Abstract

sked in a recent interview about his “worst ” business decision, General Motors (GM) chief executive officer Rick Wagoner reportedly re-plied: “Axing the EV1 electric car program and not putting the right resources into hybrids ” (1). Viewers of Chris Paine’s new documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? will not disagree. The movie certainly makes the company look bad. The drama revolves around GM’s decision to terminate leases on the thou-sand-odd EV1s it placed in service in Cali-