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| Website | plinyminor.com | | Influences | | | Directors | Chris Pain, Tim Cox | | Festivals | Sundance, Tribeca, San Francisco |
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| General | Who Killed the Electric Car - Credits
Writer/Director ........................................Chris Paine
Producer .................................................Jessie Deeter
Executive Producer ..................................Dean Devlin
Executive Producer ..................................Tavin Marin Titus
Executive Producer ..................................Richard D. Titus
Co-Producer............................................Kathy Weiss and Rachel Olschan
Edited by.................................................Michael Kovalenko and Chris A. Peterson
Associate Producer...................................Natalie Artin | | Music | DJ Harry, Meeky Rosie, Joe Walsh, Fat Boy Slim, Marion Black |
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| Status: | Single | | Zodiac Sign: | Taurus |
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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 EV-1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert? WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the EV-1; examining the cultural and economic ripple effects caused by its conception and how they reverberated deep into the halls of government and big business.
The year is 1990. California is in a pollution crisis. The smog is so bad that the state is on the verge of returning to the haze days of the 1970 brown outs. Desperate for a solution, the California Air Recourses Board (CARB) targets the source of its problem: Car exhaust. Inspired by a recent announcement from General Motors about an electric vehicle prototype, the Zero Emissions Mandate (ZEV) is born. It requires 2% of California vehicles to be Zero Emission Vehicles by 1998, 10% by 2003. It is the most aggressive smog fighting mandate in the history of both the state and the automotive industry.
Eager to satisfy the largest car consuming market in the world, GMs EV-1 electric vehicle is launched in 1997 with great fanfare from California consumers. It was the first perfect car of the modern age, requiring no gas, no oil, no mufflers, and no brake changes (a billion dollar industry itself.) A typical maintenance checkup for the EV-1 consisted of replenishing the windshield washer fluid and a tire rotation.
Fast forward to 6 years later... The fleet is dead. EV charging stations dot the California landscape like tombstones, collecting dust and spider webs. How could this happen? Did anyone bother to examine the bodies? Yes, in fact, someone did. And it was murder.
The EV-1 threatened the status quo: the truth behind its murder closely resembling the climactic outcome of Agatha Christies Murder on the Orient Express. Twelve suspects, each taking their turn with the knife. Automakers, legislators, engineers, consumers and car enthusiasts from Los Angeles to Detroit work through the motives, alibis and fallout to piece the complex puzzle together. There were many enemies of the EV-1 and their motives were almost as strong as their alibis.
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? is not just about the EV-1. Its about how this allegory for the state of todays oil prices and air quality can also be a shining symbol of societys desire to better itself and the world around it. For a brief moment in time, we were closer to that dream than we'd ever been before, and while that milestone may have been crushed, it has not been forgotten.
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Hello everyone and thank you for your amazing support to our film, Who Killed the Electric Car!
We've played in over 200 markets around the world and received another standing ovation at the Deueville film festival last week. We are currently the 51st highest ranked documentary of all time!
Now although the movie is still in theaters (and please do continue to encourage your friends to go see it), it's now time for THE DVD! We have a tentative Who Killed the Electric Car? DVD release date - November 14th - and you can pre-order the title from Amazon. The link below will put you in line to be among the 1st to own this movie on DVD.
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"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?"
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