Comments on: Death of an EV

By: i c u

i c u — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:13:23 +0000

Wow Kent Beuchert! Froth at the mouth much?
Nice new “handles”, btw.

By: theGreatOne

theGreatOne — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:22:19 +0000

Chris Paine is a snot nosed creepy little liar who amnufacturered practically every “fact” of his film. There were never more than 800 of the 110 EV-1 built on lease (so much for the “thousands” of eager leaseees claimed by Paine and his shills). Of 5000 GM customers who expressed interest in the EV-1 (Paine’s claimed “waiting list”) only 50 actually agreed to lease the car. Paine is a liar, liar, liar , and all around lowlife. Ask anyone who’s had to deal with this toad.

By: EVKing

EVKing — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:54:56 +0000

I laugh at the fools who think they’ve learned anything by watching perhaps the most fictitious
crockumentary ever made. Lies, slanders and implausibly naiive theories are all needed to
make Chris Paine’s stupid insipid little piece of claptrap watchable for his audience of the ignorant. I would love to fire some questions at those who think they now know something about the EV-1 – for instance, did you know that its battery pack cost over $20,000 and lasted less than 5 years, making the claimed “cheap to operate” EV-1 the most expensive car, per mile, on the planet? Are you aware that a recent auto analysts survey found the EV-1 as one of the 50 the worst cars ever made? Did you know that destinations beyond 35 miles were “iffy” for the EV-1 driver? Did you know the EV-1 cost three times more to build than the far better (and environmentally better as well) Honda Civic? Did you know that Chris Paine made a backroom deal with Toyota and Honda (both of whom cancelled their electric car programs, Honda 5 years before GM did so) in order to keep their names out of the film as principal villains? Did you know that even today, no automaker is considering an electric car that looks like or contains the crappy batteries that were in the EV-1? Did you know that, in total contradiction to the film’s claims, only 50 people (out of 5000 GM customers whi originally expressed interest in the EV-1)
ever went thru and signed a lease? Did you know that never were more than 800 of the 1100 EV-1
on lease during the 6 years of its existence?
Didn’t think so. Gullible fools.

By: patrick

patrick — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:31:34 +0000

Watched “Who Killed the Electric Car” recently (great documentary), then i heard that GM and Tesla are making another run at the electric car (yay for progress!)

By: microfiber

microfiber — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:28:47 +0000

Mmm… Good post :) Will watch your blog