Starting in the mid 90's electric cars appeared on California roadways. One major modern effort began with auto conglomerate General Motors. They called their new no emission vehicles the EV-1.
Environmentalists praised them and heralded the age of no pollution vehicles. But when the California air quality board stopped requiring such stringent standards, GM decided to abandon the project.
This film asks if the car companies ever had any intentions of really producing them. Did GM and others have close ties to big oil? Was the battery technology just not there yet?
Why did they take them back from the lease holders and crush them and shred the data? I mean why would anyone want to just ignore research?
I remember seeing the EV-1 commercials and thinking, what are they selling here? They seemed like they were calling for the end of humanity. Eerie and surreal, yeah.. great marketing ploy there GM.
Have a watch and it'll make you wonder what was going on. I might have placed this in the Gem category, but I still had questions after it was over.
Look in Bandon, Coos Bay and North Bend for this fascinating DVD.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/
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