When General Motors discontinued its EV1 electric car lease program, the company planned to reclaim and destroy the cars, quietly putting its experiment in zero-emissions vehicles to rest. But activists, including "Baywatch" and "Christine" alum, actress Alexandra Paul, have manned the barricades and are pressuring GM to sell a remaining batch of the cars — found parked at a GM facility in Burbank, CA — not crush them, which the company is legally bound to do if it does not plan to service them. Nearly 100 people pledged $24,000 each for a chance to buy the cars from GM, which the company insists it won't do. Unless GM changes its mind, we doubt the conflict will have a made-for-TV ending.
Activists and auto buffs hold vigil to save EV1s from GM crusher [The Detroit News]
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