Chris Paine

The GuardianChris Paine gets his 'Revenge'Los Angeles TimesThe filmmaker is back with a follow-up to 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' Only this time, he was welcomed by carmakers developing a line of groundbreaking electric vehicles. Director Chris Paine. (Kelle Deeter, Westmidwest Productions / October 16, ...Revenge of the Electric CarWNYC'Electric Car' ends on hopeful noteToronto SunIn electric-car stakes, automakers spread their betsCNETCleanTechnica -The Consumerist -The Guardian (blog)all...Read Full Story

The Guardian'The recession is a big challenge to electric cars' - film-maker Chris PaineThe GuardianThe first Volt to be delivered in the US, at Gearhart Chevrolet in Denville, New Jersey. Photograph: Emile Wamsteker/General Motors Back in 2006, the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? revealed how various industry players—including petroleum ...The Men Who Struggled to Bring You the Electric Car Hit the ScreenNew York Times"Revenge of the Electric Car" Documentary Lacks Spark, Still...Read Full Story

"It takes a lot of electricity to turn black crude oil into gasoline." - Chris Paine In the late 1990s and early 2000s, General Motors' EV1s were the Apple Macs of cars. Ahead of their time, they were only driven by an enlightened "different" thinking few, but those that did felt passionately about their high tech machines. A fully electric plug-in vehicle with a range of between 70 and 140 miles depending on model, the EV1 was first introduced into the marketplace in 1996. Available in...Read Full Story

“It takes a lot of electricity to turn black crude oil into gasoline.”- Chris PaineIn the late 1990s and early 2000s, General Motors’ EV1s were the Apple Macs of cars. Ahead of their time, they were only driven by an enlightened “different” thinking few, but those that did felt passionately about their high tech machines.A fully electric plug-in vehicle with a range of between 70 and 140 miles depending on model, the EV1 was first introduced into the marketplace in 1996. Available in limited...Read Full Story

No villains appear in Chris Paine's new film, "Revenge of the Electric Car" -- a stark contrast to its 2006 predecessor. "Who Killed the Electric Car?" came complete with a search for the discarded bodies of General Motor's EV1 (eventually found crushed in a junkyard), a funeral and accusations that the auto industry and oil companies had teamed up to destroy the promise of a zero-emission vehicle.But Paine had a feeling the electric car would eventually come back. As he told HuffPost, "You...Read Full Story