General Motors has been at the centre of one of the nation’s largest contentions over clean emissions-cars. In 1996 the company introduced the EV-1 electric auto in California and Arizona. Hundreds of the electric autos were shortly on the route. Then they all disappeared. The enigma behind their disappearing is the topic of the docudrama “Who Killed the Electric Car? ”

Electric vehicles had many advantages over their rivals in the early 1900s. They did non hold the quiver. odor. and noise associated with gasolene autos. Changing cogwheels on gasolene autos was the most hard portion of driving. while electric vehicles did non necessitate gear alterations. Even though the autos seemed to be the following large thing. they ended up being non so successful. There have been many allegations to whom or what go on to kill the electric auto.

In 2000. tragedy struck as all EV-1’s were recalled. In 2003. California’s zero emanations vehicle authorization was killed and General Motors officially closed down the full EV-1 undertaking despite the long waiting lists and positive feedback from EV-1 drivers. This awful offense did non travel unnoticed by the populace.

Consumers were outraged by the recalling of EV-1’s. They wanted to cognize why person would acquire rid of a auto that would assist out the environment and would do things better for the hereafter. Person is to fault for killing the electric auto. but who? Was it the large oil companies and their fright of losing money? Could it be the battery engineering in the EV-1’s that was faulty?