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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

Paine was one of the first to lease a General Motors EV1 in 1997 — only to get the car wrenched away from him five years later when he took it in simply to get a brake light fixed. Paine followed the plight of his EV1 to its (literally) crushing end. I never liked automobiles because I don’t like burning gasoline.

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Honda: 12 more years of no choice for consumers

Plugs and Cars

For you and me that means gasoline-only Hondas (along with a few NGV Civics for die-hards) for at least another decade. Reminiscent of GM referring to EV1 drivers as "owners," despite their unwillingness to actually sell the car. Not surprising from this quintessential internal combusion engine company.

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