Saturday, September 22, 2012

Who killed the electric car

Who killed the electric car is an interesting film about the unwillingness for change over to electric cars by the manufacturers.
The film focuses on the californian area by providing the viewer with shocking statistics of the reality of  the poor air quality. This poor air quality is blamed on the high emission cars that company's like honda and GM produce. The government produced legislation to force companies such like the ones mentioned above to provide the market with zero emission cars. They were told that if they wanted to keep selling cars in california they would have to comply with this legislation.

The film shows the whole process of the electric cars design in great detail with an investigatory view, showing the design, manufacturing, speed bumps and set backs and the eventual destruction of the vehicle and the project.

I did find the film a little sad to see how big corporations have such a hold on what other people would call progress. It does show the bad side of the business world where they have the power to really change something and help people but due to what seems like selfish reasons refuse to do so.

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