Not-That-Bright
Andrew Quah
Just saw the movie. Quite an eye opening movie about this topic, even while I know of the problems with electric based cars etc...Wikipedia said:Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary film which investigates, murder mystery style, the birth, limited commercialization and subsequent death of the electric vehicle in the United States. The film explores the roles of automobile makers, oil industry, the US government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles and consumers, in relation to the number of battery electric vehicles available to consumers.
General topics addressed include electric vehicles, air pollution, environmentalism and global warming. The film deals with the history of the electric car, its development and commercialization, largely focused on the General Motors EV1, which was made available for lease in Los Angeles in the late 1990's, after the California Air Resources Board passed the ZEV Mandate in 1990. The California Air Resources Board reversed the mandate after suits from Automobile makers, the Oil industry and the George W. Bush Administration. The film also explores the future of automobile technologies including a frank look at Hydrogen vehicles and discussion of Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technologies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car
edit: Here is GM's response to the movie. http://www.gm.com/company/onlygm/fastlane_Blog.html#EV1
More useful links.
General:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EV1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle
http://www.drive.com.au/editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=8754
For:
http://www.cem.msu.edu/~cem181h/projects/97/fuelsub/EVs.html
http://www.herelectricvehicle.com/advantages.html
Against:
http://www.manicore.com/anglais/documentation_a/electric_car.html
Link about capacitors for battery nerds.
http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/5192/
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