Zap's been having a pretty good last few weeks. There was the groundbreaking at the Kentucky plant and now we hear that August electric vehicle sales set a new record. According to a new release from Zap (pasted after the jump), the company sold $737,000 worth (unaudited) of vehicles in August, compared to $392,000 in August 2007. Back in April 2007, Zap announced a "sale" of $79 million, but we had questions about that.

Considering the earlier questions, I asked Zap for some clarification of the most recent sale numbers, including how many of each EVs were sold. I wondered if this was another "sale" to a partner, but Zap's response indicates that this is not the case this time: "Sales are mostly to individual consumers. Don't have a breakdown but most of the sales were for trucks," they wrote to AutoblogGreen. That's what we know.

Simpson County will be the site of a new $84 million factory to build low-speed electric vehicles that is expected to employ 4,000 workers, Gov. Steve Beshear said Monday.

Beshear said at a Capitol news conference that Integrity Automotive of Shepherdsville will partner with the California-based ZAP (Zero Air Pollution) electric car maker to expand its manufacturing operations, which are currently based in China.

The state is offering $48 million in tax incentives that will be based on the company's commitment to create 4,000 full-time jobs within the first four years after the project's completion, Beshear said.

ZAP CEO Steve Schneider, appearing in a video played at the news conference, said the company is committed to build its vehicles in Kentucky.

Randall Waldman, chief executive officer of Integrity Automotive, said the jobs will pay about $20 an hour, exclusive of benefits. The plant should be in production by late 2009, he said.