In 1996‚ electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast‚ produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline........... Ten years later‚ these futuristic cars were almost completely gone." ’Who Killed the Electric Car’ is a documentary which unfolds a complex set of events around the development and demise of the modern electric car. The story stems from California from the early 1990s to 2006. Chris Paine‚ the film maker has woven together interviews and archival
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Who Killed the Electric Car? The audience is the jury. Paine is the lawyer. The case: who killed the electric car? Suspects: the government‚ consumers‚ battery technology‚ oil companies‚ California Air and Resource Board (CARB) and the hydrogen fuel cell. Directed by Chris Paine‚ Who Killed the Electric Car? is a documentary about the demise of the electric car seen through the eyes of an electric car activist (previous GM EV1 owner) and current electric car driver (Toyota RAV4 EV)
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In 1996‚ one car stood out above the rest. With its zero emissions and sporty‚ sleek design‚ the General Motors EV-1 was unstoppable. This car ran entirely without gas or oil of any kind. It ran only on electric power which made it very eco-friendly. It was built to comply with California’s zero emissions vehicle mandate that stated if auto makers wanted to sell cars in California some of those cars would have to be no exhaust
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| Who Killed The Electric Car | By James Walker | | | | | James Walker STL 100 Who Killed the Electric Car The electric car introduced in 1996 and was popular in California. The car was quiet small and produced no exhaust; it was a product that was loved by consumers and eco-friendly. This idea of the electric car was not one that was recent in implementing; about 100 years ago there were more electric cars than there were gas cars and they ran really well and quiet. The
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From the book "Electric and Hybrid Cars A History" written by Curtis D. Anderson and July Anderson in 2010 we can assess that: "The history of electric vehicles can be generally divided into three parts: the early years (1890–1929)‚ including their golden age of dominance in the market from about 1895 to1905; the middle years (1930–1989); and the current years (1990–present)." An historical analysis through past decades is needed to answers question as "where
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over clean emissions-cars. In 1996 the company introduced the EV-1 electric car in California and Arizona. Hundreds of the electric cars were soon on the road. Then they all disappeared. The mystery behind their disappearance is the subject of the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Electric vehicles had many advantages over their competitors in the early 1900s. They did not have the vibration‚ smell‚ and noise associated with gasoline cars. Changing gears on gasoline cars was the most difficult
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side emissions of electric cars with this graph. Here we see the higher amount of emissions per electric car‚ although this can naturally be compensated during the lower emissions during the life-cycle of this car. To note that in case the battery has to be replaced during the life-time of the vehicle‚ the amount will increase to 12‚5t of CO2 per car‚ so more than the double of a gasoline car. 2.2 Source of energy. Here we get to one of the biggest problems of electrics cars: the way we charge
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Electric cars how they will make the world worse. “ Electric cars are coal powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline powered cars.” Vinod Khosla. Electric cars are supposed to be the next thing for the world because people they don’t produce coal because they don’t need gas. Electric cars are bad because of refueling time ‚ cost ‚and how it affects the environment and people. The electric car takes to long to charge. The electric car takes about 1 to 8 hours to charge
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Electric Cars vs Gasoline Powered Cars Electricity. One word that can rescue the earth from its current demise‚ global warming. Since 1880‚ global warming has increased by 0.8° celsius which may not seem like a substantial increase but it is. According to (NASA 2014) the average weather changes everyday in different countries‚ but this is the entire world’s average temperature. A 1° global change is significant because it takes a colossal amount of heat to warm all the oceans‚ atmosphere‚ and land
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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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