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Old May 14th, 2006, 09:06 PM   #1
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Who Killed the Electric Car?


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Awesome trailer. The movie looks great.
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Old April 5th, 2007, 11:00 AM   #2
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With gasoline prices approaching $4/gallon, fossil fuel shortages, unrest in oil producing regions around the globe and mainstream consumer adoption and adoption of the hybrid electric car (more than 140,000 Prius' sold this year), this story couldn't be more relevant or important. The foremost goal in making this movie is to educate and enlighten audiences with the story of this car, its place in history and in the larger story of our car culture and how it enables our continuing addiction to foreign oil. This is an important film with an important message that not only calls to task the officials who squelched the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate, but all of the other accomplices, government, the car companies, Big Oil, even Eco-darling Hydrogen as well as consumers, who turned their backs on the car and embrace embracing instead the SUV. Our documentary investigates the death and resurrection of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in our country's future; issues which affect everyone from progressive liberals to the neo-conservative right. Written by Richard D. Titus



abomb sez: This is a pretty good movie and should have gotten at least 1/10th of the attention that "An Inconvinient Truth" got. IMO, Director Chris Paine waited to long into the film to get to the premise of "Who killed the electric car?", using the first 60+ of 91 minutes telling the story and history behind the EV1. Not until the third act does he clearly bring to light the suspects;

Consumers
Batteries
Oil companies
Car companies
Government
California Air Resources Board
Hydrogen fuel cell

There is also a four-second clip of the Tesla Roadster near the end of the film.

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Old April 5th, 2007, 11:04 AM   #3
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hmm, according to your "abomb sez" it looks like they should have brought up the suspects and the suspects only. I really don't care about the history of the EV1.
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Old April 5th, 2007, 11:09 AM   #4
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hmm, according to your "abomb sez" it looks like they should have brought up the suspects and the suspects only. I really don't care about the history of the EV1.
Well, the electric car that was killed was the EV1. It is a pretty awesome story.

I just think that if you are going to present it as a whodunit of sorts (ie the title), be consistent throughout the film.
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Well, the electric car that was killed was the EV1. It is a pretty awesome story.

I just think that if you are going to present it as a whodunit of sorts (ie the title), be consistent throughout the film.
I understand that was the name of the car that was killed, but I am more interested in why it was killed, not the history of the car itself.

I agree with you.
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abomb sez: This is a pretty good movie and should have gotten at least 1/10th of the attention that "An Inconvinient Truth" got. IMO, Director Chris Paine waited to long into the film to get to the premise of "Who killed the electric car?", using the first 60+ of 91 minutes telling the story and history behind the EV1. Not until the third act does he clearly bring to light the suspects;

Consumers
Batteries
Oil companies
Car companies
Government
California Air Resources Board
Hydrogen fuel cell

There is also a four-second clip of the Tesla Roadster near the end of the film.
No doubt abomb. I'm at the part now when they start identifying the suspects. Very interesting show.
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I finished this up a few days ago. Unbelievable. It's very frustrating to watch considering the recent auto bailout.

There's a lot of blame to pass around for this snafu.
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