It's also a biased, lopsided report. Guy I know who was an EV pioneer in California said it was so bad that, even though his career consisted of promoting EVs, he told people to avoid watching it because it presents such a skewed picture. Imagine it's been made by Michael Moore to put it into perspective. From what I can remember, and this was 20 years ago, his summary was that the EV1 was introduced purely to meet the ZEV mandate but in practice the vehicles were "saleproof" (his words). There wasn't any conspiracy to kill them.
fhn 16 hours ago [-]
They better get refund because most people would still get an EV if they can afford one.
maxrev17 15 hours ago [-]
The article is incoherent.
burnt-resistor 14 hours ago [-]
An inconvenient truth is a very large fraction of Americans dislike EVs and are ideologically/culturally married to ICEVs as part of their "culture"/"identity", and don't care about ecology or climate change. Manufactured consent probably has something to do with it. It's irrational because the TCO of EVs is obviously cheaper than ICEVs.
Synaesthesia 12 hours ago [-]
Advertising is propaganda. And it uses emotions to elicit people to respond in certain ways.
The ad industry likes to say that they're in the business of informing people so they can make better decisions. Whereas they make sure you're uninformed so you can make worse decisions.
5 hours ago [-]
singleshot_ 13 hours ago [-]
The TCO of a slim Jim is less than the TCO of a steak dinner, too.
toomuchtodo 17 hours ago [-]
Another data point that the auto industry is prioritizing protecting the status quo and profits over electrification.
Synaesthesia 11 hours ago [-]
It's also part of the US national policy to prefer fossil fuels and oil. The US has become the world's largest petrostate.
Among other topics, the film covers the zev mandate and its reversal after pressure from the industry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F
The ad industry likes to say that they're in the business of informing people so they can make better decisions. Whereas they make sure you're uninformed so you can make worse decisions.