; 5,000 @ $15.00, 10,000
@ $18.25, 15,000 @ $25.00, 20,000 @ $30.00 average 30 day closing price.
There will be a negotiable fee for merger, acquisition, institutional
transactions or other business relationships entered between ZAPP and
companies introduced by DCI: the fee for any and all transactions involving
this provision will be negotiated prior to such introduction.