ron j asked:
They seemed like they were really pushing and fighting to get some electric cars going in california back in 2001 or so. What happened? Did the federal govt stop it or something? why?
yeah I am sure they were not perfect back then, but imagine what advancements could have been made in 7 years of building more and more of them? Who killed this idea?
why was the electric car killed? by whom? why? details please.
They seemed like they were really pushing and fighting to get some electric cars going in california back in 2001 or so. What happened? Did the federal govt stop it or something? why?
yeah I am sure they were not perfect back then, but imagine what advancements could have been made in 7 years of building more and more of them? Who killed this idea?
why was the electric car killed? by whom? why? details please.
Tags: Electric Car | Federal Govt | Imagine
February 17th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Americans killed it.
February 20th, 2009 at 10:30 am
The cars were leased and not sold..after the end of the leases they were all taken and dismantled or destroyed..and the technology wasn’t and will not be used again.
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Electric cars were part of the goals for a certain percentage of Zero Emission Vehicles or Ultra Low Emission Vehicles….I’m never sure which category they belong to. The state had a fixed goal of a certain percentage of each. Technology did not seem to be keeping up, and the broad appeal of Hybrids meant the state was substantially meeting its goals of reducing greenhouse gases from vehicles.
btw calling electric vehicles ZEV’s is a bit of a misnomer since we simply move the emissions from the tailpipe to the smokestack of the electric generating plant.
February 25th, 2009 at 6:09 am
This precise question was the subject of an award winning documentary, now available on DVD, called “Who Killed the Electric Car.”
You can download it from Amazon.com for $9.
It will give you a far deeper understanding of the issues than you could hope to get from a brief answer here.