As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                        on January 25, 2002 Reg. No. 33

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                    -----------------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                       -----------------------------------

                                       ZAP
                             (Formerly ZAPWORLD.COM)

         California                                      94-3210624
(State or other jurisdiction of                       (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)                       identification No.)

                                117 Morris Street
                              Sebastopol, CA 95472
                                 (707) 824-4150
                ------------------------------------------------

                            CONSULTING AGREEMENTS AND
                             STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN

                  --------------------------------------------

                                   Gary Starr
                                       CEO
                                117 Morris Street
                              Sebastopol, CA 95472
                                 (707) 824-4150

                                    Copy to:
                              Rebecca Wilson, Esq.
                        2781 W. MacArthur Blvd, Suite 168
                               Santa Ana, CA 92704
                       (714) 850-3356 (714) 850-3368 (fax)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Proposed maximum  Proposed maximum
Title of securities  Amount to be  offering price    Aggregate offering  Amount of
to be registered     registered    per share         Price               registration fee
- ------------------   ------------  ----------------  ------------------  ----------------
<S>                   <C>               <C>              <C>                 <C>
Common Stock
(no par value)        2,685,000         $0.20            $537,000            $135.00
- ------------------   ------------  ----------------  ------------------  ----------------
</TABLE>


Estimated  solely for the purpose of determining the amount of registration  fee
and  pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457 (h) of the General  Rules and  Regulations
under the  Securities  Act of 1993,  based upon the exercise  price of 2,685,000
options and common stock at $0.20 per share.



                                       1
<PAGE>



                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS


Item 1.           Plan Information.*

Item 2.           Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

                  *Information required by Part 1 to be contained in the Section
                  10(a) prospectus is omitted from the registration statement in
                  accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933.


                                       2
<PAGE>


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The  following  documents  filed  by  ZAP,  (the  "Company")  with  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  are  incorporated  by
reference herein:

         (a) the  Company's  annual  report on Form  10-KSB for the fiscal  year
ended December 31, 2000 (Commission File No. 0-107441):

         (b) all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), since December 31, 2000 through the date hereof; and

         (c) any document filed by the Company with the  Commission  pursuant to
Sections  13(a),  13( c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
hereof,  but  prior  to  the  filing  of  a  post-effective  amendment  to  this
Registration   Statement  which  indicates  that  all  shares  of  Common  Stock
registered  hereunder  have been  sold or that  deregisters  all such  shares of
common  Stock  then  remaining  unsold,   such  documents  being  deemed  to  be
incorporated  by reference  herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.

Item 4. Description of Securities

         Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officer

         The  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of the Company  provides  that all
directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company shall be entitled to be
indemnified  by  the  Company  to the  fullest  extent  permitted  by  law.  The
Certificate of Incorporation also provides as follows:

         The corporation  shall, to the fullest extent  permitted by the Act, as
the same may be amended and  supplemented,  indemnify all  directors,  officers,
employees,  and agents of the corporation  whom it shall have power to indemnify
thereunder from and against any and all of the expenses,  liabilities,  or other
matters referred to therein or covered thereby.

Such right to  indemnification or advancement of expenses shall continue as to a
person  who has  ceased to be a  director,  officer,  employee,  or agent of the
corporation,  and shall  inure to the  benefit  of the  heirs,  executives,  and


                                       3
<PAGE>

administrators of such persons.  The indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided for herein  shall not be deemed  exclusive of any other rights to which
those seeking  indemnification  or advancement  may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement,  vote of stockholders or of disinterested directors or otherwise. The
corporation shall have the right to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
its directors, officers, and employees or agents to the full extent permitted by
the Act, as the same may be amended or supplemented.

Commission Policy

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the  "Act") may be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  or persons
controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,  or otherwise, the
Company has been  advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

         The Exhibits to this registration  statement are listed in the index to
Exhibits on page 8.

Item 9. Undertakings

(a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file during any period in which  offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus  required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the securities Act 1933:

(ii) To  reflect  in the  prospectus  any  facts or  events  arising  after  the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or  in  the  aggregate,  represent  a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement:

                  (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration  Statement or
any  material  change  to  such  information  in  this  Registration  Statement;
provided,  however,  that  paragraph  (1)(i)  and  (I)(ii)  do not  apply if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraph  is  contained in periodic  reports  filed by the Company  pursuant to
Section  13 or  Section  15 (d) of the  Exchange  Act that are  incorporated  by
reference in this Registration Statement.


