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James Billmaier: The Electric-Vehicle Revolution

That viral video of tech-baffled Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric is so amusing not just because the Internet-less past seems so distant, but also because 1994 really wasn't that long ago. Now there's another fast-moving, world-changing revolution coming, says James Billmaier: electric vehicles. Billmaier, founding partner of Charge Northwest and author of Jolt!, predicts that EVs soon will dominate the personal auto market and create a consumer-driven "electriconomy"and, just as with the Internet, Seattle (and its trendsetting "green" consumer behavior) likely will be a major player. Presented by The Town Hall Center for Civic Life. Series media sponsorship provided by PubliCola. Series supported by The Boeing Company Charitable Trust and the RealNetworks Foundation.