Who killed the Electric Car? film trailer

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Interesting stuff ... movie is due out soon across the country.
Site link has the trailer, look for it in bottom center of the menu.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/electric.html


I wonder what history would've been like if GM had invented a hybrid (or electric) Hummer ...
who says we can't have best of both worlds damn it?

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An interesting development in battery technology by Altair Nanotechnologies extends the range of an electric vehicle. The new battery technology also allows a rapid charging rate with no degradation to battery life.
This could easily be the technological breakthrough that has be needed to get the electric car rolling again.

Excerpt from news @ Yahoo financial ALTI

Dr. Gotcher will demonstrate the impact the Altairnano battery technology could have with a number of examples of its potential use in a variety of applications. The examples will describe the potential of the technology, and in each case assume that independent third parties will make necessary investments into the products and related infrastructure to fully develop the applications. These examples will include:

Auto Industry Applications

Advanced batteries of the type Altairnano is developing could
enable the US auto industry to "leapfrog" the next generation
of hybrid drive vehicles, where US industry and its technology
are behind its Asian competitors, Dr. Gotcher will testify.

An Altairnano battery sized for an average five-passenger
sedan could enable automakers to design an all-electric
vehicle with similar performance and comfort to today's
internal combustion-engine cars, Dr. Gotcher will inform
Congress.

He will state that the Altairnano goal is to deliver battery
capabilities that could provide a sedan with a 200-plus-mile
driving range, no degradation of operation over that entire
distance; a recharge time of under 6 minutes (or about the
time it takes to fill the tank of a large SUV); a battery that
is completely safe from explosion or leakage of hazardous
contents, and not least, no carbon dioxide emissions of any
kind.