20 September 2006

Electric Car documentary film at Warwick Uni

The documentary, "Who Killed The Electric Car?", will be shown at the Warwick Arts Centre on the 13th and 14th October.

Chris Paine, the director, speaking to the US network, PBS:

What was it like to drive? Fantastically fun. I'd zip around, plug it into the charger at night, which would take a couple of hours, and worked out to a couple of dollars for the charge. The car was super-efficient and had massive acceleration. It would take any car off the line. And when you step on the brakes the power went back into the car. You became very aware of energy usage when driving the car. You'd say, 'Okay, do I want to burn some energy now or take it easy? Do I want to go 100 miles on this charge or 40 miles on the charge?'

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