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Article #1742Re: Who Killed the Electric Car?
From: gaby de wilde
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 17:23
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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