Smithsonian Removes EV1 Exhibit

johnMG writes to mention a Seattle PI article on the Smithsonian's move to remove the EV1 electric sedan from display. From the article: "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."

Nothing to see here.

[ciroknight]

Apparently not, Slashdot.

The funny part is, they're removing an Electric Car display to make room for an SUV display.

Riiiiiight

[vanyel]

But museum and GM officials say that had nothing to do with the removal of the EV1 from display."

...and I've got a 1 kwh/kg battery good for 5000 charge cycles to sell you too...

Who Killed the Electric Car?

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs the cave fish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscars night?
We do! We do!

Careless Use of Assets

[slashbob22]

Gas prices were high, so one of the Smithsonian workers drove it to the corner store. Unfortunately, they wrote the vehicle off on the way there.

Re:Nothing to see here.

[gbulmash]

I'm sure they'll find room for the car at Ed Begley Junior's house. I believe he already has one and it's probably pretty lonely, plus I'm sure it gets teased by the hybrid.

- G

What's that?

[tilleyrw]

Up in the air! A bird ... a plane ... No, it's the $$$ Oil Indu$try $$$!

You know what?

[Anonymous Coward]

Fuck GM and the horse they rode in on. They built a good car and became total pricks about getting them back. Many EV1 leasees (since they weren't sold) were willing to buy their cars (for top dollar) after the lease but noooo, GM decided to crush them like a pissed off girlfriend with your "Dark Side of the Moon" cd on the front lawn for everyone to see.

Fuck her, I loved that cd.