Who Killed the Electric Car preview

Wednesday, 7:00 P.M, in Bolt 220, there will be a viewing of Who Killed the Electric Car. This documentary discusses the creation and failure of the electric car in California in 1996. Within this documentary, director Chris Paine discusses the commercialization of the electric car in contrast to its opposition from the oil industry, competing car companies, and the US and Californian government. This film fared very well at the Sundance Film Festival and has received overall positive reviews from film critics.

Here is the official preview for Who Killed the Electric Car:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCwLHvAPhg

Here are the links to the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, which offer reviews from both professional film critics and user critics.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/who_killed_the_electric_car/

Here is also GM's rebuttal blog post, Who Ignored the Facts About the Electric Car

http://www.altfuels.org/misc/onlygm.pdf