Update from Zenn and EEStor

CNET details Zenn's plans for a street legal vehicle called CityZenn. Excerpt:

The CityZenn comes out in the fall of 2009. While it will sell for a premium over similar gas cars, it will be affordable for mainstream buyers, the company says. Most likely it will come out in Europe first and the U.S. later. Zenn is expected to get its first samples of EEStor's energy storage units this year. Zenn is also an investor in the company.

Zenn Cars: Electrical Energy Storage Units (EESU)

For more information, here is the Zenn Motors Website. From the front page of the website, they have published an announcement concerning a third party certification of EEStor's ability to deliver to Zenn Motor Company what they are calling Electrical Engergy Storage Units. Interestingly, these units "weigh under 100 lbs" and can be "recharged in a matter of minutes."

The complete excerpt:

ZENN MOTOR COMPANY’S STRATEGIC PARTNER, EESTOR, INC., ANNOUNCES THIRD-PARTY CERTIFICATION OF KEY PRODUCTION CHEMICALS AND PROVEN PRODUCTION LINE CAPABILITY
The first commercial application of the EESU is intended to be used in electric vehicles under a technology agreement with ZENN Motor Company. EEStor, Inc. remains on track to begin shipping production 15 kilowatt-hour Electrical Energy Storage Units (EESU) to ZENN Motor Company in 2007 for use in their electric vehicles. The production EESU for ZENN Motor Company will function to specification in operating environments as severe as negative 20 to plus 65 degrees Celsius, will weigh less than 100 pounds, and will have the ability to be recharged in a matter of minutes.