In 2002, then-CEO of General Motors Rick Wagoner killed the company?s EV1 electric car program, an act documented in Who Killed the Electric Car? by filmmaker Chris Paine. But by 2008, the exec was flogging the Chevy Volt. Cue Paine?s latest film, Revenge of the Electric Car, which trails Nissan, GM, and Elon Musk, creator of the all-electric Tesla as they race to build the car of the future. The title, Paine says, reflects ?a lot of tiny revenges? that have taken place since the death of the EV1?from the collapse of the auto industry to the demise of the Hummer.
Some of these revenges are more personal, and the film?s website features people who in some way champion the cause: One guy started an all-electric car dealership; another converts motorcycles to electric. As for the big players, Paine knows their motivations aren?t as pure: ?They are doing it for branding reasons?to seem green. But it?s still important to support corporate moves you think are right.?
Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/CPc7ezMzgD0/
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