Written by Dunia Abbas, Four Green Steps

American filmmaker, writer, entrepreneur, and environmentalist Chris Paine is at it again with “Revenge of the Electric Car”, and he’s got people waiting for part three of this inspiring saga. Revenge of the Electric Car is Chris Paine’s electrifying sequel to “Who Killed The Electric Car?”. It premiered in April at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival on Earth Day and was called “Fascinating…Refreshing” by The Hollywood Reporter”, “Riveting… Highly Entertaining” by Vanity Fair, and Esquire stated it was “One of the best films at Tribeca ...”.

Paine states that “it's a rare privilege to be able to tell the story of how sometimes change has too much momentum to be stopped. You can't kill an idea whose time has come.” While Who Killed The Electric Car? followed the quiet destruction of thousands of new, radically efficient electric vehicles and showcased an industrial culture whose aversion to change and reliance on oil may be deeper than its ability to embrace ready solutions, Revenge of The Electric Car follows for three years GM’s Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, Tesla Motor’s CEO Elon Musk, CEO and President of Renault of France and Nissan of Japan Carlos Ghosn, and Do-it-yourselfer Gregg “Gadget” Abbott (Paine’s neighbor) in their struggles during the electric car revolution. In Paine’s own words: Lutz stakes the entire brand on the very technology it once tried to kill, Elon puts his personal fortune on the line, Ghosn bets the farm on a car almost no one believes can happen,  and ‘Gadget’ sets out to prove you can do it yourself. The documentary focused on the Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf and Tesla Roadster as they returned to production and into the automobile industry.

Michelle Kaffko, Producer of Marketing and Distribution, has informed Four Green Steps.com that they are developing their theatrical release now and plan to bring the film to cities with the most requests first. To request the film at your location, both in the United States and internationally, you go to their “request the film” page on their site. This month alone, five upcoming screening dates in different parts of the United States have already been posted.

So after capturing the revolution in part two, what’s next? Paine explains that part three will be all about adoption and the market’s response to the revolution; are people buying the cars? Are they taking action after becoming informed? They may have already started to: the 2011 Chevy Volt is effectively sold out - General Electric is planning to purchase 25,000 electric cars, including 12,000 Chevy Volts, as it converts half its fleet to electrics by 2015; Nissan leaf has 27,000 pre-orders; and the Tesla Roadster recently was upgraded to version 2.5 and features, it is now on sale in 26 countries, and available at new stores across the U.S.

Also, there is a section on the website for “Revenge of the Electric Car” for people “taking Revenge”, where people who have taken revenge for the electric car by converting a gas car, building their own EV, installing charging stations, or otherwise doing their part to generate and promote electric vehicles are featured. One consumer, Mike Savino from Bayport, NY, turned his love for electric vehicles into a family EV business. With the increase in gas prices and the huge demand for an alternative from people all over the country up to and including the President, he decided to offer his family’s knowledge of electric conversions by starting EV-propulsion LLC, a company specializing in electric vehicle parts sales and conversions. One can’t help but become optimistic about the future of electric cars, as consumers are becoming more and more informed and oil prices keep going up, the future may be electrifyingly bright for electric cars.

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