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www.reel.com - : If timing is everything, then filmmaker Chris Paine could not have picked a better season to release his muckraking documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?. With gas prices at record highs and much of the world finally copping to both the reality of global warming and the fact that petroleum is a finite resource, the time might be right for an automobile that can plug in and go, but as Paine's film relates, GM, Toyota, and others developed the technology, even produced cars, but then literally pulled the plug on their own grand experiment. more...
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www.variety.com - : Oil companies aren't the only ones profiting from a spike in prices at the gas pump. It's likely also to boost the prospects of ''Who Killed the Electric Car?'' a likable if partisan post-mortem on the now-defunct auto. Writer-helmer Chris Paine leaves no doubt he's a huge fan of the car nor who he considers the bad guys to be in this tale of a technological dream deferred. more...
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www.filmthreat.com - : Given the increasingly dire predictions about global climate change and the state of affairs in the Middle East, developing a car that doesn’t require gasoline seems like a no-brainer. No one has ever accused the likes of GM or the Bush Administration of being forward thinking, however. more...
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