In 1996, a fleet of electric cars began to hit the road in the United States. They were leased to drivers for about $500 a month. They were ground up for scap just a few years later.
Only a few are left today.
Who Killed the Electric Car chronicles the vehicle’s demise.
The director of the movie (trailer) talks about it on Science Friday.
“The real story is they never wanted to make this car. They were forced to make this car because California passed a law. It was called the Zero Emissions Mandate. It threatened a lot of things. It threatened things beyond the car companies.
Why were the cars taken away? They wouldn’t sell you a car. They would only lease the car. And we suspect they would only lease the car because they were just waiting till they could overturn the law and take the cars back because that’s precisely what they did.
But the truth is this won’t come back unless the government mandates it, the car companies have corporate wisdom and consumers demand it.”
EV World has more.
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