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News & Culture | Will battery issues kill the electric car?
This article is all over the place with little news but the last paragraph
I was moved by WKTEC and can agree to the term "activist" but as Chris Paine said, "People take from the film what they want."
The film speads blame all around. This author chose the batteries to blame. And fails to note that the batteries in the EV1 are at least three technology(s) ago.
News & Culture | Will battery issues kill the electric car?
This article is all over the place with little news but the last paragraph
In 2006, an activist "documentary" about GM's ill-fated foray a decade ago into battery-powered cars, the EV1, asked, "Who killed the electric car?" The filmmaker offered an elaborate conspiracy theory involving oil companies, but the truth is that clunky inefficient batteries did the electric car in. And unless there is a spectacular breakthrough in electricity storage technology, clunky expensive batteries will likely kill the electric car this time, too.
I was moved by WKTEC and can agree to the term "activist" but as Chris Paine said, "People take from the film what they want."
The film speads blame all around. This author chose the batteries to blame. And fails to note that the batteries in the EV1 are at least three technology(s) ago.