Posts with the category of In the Media

‘Revenge’ Hits Indiana

February 16, 2010 – 8:29 am

Director Chris Paine was in Indianapolis this week to film for ‘Revenge.’
More details in this TV report:
Filmmaker in Ind. for electric car doc

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When Bob Met Elon … and Chris

January 13, 2010 – 9:05 am

The Revenge team filmed a historic meeting in Detroit today — getting GM Vice President and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk together on camera for the first time.
More details after the jump :
Detroit’s Electric Avenue: The Street of Dreams?
From the NY Times post:
“Mr. Paine, who produced the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?” arranged the [...]

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PBS looks into the Electric Future

November 4, 2009 – 1:51 pm

Ahead of the Copenhagen summit, PBS look into the electric future in Denmark — and checks
in with Project Better Place.
Watch the show here.

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Chris Paine in the ‘Daily Beast’

October 26, 2009 – 12:52 pm

Chris gives his views on the EV revolution — and our new film  — to The Daily Beast.
For the full interview, follow this link.
What can we expect to see in Revenge of the Electric Car?
We’re tracking the fortunes of GM with the Volt and Tesla, initially with their Roadster and now the Model S, and [...]

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At Home with Bob Lutz

August 13, 2009 – 10:37 am

We went to Detroit recently to see Bob Lutz.  In these turbulent times, we wanted to know how the Vice Chair of GM was getting along.
We found Bob smoking a cigar on his Segway.   Which was definitely my favorite visual of the trip. Lutz lives in a spread that can best be described as [...]

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Tom Hanks, The New Yorker — and Electric Cars

May 12, 2009 – 11:39 am

We were delighted to see Tom Hanks’s letter in this week’s ‘New Yorker’  — singing the praises of electric vehicles and name checking ‘Who Killed the Electric Car ?’
Read the full letter here :
RE: THE ROAD AHEAD
A letter in response to Peter J. Boyer’s article (April 27, 2009)
MAY 18, 2009
Peter J. Boyer, in his otherwise [...]

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Elon — and Model S — on Letterman

May 1, 2009 – 1:56 pm

Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared on the David Letterman show on Wednesday. Dave and Elon talk about the Roadster, the Model S and the future of electric cars.
Watch out for the name check for ‘Who Killed the Electric Car?’ around 3 minutes in …

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

January 21, 2009 – 6:30 pm

The Whole Life Times just published an Interview with Chris :
The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal)
Filmmaker Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car? and its forthcoming sequel, talks to us about the fate of GM, the downfall of hydrogen and why electric cars truly are making a comeback By Siel
What [...]

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Director on CNN – Purchase Orders, Not Bailouts

December 8, 2008 – 1:28 am

From December 3, 2008 broadcast of “Issues With Jane Velez-Mitchell” on Headline News
Topic: Are Bailouts the Answer to Economic Woes?
Chris Paine (director of “Who Killed the Electric Car?”) – …what the government should be doing is writing purchase orders and saying, “Hey, we want something for our money. So we’ll write you a purchase order [...]

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