                                       4
<PAGE>

         (2) That  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under  the
Securities Act of 1933, each such  post-effective  amendments shall be deemed to
be a new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such  securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.

                  To  remove  from  registration  by  mean  of a  post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered hereunder that remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.

                  The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Company's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section 13 (a) or Section 15 (d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (and,  where  applicable,  each filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities  offered  therein and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (3)  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the above-described  provisions or otherwise,
the  Company  has  been  advised  that in the  opinion  of the  Commission  such
indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Securities act of
1933  and  is,  therefore,   unenforceable.  In  the  event  that  a  claim  for
indemnification  against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by  such  director,  officer  or  controlling  person  in  connection  with  the
securities  being  registered,  the Company  will,  unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,  submit to a court
of appropriate  jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification by it is
against  public  policy as expressed in the  Securities  Act of 1933 and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



                                       5
<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing a form S-8 and has duly caused this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Sebastopol, State of California on January 25, 2002.

                                            ZAP
                                                     By  /s/ Gary Starr
                                                         -------------------
                                                             Gary Starr, CEO


Each person whose signature  appears below hereby  constitutes and appoints Gary
Starr as his true and  lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with full power of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead in any and all  capacities to sign any and all  amendments  (including
post-effective  amendments)  to this  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 and to
file the same,  with all  exhibits  thereto and other  documents  in  connection
therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933.  Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  this
registration  statement was signed by the following  persons in their capacities
and on the dates indicated.

  Signature                               Title                 Date
- -------------                           ---------             --------
/s/ Gary Starr                      CEO & Director       January 25, 2002
- ----------------------
    Gary Starr

/s/ William R. Hartman              CFO                  January 25, 2002
- ----------------------
    William R. Hartman

/s/ William D. Evers                Director             January 25, 2002
- ----------------------
    William D. Evers

/s/ Harry Kraatz                    Director             January 25, 2002
- ----------------------
    Harry Kraatz

/s/ Lee Sannella                    Director             January 25, 2002
- ----------------------
    Lee Sannella




                                       6
<PAGE>

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS



        Exhibit
        NO.                                Description
        -------                            -----------


         4.1      Consulting Agreements

         5.1      Opinion of Counsel,  regarding the legality of the  securities
                  registered hereunder

         10.2     2002 Stock Compensation Plan

         23.1     Consent of Independent Public Accountants

         23.2     Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)












                                       7
<PAGE>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                        on January 25, 2002 Reg. No. 33

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                    -----------------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                       -----------------------------------

                                       ZAP
                             (Formerly ZAPWORLD.COM)

         California                                      94-3210624
(State or other jurisdiction of                       (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)                       identification No.)

                                117 Morris Street
                              Sebastopol, CA 95472
                                 (707) 824-4150
                ------------------------------------------------

                            CONSULTING AGREEMENTS AND
                             STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN

                  --------------------------------------------

                                   Gary Starr
                                       CEO
                                117 Morris Street
                              Sebastopol, CA 95472
                                 (707) 824-4150

                                    Copy to:
                              Rebecca Wilson, Esq.
                        2781 W. MacArthur Blvd, Suite 168
                               Santa Ana, CA 92704
                       (714) 850-3356 (714) 850-3368 (fax)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Proposed maximum  Proposed maximum
Title of securities  Amount to be  offering price    Aggregate offering  Amount of
to be registered     registered    per share         Price               registration fee
- ------------------   ------------  ----------------  ------------------  ----------------
Common Stock
(no par value)        2,685,000         $0.20            $537,000            $135.00
- ------------------   ------------  ----------------  ------------------  ----------------
Estimated  solely for the purpose of determining the amount of registration  fee
and  pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457 (h) of the General  Rules and  Regulations
under the  Securities  Act of 1993,  based upon the exercise  price of 2,685,000
options and common stock at $0.20 per share.

                                       1
PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.           Plan Information.*

Item 2.           Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

                  *Information required by Part 1 to be contained in the Section
                  10(a) prospectus is omitted from the registration statement in
                  accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933.

                                       2
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The  following  documents  filed  by  ZAP,  (the  "Company")  with  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  are  incorporated  by
reference herein:

         (a) the  Company's  annual  report on Form  10-KSB for the fiscal  year
ended December 31, 2000 (Commission File No. 0-107441):

         (b) all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), since December 31, 2000 through the date hereof; and

         (c) any document filed by the Company with the  Commission  pursuant to
Sections  13(a),  13( c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
hereof,  but  prior  to  the  filing  of  a  post-effective  amendment  to  this
Registration   Statement  which  indicates  that  all  shares  of  Common  Stock
registered  hereunder  have been  sold or that  deregisters  all such  shares of
common  Stock  then  remaining  unsold,   such  documents  being  deemed  to  be
incorporated  by reference  herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.

