An inconvenient car

Another brick in the wall of colusion and denial by American big business.

DIRECTOR WONDERS WHY GENERAL MOTORS PULLED GAS-SAVING EV1 OFF THE MARKET
By Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News
As befits its title, ``Who Killed the Electric Car?'' begins with a funeral, a mock one, held at a real cemetery. It ends with an inquiry, one that implicates oil companies, auto manufacturers, the federal government, the California Air Resources Board and, yes, even you and me for murder of an automobile that looks like a winner in these gas-gouging days.

There were several makes of electric cars, but Chris Paine's trenchant documentary focuses primarily on General Motors' EV1. Launched in 1996, the car was fast and quiet, ran without exhaust, required no gas or oil changes and was so popular that dealers kept a waiting list with tens of thousands of names.