Who Killed the Electric Car?

From PBS NOW: Who Killed the Electric Car? (June 9, 2006) Did car companies sabotage one of their most fuel efficient and environmentally-friendly products because it stood in the way of big profits? A new documentary by filmmaker Chris Paine charts the promising life and untimely death of the electric car. You can watch the show online at NOW. From Think Progress: The Smithsonian has removed an exhibit featuring a “rare surviving example” of the battery-powered car that is the focus of the new film “Who Killed the Electric Car?” The movie shows how General Motors “created a dynamic battery-powered auto that drivers loved, only to crush it to smithereens.” GM is one of the Smithsonian’s “biggest contributors.”