GM Kills the Electric Car TWICE!
WASHINGTON -- Just weeks before the release of a movie about the death of the electric car from the 1990s, the Smithsonian Institution has removed its EV1 electric sedan from display.
The National Museum of American History removed the rare exhibit yesterday, just as interest in electric and hybrid vehicles is on the rise.
The upcoming film "Who Killed the Electric Car?" questions why General Motors created the battery-powered vehicles and then crushed the program a few years later. The film opens June 30th.
GM happens to be one of the Smithsonian's biggest contributors. But museum and GM officials say that had nothing to do with the removal of the EV1 from display.
A museum spokeswoman says the museum simply needed the space to display another vehicle, a high-tech SUV.
The Smithsonian has no plans to bring the electric car back on view. It will remain in a Suitland storage facility.
The National Museum of American History removed the rare exhibit yesterday, just as interest in electric and hybrid vehicles is on the rise.
The upcoming film "Who Killed the Electric Car?" questions why General Motors created the battery-powered vehicles and then crushed the program a few years later. The film opens June 30th.
GM happens to be one of the Smithsonian's biggest contributors. But museum and GM officials say that had nothing to do with the removal of the EV1 from display.
A museum spokeswoman says the museum simply needed the space to display another vehicle, a high-tech SUV.
The Smithsonian has no plans to bring the electric car back on view. It will remain in a Suitland storage facility.
posted by Bludlust at 3:16 PM
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