[ausev] WKTEC Press Screen Time and Date

Thu Jul 20 20:05:08 GMT 2006

Hi Mark,

I don't know about other people's schedules, but I heard that my family will
be in town to visit this weekend.  So, I will be out of pocket on Saturday.

Cheers,

Aaron Choate

On 7/20/06, mark witt <aztexan45 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi..Ranger Witt here....Is this Sat. from 9:00am to 1:00pm a good time to
> try and drop the pack on the Ranger? Maybe with all that is going on with
> the movie and so many people being gone we should hold off a couple weeks.
> Weigh in and let me know by sometime on Friday. I'm good either way.
>
>   On another note I got the brakes for the trailer and hope to have them
> installed on Friday along with the winch so that it's ready to go next
> week.
> ..Witt
>
>
> >From: "Aaron Choate" <achoate at gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: AustinEV announcements list <ausev at austinev.org>
> >To: "AustinEV announcements list" <ausev at austinev.org>
> >Subject: Re: [ausev] WKTEC Press Screen Time and Date
> >Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:58:47 -0500
> >
> >Hey Mark,
> >
> >Thanks!  I can definately be there for this.  I will have info about
> >AustinEV and electric cars.  Mark Kapner has also asked that I go ahead
> and
> >put together a brief description of the EV buyers club idea and I will
> have
> >that there as well.
> >
> >One thing I would like to have is somethng to hand them about what we
> plan
> >to do for Friday and Saturday for the public.  Did the manager indicate
> >what
> >the theater will allow us to do?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Aaron Choate
> >
> >On 7/20/06, Mark Farver <mfarver at mindbent.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>Ok, I have the time and date for the press screening on Monday the 24th
> >>at 6:30pm. There are no guarentees that any of our members will actually
> >>get in to see the movie, but the theater general manager said he would
> >>try to secure a passes for everyone.
> >>
> >>Sony has asked for a list of "movers and shakers" in the Austin
> >>community that they can invite, if anyone has suggestions and email
> >>address please send them to me off list.
> >>
> >>I will not be in town the rest of the week or for the event (sorry).
> >>Everyone may want to get together this weekend and polish all of the
> >>details.  A few cars (preferably working so you can take members of the
> >>press for rides) and materials with background information on our group
> >>and EVs in general should be the focus.  Feel free to call me on my cell
> >>if you have any questions (512-587-5639).  Don't forget to dress nice in
> >>case you end up on camera.
> >>
> >>I'll ask the Theater if we can leave any vehicles for the week.
> >>
> >>Mark Farver
> >>
> >>---snip---
> >>
> >>WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
> >>(Sony Pictures Classics)
> >>6:30pm / Monday, July 24, 2006
> >>REGAL ARBOR @ GREAT HILLS CINEMA
> >>
> >>Running  Time: 91 minutes
> >>MPAA Rating - Rated PG for brief mild language.
> >>OPENS AUSTIN @ REGAL ARBOR @ GREAT HILLS July 28, 2006
> >>
> >>ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY
> >>     It was among the fastest, most efficient production car ever built.
> >>It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American
> >>technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few
> >>who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush
> >>its fleet of EV-1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert? WHO KILLED
> >>THE ELECTRIC CAR? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the EV-1;
> >>examining the cultural and economic ripple effects caused by its
> >>conception and how they reverberated through the halls of government and
> >>big business.
> >>
> >>     The year is 1990. California is in a pollution crisis. The smog is
> >>so bad that the state is on the verge of returning to the haze days of
> >>the 1970's brown outs. Desperate for a solution, the California Air
> >>Recourses Board (CARB) targets the source of its problem: Car exhaust.
> >>Inspired by a recent announcement from General Motors about an electric
> >>vehicle prototype, the Zero Emissions Mandate (ZEV) is born.
> >>
> >>     It requires 2% of California's vehicles to be emission free by
> 1998,
> >>10% by 2003. It is the most radical smog fighting mandate since the
> >>catalytic converter. Eager to satisfy the largest car consuming market
> >>in the world, GM's EV-1 electric vehicle is launched in 1997 with great
> >>fanfare from California consumers. It was the first perfect car of the
> >>modern age, requiring no gas, no oil, no mufflers, and no brake changes
> >>(a billion dollar industry unto itself.) A typical maintenance checkup
> >>for the EV-1 consisted of replenishing the windshield washer fluid and a
> >>tire rotation.
> >>
> >>     Fast forward to 6 years later... The fleet is dead. EV charging
> >>stations dot the California landscape like tombstones, collecting dust
> >>and spider webs. How could this happen? Did anyone bother to examine the
> >>bodies? Yes, in fact, someone did. And it was murder. The EV-1
> >>threatened the status quo; the truth behind its murder closely
> >>resembling the climactic outcome of Agatha Christie's Murder on the
> >>Orient Express. Multiple suspects, each taking their turn with the
> >>knife. Automakers, legislators, engineers, consumers and car enthusiasts
> >>from Los Angeles to Detroit work through the motives, alibis and fallout
> >>to piece the complex puzzle together.
> >>
> >>     WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? is not just about the EV-1. It's about
> >>how this allegory for today's oil prices and air quality can also be a
> >>shining symbol of society's desire to better itself and the world around
> >>it. For a brief moment in time, we were closer to that dream than we'd
> >>ever been before, and while that milestone may have been crushed, it has
> >>not been forgotten.
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