Blog ‘Who Killed the Electric Car?’ Director Chris Paine to Speak at TMC Connect

We’re excited to announce that filmmaker Chris Paine will be part of the speaker lineup at this year’s TMC Connect. Paine’s acclaimed documentaries include “Who Killed the Electric Car?” (2006) and “Revenge of the Electric Car” (2011).

Paine also served as Executive Producer on “Bikes vs Cars,” “Charge!,” “William Gibson: No Maps for These Territories,” and the Ewan McGregor narrated racing doc “Faster.” He has appeared on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart, “Democracy Now,” and “Science Friday” on NPR.

Current projects include films about AI, nuclear power, and a potential third film in his electric car trilogy.

TMC Connect – the official conference and expo of Tesla Motors Club – will be held June 23-25, in beautiful Monterey, California. The event, in it’s fifth year, will coincide with REFUEL EV Races at Laguna Seca raceway.

Early bird registration ends June 1. Hotel room booking is available here.

 

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Isn't a BLOG a sort of article in which an opinion or observation is made clear? I can remember having seen a separate section for blogs... What happened to that?

 

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Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) is a fascinating documentary about the GM EV1's rise and fall (or was it pushed?). The film was made two years before the release of the Tesla Roadster. The rest, as they say, is history.

Speaking of history, I saw this beauty, a Baker Electric, at the Toyota Automobile Museum in Nagoya, Japan. Its range was 80 km and top speed 40 km/h. In the film, Phyllis Diller is interviewed about her beloved Baker Electric, which was very popular with women at the time.