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This car, that is, we want to talk about the movie "Who killed the electric car" in the protagonist. In the nineties of the last century, the United States, California to reduce the car exhaust to the public harm, promulgated the "zero emissions bill." The general EV1 electric car in this situation came into being, the core components of the car is the battery, without the need to replace gasoline and oil, with environmentally friendly energy-saving use of low-cost fuel vehicles beyond the superiority. But the car after the launch of the response was disappointing, GM only EV1 to long-term lease to the owners, and not in the market open sale, and then more expensive, the use of inconvenience on the grounds that in 2000 to stop production The car and reclaim all vehicles to scrap it. The film's director Chris Payne is a loyal supporter of the general EV1 electric car, that it has the characteristics of the city scooter is the perfect choice. After all the scrapped vehicles, he had a general EV1 electric car onto the screen to explore its idea from the production to the fall, the final cost of film.
"Who killed the electric car" movie poster
As mentioned above, although the general EV1 charging technology is still not complete, travel 80 miles to charge for several hours. But with no petrol taste, the advantages of small noise, many loyal supporters believe that his mileage for the city in terms of traffic is enough. These advocates held a funeral for the EV1 in the desert of California after being reclaimed and discarded. In the film, Chris Payne questioned why the electric car was loaded with a lot of fuel trucks can not match the advantages into the grave? The emergence of electric cars, in the end is moving who's cake?
Chris Payne described the fall of the generic EV1 electric car as a murder in the form of a documentary, and the process of filming was a process of finding the murderer. The film explores carmakers, legislators, engineers, consumers and car enthusiasts in Detroit, Los Angeles, from the motive to the analysis of evidence. And ultimately the fall of the electric car spear pointing to the US oil giant and their accomplice.
"Who killed the electric car" stills
The emergence of electric vehicles, at the time was the first to be affected by the Exxon Mobil, Chevron Longshi Gu and ConocoPhillips and other major world-class oil giants. If the electric car in accordance with the situation at the time of the smooth development, and even to replace the internal combustion engine car, will make them suffer more than 100 billion gallons of gasoline per year near the loss of one trillion US dollars, which seriously threatened their monopoly in the car fuel power status.
As a result, oil companies first invented a well-known grassroots organizations to waste taxpayer money on the grounds against the California government to build a charging station and charge additional costs; vigorously the acquisition of battery technology company shares, so that more complete battery technology can not be applied to electric On the car; finally continue to lobby the government and the media people, strongly to advocate their electric car useless.
Joseph Joseph, who was interviewed
One of the major offenders of the oil company is the US government, or the fall of GM's EV1, the US government's policy change is one of the reasons. The rise of the electric car during that time, behind the driving force is the Carter government to promote new energy, the establishment of the Department of Energy and support the California "zero emissions bill." And thanks to the tireless efforts of the oil company, to the Bush administration came to power, to make the means to veto the "zero emissions bill"; attempt to use slow hydrogen fuel vehicles to replace electric vehicles; through policies to help fuel trucks to seize the market and The situation of electric vehicles is indifferent.
The last accomplice is also the most unexpected one: EV1 electric car manufacturer General Motors. Among the previously mentioned Zero Emissions Acts, one of them was that automakers had to produce zero-pollution cars as a condition to continue selling petrol vehicles in California. In order to meet this condition, manufacturers have launched electric vehicles, EV1 is born in this case. This led to GM's view of EV1 is only a policy to meet the products, manufacturing costs are high, less profit, the negative treatment of the development of electric vehicles. Car manufacturers are on the development of electric vehicles only rent not to sell; on the "zero emissions bill" while playing side, while dealing with the government, while the joint oil giant to the government pressure; very little advertising to create a kind of electric The car did not market illusion; and finally even served as the executioner, the market is still running EV1 centralized recovery and destruction.
"Who killed the electric car" movie screenshots
An epoch-making electric car so in the pressure of collapse under the collapse of many, became history. With the increase in air pollution, fossil energy reduction, new energy vehicles once again into the people's eyes. We always say to learn from history, then the rise of new wave of new energy vehicles in the trend, the rise and fall of GM EV1 life can give us what kind of inspiration?
