[Peace] Who Killed the Electric Car? + the director 4/26

[Laura Haber]

  Screening of Who Killed the Electric Car? + Q&A w/ the director Chris Paine
  Thursday, April 26
  7:00pm
  Allen Hall Main Lounge
  1005 W. Gregory, U
  Free and open to the public

  "Two Thumbs Up" - Ebert and Roeper
  "An element of murder mystery and an edge of conspiracy thriller." - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  "Ever more entertaining than An Inconvenient Truth and just as relevant!" - Stephen Farber, Movieline


  It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert? Who Killed The Electric Car? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business. 

  About Director Chris Paine:
Chris Paine never liked cars until he drove his first electric EV1 in 1997. 180 miles an hour in field tests, 0-60 in 7 seconds, zero emissions at the tailpipe and potentially entirely clean - the car launched a revolution cars powered without any foreign oil. So why did GM destroy its cars in the Arizona desert? Chris tapped his background in theater, environmental activism, filmmaking, and dot- com business to make one of the most savvy political documentaries of our times. 
   
  Laura Haber
  Program Coordinator of Unit One
  University of Illinois
  68 Allen Hall (MC 050)
  1005 W. Gregory
  Urbana, IL 61801
  (217) 244-2317
  lhaber at admin.housing.uiuc.edu
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