Epa Auto Symposium: Exide Sundancer Electric Car, Lear Steam Powered Coach Bus for Muni Xd38074 (1973)
1973 · Short film · 6 min
Synopsis
This 1973 color film from the United States Environmental Protection Agency offers a glimpse of cutting-edge, experimental automobile concepts at the First Symposium on Lower Power Systems Development, an EPA conference held at the Marriott Motor of Ann Arbor, Michigan that focused on international efforts to develop cars with high fuel efficiency or alternative fuel sources. A sporty red electric car, the ESB and Exide “Sundancer,” appears alongside a steam-powered bus and other intriguing, ahead-of-their-time creations (TRT: 6:26). Experimental concept cars. An open hood reveals an engine modified with a unique switching device. A General Motors (GM) logo on a small, gas-powered vehicle (0:06). A license plate, “EPA-364.” A Lear Motors “Steamcoach” bus carries the message “Steam is Beautiful.” A lineup of parked experimental vehicles (0:23). An interview with a Dr. Hartman of Germany, who wears a mustache and sunglasses. Another EPA representative, Cooper Beck of the Netherlands wears glasses, speaks about the pursuit of low pollution policies for automakers. (0:39). Mr Longstrom, a Swedish government representative with windswept hair, speaks on the issue of oil dependence in an extended interview clip (1:38). The “Sundancer,” ESB/Exide Battery’s electric car features a movable steering wheel to aid a man’s entry into the small vehicle (2:22). The 12-horsepower gasoline engine of the GM car boasts high fuel efficiency (2:46). A green electric vehicle has a range of 30…
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- Running time
- 6 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- 1973
- EPA
- Auto Symposium
- Exide Sundancer
- Electric Car
- Lear
- Steam Powered
- Coach Bus
- Stock Footage
- Periscope FIlm
