Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive
It's Friday: who holds back the electric car?
AutoblogGreen has obtained exclusive video from a powerful secret group admitting to holding back the electric car. The footage may also be a funny song from the episode Homer the Great of the animated TV show the Simpsons. Our crack staff of video experts is still trying to figure it out.In the video, the organization called the Stonecutters, sings a song that includes the line "who holds back the electric car?" The crowd, which includes Steve Gutenberg and a Martian, then sings "we do!" The validity of the statements may be in question as the men all seem to be inebriated.
[Source: the Martian]
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Tony Belding 8:11PM (11/02/2007)
Don't forget this one. . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fN1SPIJ7v0
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Joseph 1:10AM (11/03/2007)
There was an episode of the Simpsons in 1999 that actually featured the EV1. The video was online, in German, but I can't find it now...:( Here is the transcript from the show, in english.
% Before we begin tonight's show, a word from our sponsor. The camera
% pans through shots of a city enveloped in a thick gray haze. As
% children have coughing fits while trying to play in the schoolyard, an
% announcer grimly asks, "Is this the kind of air we want to leave for
% our children?" Suddenly, a car pierces the smog, leaving the air
% clean and the sky blue. The grateful kids run up for a closer look at
% the car. Homer doesn't seem impressed at first, but the free gift in
% exchange for a test drive convinces him to make a trip to the
% dealership.
Lisa: I'm proud of you dad! Buying an electric car will help clean
the air and to protect the Earth's supply of -- you're faking
this to get the gift, aren't you?
Homer: But I like the nice things you said about me.
-- "Beyond Blunderdome"
% An unsuspecting saleswoman walks up.
Saleswoman: Thinking of saying goodbye to gas?
Bart: You betcha. [burps]
Marge: Bart! [flatulent noise] Well, that shut me up.
-- Noel Coward couldn't have done better, "Beyond Blunderdome"
% Barely able to contain his laughter, Homer tells the saleswoman that
% he's interested in purchasing one of her "electronic" cars. She
% obligingly hands him a key, and the family goes out on their test
% drive.
Marge: Boy, that quiet engine sure makes conversation a lot easier.
Homer: Yeah, it's got a lot of other problems, too.
Lisa: Look, Dad, you're heading for the harbor!
Homer: Relax, we're in an electric car.
[Homer drives off the pier, landing in the harbor. Sure
enough, the car is unfazed]
See? Everything's fine. [gasps] Dolphins!
[the dolphins swim too close to the car, and are zapped]
Oopsie.
[a group of mermaids (!) swim up]
Hi, girls!
[they meet the same fate as the dolphins]
Aw.
[the family drives up onto dry land]
[patting dash] Salt water seems to be good for it.
[car blows up, filling the interior with smoke]
n Professional driver on closed course. Do not attempt yourself.
% Homer returns the car to the sales office. Through the window, we
% can see the family's usual jalopy parked nearby.
Homer: Uh, I'm sorry, but the car did not meet my eco-concerns.
Can I have my prize now?
Saleswoman: Certainly. [gives Homer an envelope]
[Homer takes the envelope, runs to his car, and drives
away. In doing so, he reveals the Elec-Taurus, now in
serious need of warranty work]
What the?
Car: Help, help! It burns!
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The car talking, is absolutely, for certain the EV1. The only difference b/w the real car and the EV1 shown in the Simpsons, is that the EV1 in real life sat two people, while the shows shows the EV1 seating 5 people. (The entire Simpsons family) Besides that, it is completely identical. Oh! I wish I had that video! Here is a picture I found: http://adn.blam.be/springfield/electaurus.jpg
In the show, it's called the Elec-Taurus. Hehe.
According to some internet forums, and wiki, the EV1 (aka Elec-Taurus) is driven by Lisa in the Simpsons game Road Rage and Hit and Run.
From another episode of the Simpsons:
"Oh! Hurry up, man! This electric van only has 20 minutes of juice left!" -- Unnamed aging hippie
I got all the info from http://www.ka9q.net/ev/
The EV1 will live on forever. :)
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Kent Beuchert 11:56AM (11/03/2007)
The EV-1 stands as a monument to poor judgment and the silly belief that you can build an electric car without a battery. I see that Time's auto analyst has recently named the EV-1 in its list of the worst 50 cars ever made. A car only a goofy treehugger could love. Keep claiming the EV-1 was anything but a modern Edsel and you'll be classified as a pathetic brainwashed looney. What in the world was GM thinking?
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