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The Best Documentary 2009-06-22

Reviewer: D. Posluszny

This is by far the best documentary I have ever watched. I bought several copies to give away as gifts. It expains clearly why we don't have zero-emmission vehicles on the road. EV's work, and work well. Also, in the extras it explains why a Hydrogen future is a waste of time and money trying to develop. It is terrible that this technology is here, and proven, yet not on the road.

Does for cars what Blue Gold does for water! 2009-06-01

Reviewer: K. Davis

I really loved the murder-mystery foundation of this film. It reminded me fondly of The Corporation and it's sociopath analysis of corporations as a person. But what I really loved about this film is the natural pacing and visual build of its message. It reminds me of one of my other favorite political films, Blue Gold World Water Wars, which also builds with a visual language of its own to a horrifying emotional end. See this film!

EV1 cost GM over $100K each to make... no wonder. 2009-05-28

Reviewer: M. Gary

This movie forgot to ask GM how much it cost them to make each one of these EV1 cars. Bob Lutz (Chairman of GM) was recently on David Letterman (to talk about the EV1s and promo the volt)...

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Lutz admits the overwhelming cost of the EV1 experiment and ADMITS the shortcomings (mostly the high cost) of the battery technology that was used. I'm pretty sure these California EV1 users weren't paying a $2000 per month to lease those EV1s... which is what you'd might pay for a $100K car. GM is also maintaining a staff to do the maintenance on the vehicles... no wonder they scrapped the project, simple economics. Do you think these EV1 users would have paid $100K for these EV1 cars to keep? ...no, the creators of this movie only had a $3000 budget... not like they were flush with cash. Do you think GM was going to maintain service personnel to fix these cars when there were only a few hundred on the road... no. Do you think GM was going to 'brag' about how much money they lost on EV1's to this documentary so all their shareholders could express their displeasure with this moneypit idea. Don't think so.

GM is going to go bankrupt anyway... but dropping HUNDREDS of MILLIONS on this effort just to try and appease California didn't help at all either. I think Lutz is right ...the ONLY way Americans will buy an electric vehicle is when gas is above $4/gal and stays there. Until then... there aren't enough Americans who care... unfortunately.

Must-See Documentary 2009-05-17

Reviewer: Isabel

This DVD should be required viewing for every US citizen. It is an excellent documentary of what has transpired and what continues to transpire in our auto industry. This is not just hearsay, as it includes interviews with several former GM employees who were part of the electric car experiment. It's very captivating and entertaining to watch; not just another boring documentary.

The electric car 2009-05-14

Reviewer: Nevy

Very informative video on why the electric car has not advanced much further than it should in the United States. It would be nice if there was a follow up video that shows the same or different trends in other countries.