Who Killed The Electric Car

The electric car was an invention that was very popular to the United States. It was first created around 88 years ago in Richmond, Va. The electric car has many great benefits than a regular gasoline powered vehicle. The benefits over a gasoline powered vehicle are that the driver doesn’t use gas in an electric car; it creates less pollution for the environment, it makes less of a mess for mechanics, and the driver can charge it whenever they want to use it. Over the years the electric car was killed and is no longer around. There are many key features in the film “Who Killed the Electric Car” by Chris Paine that researches believe killed the electric car. The ones that are to blame are consumers, the battery, oil companies, car companies, government, and hydrogen fuel cell. We have to figure out who killed the electric car.

In the film “Who Killed the Electric” by Chris Paine they did research on what could have killed the electric car. The first study that they researched on what might of killed the electric car was the battery. They believe that the battery didn’t run how it was supposed to run and that’s why the car went at such a slow speed. They said it didn’t run on it’s usual speed. The battery had several problems to it. First of all, the battery took long to completely charge so the driver had to wait a couple hours for it to be done. A typical battery took about four to ten hours to be fully charged. Another problem with the battery is that they are expensive to buy especially if you want the high powered ones. They range from $20,000 to $30,000 for the advanced batteries. In the film Who Killed the Electric Car the battery was not guilty.

Another element that could have caused the electric car to die is the consumers. The electric car creates much less pollution than that of a regular gasoline powered vehicle. The gasoline powered vehicle creates pollution because of the gasoline and it harms the environment. In Chris Paine’s “Who Killed the Electric Car” film people didn’t want to drive the electric car because they were too busy driving big SUV’s. The electric car was powered by EV’s rather than gasoline. Eventually the consumers were guilty of the killing of the electric car.

Our next suspect is the government. In Chris Paine’s film “Who Killed the Electric Car” the government was also found guilty on the killing of the electric car. They made a lawsuit on the ZEV mandate which is the Zero Emission Vehicle stating that the electric car was effecting the fuel economy. Then finally in April 2004 the California Air Resources Board eliminated the Zero Emission Vehicle and permanently eliminated electric cars. The government was found guilty.

Overall, the electric car was an invention that had many great benefits to people. It had many great benefits than that of a regular gasoline powered vehicle. It didn’t run on gas, it created less pollution for the environment, and the driver can charge it whenever they want and use it. But eventually the electric car was killed and the only element not responsible for the killing of the electric car is the battery, all the rest of the elements are guilty and they are the ones responsible. If it wasn’t for the people, the oil company’s, the consumers, and the government the electric car would still be here.