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Re: Who Killed the Electric Car?

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From: gaby de wilde
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 17:23
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On May 16, 2:54 pm, "David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just saw the movie Who Killed the Electric Car?:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/
>
> Fantastic!
> Everyone should watch this one.
> The IMDB user comment is spot on - " This film WILL frustrate you greatly"
> In fact, it's enough to make you want to cry.
>
> Can't believe I had never heard of the movie before the other day.
>
> Dave.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7202740060236675590
"Who Killed the Electric Car? It was among the fastest, most efficient
production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no
emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the
automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give
it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric
vehicles in the Arizona desert?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F
Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary film that explores
the birth, limited commercialization, and subsequent death of the
battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the
General Motors EV1 of the 1990s. The film explores the roles of
automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government,
batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the
development and adoption of this technology.

It was released on DVD to the home video market on November 14, 2006
by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

During an interview with CBS News, director Chris Paine announced that
he would be making a sequel called Who Saved the Electric Car? This
idea was later scrapped as there were not enough topics to discuss.[1]

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=electric+car
6880 results

http://www.google.com/search?q=electric+car
10,300,000 results

"The sequel was later scrapped as there were not enough topics to
discuss."

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