Zap Xebra Electrical problems by year

My xebra was destroyed when it caught fire. The fire started in the center area of the vehicle and had to be extinguished by the fire department. Although this model is currently in a recall buy back program, it would still be worth investigating the specific cause of the fire in case it's a problem that might affect previous xebra models. Also, given zap's history, I wouldn't be surprised if the buy back process is indefinitely "delayed" and therefore the current model will still be on the road for some time (not due to xebra quality, which is lacking, but because xebra owners tend to be relentless in their efforts to continually resuscitate their vehicle every time it dies.) *Tr

My complaint is with the utter disregard that the zap corporation has treated issues affecting this little vehicle; communication from them about the braking problems and nhtsa demand for resolution has been minimal with the last communication I received being october 8, 2012 telling me to not drive it and that a solution was coming by december 31, 2012 (or about). I heard nothing else until I happened upon a yahoogroup discussion saying these were being recalled and that the owners should incur no expense. And...