EV1 Funeral - July 24th, 2003 - Hollywood Forever Cemetery
In April of 2003 GM announced it was going to discontinue its plug-in battery EV program and terminate all EV1 leases. A funeral was held for the EV1 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on July 24, 2003. Below is a link to a PDF that captures a webpage announcing the EV1 Funeral (hosted at the time by http://qofv.com/ev1/).
I documented the event with digital stills while my friend Joel videotaped the ceremony. I never set aside time to process the media until now (December 2005). Since the funeral (July 24th, 2003), QuickTime's H.264 codec has become available. I compressed the video with this new codec as much as was reasonable. I decided to leave the video pretty much unedited as it captures the entire ceremony as it unfolded. The video is approximately 52minutes long and well worth watching.
The funeral ceremony was conducted by Rabbi Brian Mayer. Ceremony speakers included Chris Paine, Wally Rippel, Eric Garcetti, Tom Gage, Ed Begley Jr., Ellen Crawford, Alexandra Paul, Alec Brooks, Howard Wilson, Paul MacCready, and Chelsea Sexton.
Video: EV1 Funeral
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