<html><div style='background-color:'><P><STRONG>I definately recommend viewing this documentary. I saw it downtown when it played here a few months back. For some reason it, the documentary, seems to be getting as much attention as the electric car did. Too bad. But now that it's out on DVD maybe more people will see it. . . . I know I told all my friends about it after I saw the movie. Now I'll tell them to go get the DVD. Glad Bill brought the subject up.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Ellen Roskovich</STRONG><BR><BR></P>
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From: <I>"Kai Eiselein, editor" <editor@lataheagle.com></I><BR>To: <I>"Bill London" <london@moscow.com>, <vision2020@moscow.com></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Vision2020] who killed the electric car?</I><BR>Date: <I>Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:38:50 -0800</I><BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=466283718-05022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>NPR had a segment on this last summer. as well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bill London<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 05, 2007 10:29 AM<BR><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] who killed the electric car?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A decade ago, California decided to get serious about smog and required car manufacturers to create zero-emission cars. The auto makers did build electric cars for sale in that state. Then by creatively undermining public support for the cars and reversing the state mandate, they killed the electric car. Literally. Even though hundreds of customers begged the companies to sell them an electric car, the auto makers refused (the cars were only leased, not sold). And then the leases were ended, and the cars were actually crushed and recycled.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Though it sounds like a paranoid fantasy, it's all there in the</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> recent documentary, "Who Killed the Electric Car?" I saw it on DVD. It is a great summary and a strong indictment of the short-sighted oil/auto industry that could only see that big cars equal big profits.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GM and Ford are now suffering big time with diving stock prices and huge losses. And all I can think is those dinosaurs deserve it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For more info, and links to the DVD, etc see: </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.pluginamerica.com/">http://www.pluginamerica.com/</A></FONT></DIV>
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