With oil prices running a muck and most Americans finding themselves financially shortchanged, you wonder why our airwaves more recently are talking about hybrids or hydrogen vehicles when in reality the idea of alternative fuel / resources were being developed or in production since the late 1800′s.

Then you may ask, why did the electric vehicle disappear? Well, either you are driving one or a passanger in one — gasoline power vehicles. Ponder on the forces or situations that made the electric vehicle disappear not only in the late 1800′s, 1960′s, 1970′s, and 1990′s. The story of a fuel efficient electrical vehicle manufactured by General Motors called the “EV1″ and the journey it’s temporary owner had until they had to finally departed is an experience to be shared and an awareness for us all.

In my opinion, Director Chris Paine and his staff present severals prespectives from multiple sources in a fair way. He provides the stories of these vehicle, the people who leased them, their experience, the automaker industry, the government and other players. Also, check out the special feature it contains more goodies.

Here’s a pictures of some of the electric cars that could have been:

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4) 5) 6)

1) Thomas Edison 2)1901 Electric Ambulance  3) CitiCar-Vanguard-Sebring
4)Tropica – Renaissance Cars, Inc  5)EV1 – GM 6)RAV4 – Toyota

Luckily there are other manufactures that are interested in Electric Vehicle:

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C) D)
A)Tesla Roadster B)Fetish – Venturi C)ZAP Xebra Sedan & D)ZAP Truck Xebra PK

To learn more about Electric Vehicle and alternative energy visit:

Plug In America or The Electric Auto Association

Oh, there is one gentleman that really caught my interest his name is Stanford Ovshinsky. Self-made, has approximately 200 patents and a successful business in alternative energy. Sadly to say his wife Iris passed away in 2006. To learn more about Stanford Ovshinsky check out the article from WISE – PBS Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers here.