Who killed the electric car?

WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR

Introduction

Chris Pain film is however based on some more recent efforts which were implemented by the California Air Resource Board when it passed an emission bill which supported that any auto company which wanted to sell car in the market had to make sure that more about 2 percent of the cars sold were emission free . This was later expected to be increased to about 10 percent by 2003 . California is one of the biggest auto markets in the country and thereof a number of car

producers immediately took to the demand of the bill and started producing electric car . Notable among them was Ford EV1 which signed Electric Vehicle 1 . There were about 5 ,000 electric cars which were produced in the market but in a turn event which amazed everyone , 4 ,000 of these cars which were in good state were eventually crushed . There were several reasons which were given about why the car was killed . GM argued that there was low demand for the car in the market . It was argued that the technology used was not promising and the battery used could not store enough power to cover average daily miles for most Americans . The hydrogen fuel cell that was used in the care was also said to consume more power than the average battery and therefore unprofitable . However , all these reasons have been refuted and straight facts given on the death of the car . We can therefore strongly assert that there was conspiracy theory between the auto industry and the oil industry which eventually led to the destruction of the car that had provided American with a solution to the environment problem of emission (Luton , 2007

Conspiracy behind the death of the electric car

GM had stared producing the EV1 model in 1996 and the first car was immediately leased . Consequently the company then invested heavily in the production of the cars . However the company discounted the production of the car arguing the there was low demand for the car . But his has been shown that there was a long list of those who had requested for the car and those who were leased had promised to buy their cars by the expiry of the lease . There was high demand for the car in the market since unlike the gasoline powered car , it required less maintenance cost . However on the part of the company it is evident that they make a lot of money from spare parts and if this car did not breakdown , then there would be low demand for spare parts . This means that the reason behind the discontinuation of the production of the care was not due to low demand but to its impact on GM 's business . It means the company valued its profits more than the environmental effect of its cars (Shnayerson , 2006

We have already said that right from the start , the production of electric car was hampered by the conspiracy between ford...