[Peace] THURSDAY film "Who Killed the Electric Car?"

[Karen Medina]

**THURSDAY** 

"Who Killed the Electric Car?"

Part of Human Rights Film Series
Spring 2007

Thursday, March 8
7-9pm
First Floor, IDF** (see address and directions below)
Free Admission and Snacks
Discussion after the film led by Professor Newell

It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity and produced no emissions. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did GM crush all of the EV1 electric vehicles in the desert? This electric car prototype was so revolutionary it inspired California to pass the Zero Emissions Mandate, which would require 10% of cars sold to be emissions free by 2003. But the EV1 threatened the status quo. This film follows the life and death of the EV1, examining its effects and how they rippled through the halls of government and business. This film interviews and investigates automakers, legislators, engineers, and consumers to solve the murder of the electric car.

A must-see documentary about the politics of alternative fuel sources!!

The discussion following the film will be led by Professor Newell, a Professor of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering and an Assistant Dean of Engineering at the University of Illinois. His research focuses on energy systems. He has been active in the alternative energy, resource conservation and energy conservation areas for over 30 years. He is also active in engineering education and is part owner of a technology company (Newell Instruments, Inc) involved in energy-related research and development.

For more information on the film:
http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/

http://www.prairienet.org/idf/filmseries.html
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>The IDF would like to thank this semester's cosponsors: Activist Forum, Amnesty International #124, Channing-Murray Foundation, Central Illinois Jobs with Justice, Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center, Champaign County Health Care Consumers, Interfaith in Action, La Casa Cultural Latina, Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative, School for Designing A Society, Socialist Forum, UC-IMC Steering Group, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War (CU Chapter).

The Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF) is a pioneering peace with justice campus ministry and non-profit organization located on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. For more information about the film series or the IDF, please contact us at (217) 352-8721, idf at prairienet.org, or visit our website at http://www.prairienet.org/idf.

**The IDF is located at the NW corner of Springfield and Wright streets in Champaign. It is only 2 blocks from the U of I Quad and on several CU-MTD bus routes. Limited free parking is available. The film series is wheelchair accessible.