| www.pbs.org Premiering April 19, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org Enter the Emperor of the Electric Car Every revolution needs its Napolean. At Nissan World Headquarters the world's most formidible car mogul, Carlos Ghosn, enters the electric vehicle race not with passion or vision, but with calculated, capitialist drive. In Revenge of the Electric Car, director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America's future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever. Learn more about "Independent Lens": www.pbs.org Watch "Independent Lens" films online: video.pbs.org |