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Sep 2006
Did General Motors deliberately sabotage the marketing of electric cars because they threatened the motor industry? That’s the allegation made in a controversial new documentary.

Ten years ago, GM unveiled the EV1 — the first electric car for the mass market. “The EV1 was really special because it was cool and fast and fun to drive,” states former GM marketer Chelsea Sexton. “These cars were so good, they would challenge the status quo of the oil industry.” But despite their popularity among owners, GM quickly pulled the plug on its new product. It claims there was simply no mass market. “You could only go 100 miles before you had to recharge it so had to adapt your lifestyle to meet the needs of the vehicle,” states spokesman Dave Barthmuss. But other workers believe GM never intended the EV1s to work and were more interested in promoting Hummers. “We got indications along the way that they weren’t as sincere as they would have people believe,” states Sexton. All the EV1s had been leased, instead of sold, to their owners. When the leases expired, GM refused to renew them and sent the cars to be crushed. But demand for electric cars keeps on growing. Some enthusiasts have converted their own cars to run on electricity and claim they have invented a battery that will last for 500km.

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There is a quiet revolution taking place on the streets of America. Gas prices are rising out of sight and into view comes the vision of the future: a conventional electric car that has four wheels, a realistic range, and a price tag of $10,500. The use of the word Revolution here is both figurative and literal; that is the name of the new four wheel electric car offered for sale at Electric Wheels in Salem, Oregon.

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Electric car vs Ferrari

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Fast electric cars racing in car race in Monte Carlo(or possibly the French Alps – France)

Would like to someone to translate what the reporter is saying and post in the comments. Thanks.

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Tom Hanks explains to David Letterman about the advantages to electric cars, and hybrids.

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Wal-Mart is expanding its discounted prescription drug program and Tesla has begun selling their electric sports car, the Tesla Roadster. (May 5)

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Senator Lyn Allison takes a drive in the locally-produced, all-electric Blade Runner car and calls on the Government to make the Green Car Innovation Fund available to smaller scale manufacturers and converters. Video courtesy of livenews.com.au

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Mitsubishi Motors will sell its iMiev EV beginning in 2009.
In 2007, Miles Electric Vehicles announced that it would produce a highway-speed all-electric sedan named the XS500.
In early 2008, Dodge announced an electric concept car called Dodge Zeo.
In May 2008 Nissan Motor Company announced plans to sell an electric car in the U.S. and Japan by 2010.
Other automakers like Fuji Heavy Industries are testing versions of electric cars, and General Motors and Toyota are working on battery-powered vehicles that have small gasoline engines for recharging.

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