Revenge of the Electric Car coming to a theater near you... sometime

[wickedstangs]

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Remember the documentary "<a href="http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com/">Who killed the Electric Car?</a>" Director Chris Paine created the film in 2005 and 2006 to bemoan the decision of some automakers to kill off their electric car programs. It's now five years later and Paine and company are back with a vengeance videotaping "<a href="http://revengeoftheelectriccar.com/">Revenge of the Electric Car</a>." <br />
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In the original film, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/">General Motors</a> was reviled for its decision to deep-six the innovative EV1 all-electric two-seat car. But thanks to the impending production of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/volt">Chevrolet Volt</a>, GM is now considered one of the reasons that the EV is on the comeback trail. Paine and his crew were allowed access to The General's Detroit Hamtramck plant to witness - with cameras rolling - the assembly production of pre-production Volt number 100. And to think that five years ago Rick Wagner and his crew would have been more likely to lend a size 14 boot to Paine's rear end than allow him to film inside one of the company's most important plants. My how times have changed.<br />
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There is no solid timetable for the release of "Revenge of the Electric Car" right now, but the documentary will likely align very well with the release of the Volt and Nissan <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/leaf/">Leaf</a>, which are followed by an <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/18/pretty-in-pics-lenos-electric-focus-gets-a-face-specs/">electric Focus</a> not long after.<br />
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[Vaporizyed]

Great, I can't wait. The first movie was awful. The people in that first movie made themselves to be these elite environmentally conscious individuals that thought they were better than everyone else. These same people are going to be the ones that kill the Mustang (GOD FORBID!).