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Know who loves electric cars? Bill Nye the Science Guy

During the Plug-in 2009 conference in Long Beach, California last week, the most passionate advocates for plugging in their cars came out in droves for the public night. Seems that once people get a taste of plugging in their car instead of sucking down fuel at the gas station, they really, really like it. The panel for the evening was made up of Chris Paine, director of Who Killed The Electric Car? and the forthcoming follow-up; Chelsea Sexton, star of the first film and well-known plug-in vehicle advocate, and a certain science guy named ... Read more →

Almost 70 plug-in vehicles will take part in Inaugural Parade West Sebastian Blanco

When Plug In America first announced their "Inaugural Parade West: Plug In, America!" that's taking place in Santa Monica this weekend, they were hoping about 30 vehicles would take part. They ...

Chris Paine gets pulled over in his new Tesla Roadster (it's not what you think) Sebastian Blanco

Chris Paine has the best adventures. He had his somewhat niche documentary film Who Killed The Electric Car? turn into a national sensation and then he got stopped by the cops hours after getting ...

Chris Paine's Tesla Roadster arrives in LA Domenick Yoney

We imagine just about anyone whose heart is still beating would be excited about their Tesla Roadster arriving factory fresh and being mere hours away from pure driving bliss. Perhaps none more so ...

SEMA 2008: biodiesel Hummer snowmobile update Frank Filipponio

That unholy marriage of a Hummer and a snowmobile turns out to be an Antarctic vehicle by Zero South. This biodiesel-powered truck thing has tracks instead of wheels, and is set to be piloted by the ...

"Revenge of the Electric Car," coming to a theater near you 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Chris Paine, maker of the famous (at least in these parts) documentary, "Who Killed the Electric Car," is planning a revival of the topic for his next film. Tentatively scheduled for a 2009 release and titled "Revenge of the Electric Car" (does the sequel look to get some inspiration from the Star ...

Watch "Who Killed The Electric Car?" online - for now 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Don't know how long it'll be until this video is snagged and sent off to Guantanamo, but at least right now you can watch the full-length movie "Who Killed The Electric Car?" through Google video (by clicking the play button above). It's easy to assume that most of the AutoblogGreen readership has ...

Chris Paine is Writer's Guild award nominee 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Chris Paine, writer and director of "Who Killed the Electric Car," is a finalist for a Writer's Guild of America award. He was nominated in the documentary category and joins four other finalists. A total of 35 writers were under consideration. The winner will be announced February 11 at the WGA ...

Who Killed the Electric Car? Director Chris Paine tells AutoblogGreen he's impressed with the Chevy Volt 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Most of this week's news stories on the new Chevy Volt reference last year's sleeper hit movie "Who Killed The Electric Car?" That movie, of course, took GM to task for building a great, zero-emission car, the EV1, leasing them, then canceling the programs and taking almost all of the EV1s out to ...

Toyota VP steps up to defend GM record on electric cars 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Do you remember the old saying about statistics? Tell me which side of the argument you're on and I'll give you the statistics to prove you're right. Well the same thing applies to documentary movies. Film makers generally have a story they're trying to tell, and they select the footage they need ...

"Who Killed The Electric Car?" director on The Daily Show 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...


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