Who Killed the Electric Car? Video Discussion Questions Summary: It begins with a solemn funeral�for a car. By the end of Chris Paine’s lively and informative documentary‚ the idea doesn’t seem quite so strange. As narrator Martin Sheen notes‚ "They were quiet and fast‚ produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline." Paine proceeds to show how this unique vehicle came into being and why General Motors ended up reclaiming its once-prized creation less than a decade later. He begins 100 years ago
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“Who Killed the Electric Car? 2006 Documentary Written and directed by Chris Paine and produced by Jessie Deeter. 1. Summarize the content of this movie. Keep it to the space below‚ please. Electric car was around in 1960s. During the energy crisis in 1970s and 1980s electric cars started disappearing. In 1990s first electric car EV1 from a company named General Motors became popular in California simply because it was more environmental-friendly while it was affordable. A Zero-emissions
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suspects who may have contributed to the failure of GM’s EV1 program are: a. Customers (guilty) a.i. Consumers wanted a three hundred mile range and eighty-five mile per hour speed on their electric cars but this was not plausible when running off of a battery. a.ii. When customers compare cars they don’t care much about the environmental risks they only care about the price‚ the miles per gallon‚ and the mileage range. Customers had a difficult time seeing the difference between regular cars and
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Who Killed the Electric Car? Out of the many different kind of cars on the road today‚ one car stands above the rest. With its zero emissions and sleek design‚ the General Mortars EV 1 was unstoppable. This car runs entirely without gas or oil of any kind. It runs only on electric power which makes it very eco-friendly. This car was the answer to the smog problem in California and would soon be able to help stop global warming and more of our planets environmental issues. So‚ why are there none
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com Who Killed the Electric Car? The movie “Who Killed the Electric Car” is based on the electric cars designed‚ developed‚ and manufactured by General motors‚ and later destroyed by the same company. I was surprised to see how a company could destroy the technology that is economical‚ futuristic‚ beneficial and pollution free. This documentary movie also deals with history of electric car in the automobile industries. This movie try to showcase the advantages‚ disadvantages of the electric technology
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Who Killed the Electric Car vs. A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash Who Killed the Electric Car directed by Chris Paine and A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash directed by Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack are similar documentary films in several aspects including their target audiences and viewpoints. Both documentaries choose to approach their messages differently concerning their use(s) of pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos. Who Killed the Electric Car relies much more on the use of pathos to relay its argument
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Electric Cars An electric car is a vehicle which gets power from one electric motor or more‚ and an electric car use electrical energy to store batteries or another energy storage device. The developmental history of electric cars is very long‚ and the first automobile all over the world was an electric car. However‚ electric cars had two terrible disadvantages: the problem of energy technology and mileage limit around 20 century. The problems made electric cars disappeared from citizens eyes for
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Electric cars vs the gas oh line cars In the next ten years what the average American drives will be very different than today. Electric cars may phase out gasoline (Gasoline is also known as petrol) in the next couple of decade. Electric cars produce no tailpipe emissions and are much cheaper to fill up than the more common gasoline vehicles. Switching to electric cars will have more benefits than drawbacks in comparison to other fuels such as petrol and diesel. In order to switch to electric
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The Electric Car has a history but is there a future in the UK or will there be a better option? The invention of the first Electric Car was in 1830 but was not perfected until the creation of rechargeable batteries in 1859. By 1912 50 companies were producing 34‚000 electric cars. Once the development of the electric starting motor occurred and the price of fuel was cheap then the electric cars industry vanished. The oil crisis in the 1970’s caused some re-emergence of electric cars but the
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In this essay I am going to be telling you about to what extent electric cars solve the fuel crisis. The critical steps are: 1. Evolve autos from gasoline/diesel to hybrid to plug-in hybrid. 2. Develop a battery that can run 200 miles on a 10-minute recharge. 3. Strengthen Briton’s electrical distribution system. 4. Recharge cars in garages‚ public places and service stations. 5. Build nuclear power plants to enlarge the supply of electricity. 6. Use all alternate sources of energy‚ i.e. wind
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