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| | Wired News: Smart Car Seeks Small Niche (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | In April, Zap, a Santa Rosa, California, maker of batteries and electric cars, announced that it received approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation to begin importing the vehicles. |
 | | The customizable car will be sold with door panels in a variety of colors that can be switched "within the time it takes to drink a latte," Campbell said. |
 | | The European version of the car, which is manufactured by Smart, a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, is rated to get 60 miles per gallon. |
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