"Who Killed The Electric Car?" director on The Daily Show
Film director Chris Paine ("Who Killed The Electric Car?") was on The Daily Show this week, which gave host Jon Stewart a chance to poke some fun at car companies ("[They] are notoriously hesitant to advertise their products"). Paine talked about his personal experience owning an EV1, how good or a car it was and how GM took the cars away and crushed them in the desert. If you've seen the movie, then you won't learn much new information (but you would miss Stewart's quip about the little "give us our car back" light), but it's free and pretty funny. If you haven't seen the film, then you can get most of the story in six-minutes. You can watch the clip on YouTube.
[Source: Daily Show, or it YouTube?]
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PM 3:50PM (3/13/2008)
The popularity of EVs will continue to grow as high profile people buy and drive them. Tom Hanks, Paris Hilton, Gov. Arnold, they're raising awareness and paving the way. The technology is superior so it's just a matter of time (time spent watching oil industry beneficiaries cling to their slipping monopolies.)
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used car parts 4:57PM (10/09/2006)
I think the best car you could bream to buy is the Porsche 911 993, the last of the air-cooled Porsches. I had the pleasure of driving one once round a track. I long for the day that one will be mine. You have to have dreams. From James at Used Car Parts
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Antoine McCoy 8:12PM (11/12/2007)
i believe the the best way to get the buzz going and creating this electric car following will be to court the less desirables of life ... rappers,actors/actresses, street scene teams i just watch the death of the electric car? wish i could have done more to make it work .. but the younger generation has to be the demographic target
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