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ZAP and the Electric Vehicle Industry
Assignment questions
1. How strong are the competitive pressures confronting ZAP and the other companies in the small electric vehicle industry? ...
The degree of competition within an industry looks at the external environment, which is made up of two parts - the immediate, and the general. The immediate industry is the competitive environment, and has five competitive forces; substitute products, rivalry among competing sellers, buyers, suppliers and potential new entrants.
Five force analysis:
Rivalry among competitors
ZAP bought out a few companies, that had substitute products such as Eva Systems; they produced a two wheel vehicle designed to tow skaters and skateboarders, in Feb. ... developed a product called sea scooter, which pulled scuba divers and other swimmers through water, in May 2000 they were acquired for 120,000 shares of stocks as with most of the other acquisitions, ZAP acquired all their assets, customer contacts technology, engineers etc.
Approximate Word count = 724
Approximate Pages = 2.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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