November 27, 2008 – 8:57 pm
Even I was surprised. In my rear view mirror I watched a Los Angeles Sheriff’s car pull out of the Chevron and turn on both its blue and red flashing lights to pursue me down Ventura Boulevard. It had only been hours since I eased out of the Tesla dealership in West Los Angeles and already [...]
November 26, 2008 – 11:55 pm
Sacramento’s News 10 reports on the electric cars of Vacaville, CA. In 2003 Vacaville, also known as Voltageville, was miles ahead of other cities with over 100 electric cars on the road in both GM EV1s and Toyota RAV4-EVs. The California Air Resources Board’s 1990 Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate would have required 10% of all [...]
November 25, 2008 – 1:32 am
Electric car and renewable energy enthusiast Gerry Gaydos shares his thoughts during a recent trip to California in the nicely narrated video short below. Gerry’s pursuit of renewable energy and electric drive began in the summer of 1997 when he spent time with some engineering students preparing a solar electric race car for the World [...]
November 24, 2008 – 6:50 pm
Air America’s “The Ron Reagan Show” aired an episode on November 24th, 2008 about what to do about “The Big Three” automakers. Chris Paine joined Ron live with his views on the bailout for “The Big Three”, along with thoughts on future innovations in the industry. You can listen to the entire half hour show [...]
November 23, 2008 – 9:35 pm
Check out this CNN segment from Nov 20th 2008. What next for GM, the Volt, and the director of ‘Who Killed the Electric Car’ …
November 21, 2008 – 9:42 am
Dr. Electric Car’s Sing-a-long Musical Blog We received this link and our first singalong musical blog posting from Bo Brown and the gang at Hogmolly Hi folks, Heard you were gearing up for another documentary on the electric car. I saw the first one, it had enough impact on me that I wrote a song [...]
November 20, 2008 – 9:50 pm
Oregon Public Broadcasting recently aired a segment on John “Plasma Boy” Wayland’s White Zombie – an electric conversion of a 1972 Datsun 1200. Watch the embedded video below to see how quick this DC electric home conversion runs against the gasoline muscle car competition. Enthusiasts like John are showing the performance potential of electric vehicles and proving [...]
November 20, 2008 – 8:53 pm
[caption id="attachment_618" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Stefano readies for a Solartaxi test drive."][/caption] This summer Swiss visionary Louis Palmer and his friendly team made several stops in Southern California on their global whirlwind tour with their spectacular Solartaxi Electric Vehicle. One of the stops was at AeroVironment in Simi Valley. [caption id="attachment_621" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Solartaxi parked at AeroVironment - [...]
November 18, 2008 – 11:53 am
Friday November 14th, 2008 – GM Training Center – Burbank, CA The Honorable Nate Holden, former California State Senator and L.A. City Council Member, held a press conference demanding General Motors apologize to the American people for destroying the automaker’s EV1 plug-in electric vehicle. Mr. Holden demanded the EV1′s immediate re-introduction before, or in exchange [...]
November 12, 2008 – 1:52 am
It’s alive! It’s alive! It’s alive! My brand new silver all-electric Tesla Roadster sportscar (#23) arrived by truck in Los Angeles yesterday. Shrouded in plastic and tucked into the back of a semi with three other Tesla’s, it waited to be rolled onto the streets of Los Angeles. My nervousness turned to pure joy as [...]
November 8, 2008 – 6:05 pm
Saturday September 27th, 2008 : Immediately after the Santa Monica 2008 AltCarExpo, “Who Killed the Electric Car?” Director Chris Paine graciously hosted Plug In America’s very first fundraiser at his PV+EV residence in Culver City, CA . [caption id="attachment_415" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="GM's amazing Chevy Volt - A 100% electric drive (range extending) plug-in hybrid."][/caption] [caption [...]
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Tagged AC Propulsion, Alexandra Paul, Chelsea Sexton, chris paine, Dan Neil, eBox, EV Events, GM Chevy Volt, James Woolsey, Linda Nicholes, PIA Fundraiser, Production News, Tesla Roadster, Vectrix, Zero Motorcycles
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November 7, 2008 – 7:26 pm
“It’s gonna be Earth Day on STEROIDS !” That’s how EV fan Paul Thomas lured us to the sun-scorched Barona Drag Strip to film this year’s Kick Gas Festival. Barona has seen many grudge matches over the years, but this was one we couldn’t miss; the first head to head between electric dragsters and old [...]
November 7, 2008 – 4:00 pm
Suffice to say, all of GM’s development programs including the Volt are threatened. For all of GM’s industrial successes and environmental failures, many elements of the American economy including the advertising-dependent entertainment industry — rise and fall with its fortunes. G.M. Says U.S. Cash Is Its Best Hope By Bill Vlasic and Nick Bunkley for [...]
November 6, 2008 – 11:55 am
[caption id="attachment_362" align="alignright" width="200" caption="0 to 20 in seconds, pedaling optional"][/caption] Three weeks ago we spent the day shooting at the Kick Gas Festival in San Diego. One of our favorite diversions was testing the electric bikes. I’ve always been skeptical about e-bikes. Why waste electricity when you can just pedal? Well, that day changed [...]
November 4, 2008 – 12:06 am
[caption id="attachment_302" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Shooting in a rain storm at the Blue Lagoon"][/caption] It’s really hard to beat a week in Iceland. With the conference over, we went on a tour tracking down electric cars and the clean electricity to power them. [caption id="attachment_304" align="alignright" width="200" caption="With our Icelandic Camera Operator Bjorn Helgason"][/caption] Highlights the [...]
November 3, 2008 – 8:34 am
A couple weeks ago, I read about the Rocky Mountain Institute’s gathering of EV interests in Portland for “Smart Garage.” The list of invitees was pretty impressive with representation from, “auto manufacturers like Nissan and GM, utilities such as PG&E and Duke Energy, IBM, P&G, Wal-Mart and Google, among many others”. [caption id="attachment_398" align="alignleft" width="111" [...]
