Yes really good movie. I've been "attached" to a few cars and knew how some of the people felt watching their cars get taken away.
The movie was a real eye-opener to me too. I never knew what happened to the EV1's until I saw this movie.
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yea - very fucked up...well made doc too...but of only historical interest, not very relevant today
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Lol!! Yikes!! Really? Trust me, still very relevant. Even more relevant I'd say because now there are more companies producing electric cars (GM, Nissan, etc) so I'll be the push-back from big oil is about to get worse.
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I don't think electric cars are ready for prime time yet. Tesla is close.
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I agree. Tesla is selling well and their stock is up but there's still a hiccup with other companies. Chevy's Volt is a pretty nice, fast and fun car but its electric side is limited to only about 50 miles forcing you to use gas still. I wonder though if they would make an all-electic volt, they would save weight by not requiring the gas car, gas tank, oil, oil pump, pistons etc etc. If an all electric volt could do 100 Miles on a charge that would be almost more interesting.
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The gas and oil companies... We have to change over to energy companies. If they were smart they would be investing into solar power right about now.
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I Love Solar but its still too expensive. Plus I'm sure big oil wouldn't invest in any way to help their competitor. They might instead wait until they could buy it out and then crush them.
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..I was just saying that the conspiracy (outlined in who killed) to suppress battery technology isn't currently happening. There is full blown R and D funding happening in many nations now - we are now in an era where if the tech becomes available that meets consumer needs - it will be adopted.
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It's still going on just in different ways. There's a movement in Texas for example to make the sale of Tesla cars illegal.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...lers-car-costs
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...ships-for-now/
And it's just not Tesla - its many republican senators too who are of course paid by big oil.