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Smithsonian Removes EV1 Exhibit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wave-good-bye dept.

johnMG writes to mention a Seattle PI article on the Smithsonian's move to remove the EV1 electric sedan from display. From the article: "The upcoming film 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' questions why General Motors created the battery-powered vehicles and then crushed the program a few years later. The film opens June 30th. GM happens to be one of the Smithsonian's biggest contributors. But museum and GM officials say that had nothing to do with the removal of the EV1 from display."

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  1. They certainly can have "oomph" by shawnmchorse · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You just need one of these:

    http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/04/technology/busines s2_wrightspeed/

    This particular electric car does zero to sixty in three seconds, out-accelerating every car in existence other than the Bugatti Veyron. Naturally, it was someone in California who designed that particular electric car and not someone like GM or Ford.

  2. Re:Riiiiiight by Temkin · · Score: 0, Flamebait



    The lease was the killer. When I lived in Kali, I had a 30 mile commute in each direction, and my office had several charging stations. I wanted one, but I NEVER lease cars. So I sat and waited for them to start actually selling them. They never did. :-(

    So I have a 4 ton SUV that gets 18.5 mpg, and runs at least once in a while on converted vegetable oil. !!?!$! GM....