Chris Paine and “The Revenge of the Electric Car” — July 10, 2008
He’s back. The now iconic flick “Who Killed the Electric Car?” is being sequeled. Director Chris Paine is planning a sequel titled “Revenge of the Electric Car” scheduled to hit theatres in 2009. According to Paine “the movie will chronicle the work major automakers are doing to get a second generation of electric cars on the road.”
At the end of the first film, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”, we saw the untimely demise of GM’s EV1, a car with a lot of promise – get scrapped somewhere in an Arizonan desert. In “Revenge…”, it appears that we will have a much more happy ending, what with the ginormous turnaround in the auto industry that is putting a good light (and a lot of money) into alternative energy vehicles.
Believe it or not “Who Killed the Electric Car” came out just 2 years ago. What a different world we live in today with Tesla Motors, Fisker Automotive, Miles Electric, Phoenix Motorcars, General Motors and other automakers that already have an electric car or will have one in the coming years.
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July 10th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Paine may yet make a film that isn’t fiction, but I doubt that this one will bethe one.
July 20th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
It’s no wonder that GM is now in a fix where they’re firing more people, and cutting benefits for retirees. They could have continued EV1 development, and would have led the world’s auto industry with electric cars. BUT THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE COURAGE NOR THE VISION.