Item 4. Description of Securities

         Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officer

         The  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of the Company  provides  that all
directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company shall be entitled to be
indemnified  by  the  Company  to the  fullest  extent  permitted  by  law.  The
Certificate of Incorporation also provides as follows:

         The corporation  shall, to the fullest extent  permitted by the Act, as
the same may be amended and  supplemented,  indemnify all  directors,  officers,
employees,  and agents of the corporation  whom it shall have power to indemnify
thereunder from and against any and all of the expenses,  liabilities,  or other
matters referred to therein or covered thereby.

Such right to  indemnification or advancement of expenses shall continue as to a
person  who has  ceased to be a  director,  officer,  employee,  or agent of the
corporation,  and shall  inure to the  benefit  of the  heirs,  executives,  and

                                       3
administrators of such persons.  The indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided for herein  shall not be deemed  exclusive of any other rights to which
those seeking  indemnification  or advancement  may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement,  vote of stockholders or of disinterested directors or otherwise. The
corporation shall have the right to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
its directors, officers, and employees or agents to the full extent permitted by
the Act, as the same may be amended or supplemented.

Commission Policy

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the  "Act") may be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  or persons
controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,  or otherwise, the
Company has been  advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

         The Exhibits to this registration  statement are listed in the index to
Exhibits on page 8.

Item 9. Undertakings

(a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file during any period in which  offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus  required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the securities Act 1933:

(ii) To  reflect  in the  prospectus  any  facts or  events  arising  after  the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or  in  the  aggregate,  represent  a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement:

                  (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration  Statement or
any  material  change  to  such  information  in  this  Registration  Statement;
provided,  however,  that  paragraph  (1)(i)  and  (I)(ii)  do not  apply if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraph  is  contained in periodic  reports  filed by the Company  pursuant to
Section  13 or  Section  15 (d) of the  Exchange  Act that are  incorporated  by
reference in this Registration Statement.

                                       4
(2) That  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under  the
Securities Act of 1933, each such  post-effective  amendments shall be deemed to
be a new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such  securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.

                  To  remove  from  registration  by  mean  of a  post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered hereunder that remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.

                  The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Company's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section 13 (a) or Section 15 (d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (and,  where  applicable,  each filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities  offered  therein and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (3)  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the above-described  provisions or otherwise,
the  Company  has  been  advised  that in the  opinion  of the  Commission  such
indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Securities act of
1933  and  is,  therefore,   unenforceable.  In  the  event  that  a  claim  for
indemnification  against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by  such  director,  officer  or  controlling  person  in  connection  with  the
securities  being  registered,  the Company  will,  unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,  submit to a court
of appropriate  jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification by it is
against  public  policy as expressed in the  Securities  Act of 1933 and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                       5
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing a form S-8 and has duly caused this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Sebastopol, State of California on January 25, 2002.

                                            ZAP
                                                     By  /s/ Gary Starr
                                                         -------------------
                                                             Gary Starr, CEO

Each person whose signature  appears below hereby  constitutes and appoints Gary
Starr as his true and  lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with full power of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead in any and all  capacities to sign any and all  amendments  (including
post-effective  amendments)  to this  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 and to
file the same,  with all  exhibits  thereto and other  documents  in  connection
therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933.  Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  this
registration  statement was signed by the following  persons in their capacities
and on the dates indicated.

  Signature                               Title                 Date
- -------------                           ---------             --------
/s/ Gary Starr                      CEO & Director       January 25, 2002
- ----------------------
    Gary Starr

/s/ William R. Hartman              CFO                  January 25, 2002
- ----------------------
    William R. Hartman

/s/ William D. Evers                Director             January 25, 2002
- ----------------------
    William D. Evers

/s/ Harry Kraatz                    Director             January 25, 2002
- ----------------------
    Harry Kraatz

/s/ Lee Sannella                    Director             January 25, 2002
- ----------------------
    Lee Sannella

                                       6
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

        Exhibit
        NO.                                Description
        -------                            -----------

         4.1      Consulting Agreements

         5.1      Opinion of Counsel,  regarding the legality of the  securities
                  registered hereunder

         10.2     2002 Stock Compensation Plan

         23.1     Consent of Independent Public Accountants

         23.2     Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)

                                       7