Strange but true, folks. As Michael Wallis recounts in his excellent making-of book, The Art of Cars (Chronicle Books, May 2006), while Pixar was wrapping up production of A Bug's Life back in the Fall of 1998, story development … “I thought that the electric car was ahead of its time, and it struck me odd that my fellow Danes didn't agree,” (Klubien continued. “What happened with this car) reminded me of The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson. … …

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