This 2006 documentary film, Who Killed the Electric Car?, explores the birth, limited commercialization, and subsequent death of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the 1990s… lest we forget our very recent history.
The EV1 was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert? The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology.
Segment 1: (8:45 min) When the state of California discovered that GM started a pilot electric car program, environmentalists push for mandates to the car companies to produce cleaner and greener cars.
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