2006-08-25 14:13:10 · 6 answers · asked by Q~ 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
It's not quite dead yet... take a look at this site, you'll see pictures of the hundreds and hundreds of electric car owners and their cars:
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http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/
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The technology used in General Motors' EV1 lives on in the 135 mph Tesla electric sports car, which out-accelerates a Ferrari:
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http://www.teslamotors.com
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And the affordable, everyday EV is right around the corner. Here's an affordable, imported electric car that gets 200 miles per charge, and does 80 mph:
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http://www.milesautomotive.com/products_xs200.html
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Check your electric rates. Where I live, I can drive my EV for about a penny per mile. Gas is closer to 10 cents/mile and climbing.
2006-08-26 03:45:12 · answer #1 · answered by apeweek 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the movie, it was the pressure from the oil companies that led to the demise of the electric car. They pressured the politicians and auto companies (and in a way, they bribed them) into stopping the manufacture of the electric car in the mid 90's for fear that people wouldn't use their oil as much. Greedy capitalists.
2006-08-25 14:25:34 · answer #2 · answered by C. Menstein 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oil companies and by extension, the auto industry. oil companies were threatened by a zero fuel car. and since they are one in the same as the auto industry got the auto companies to kill the electric car in favor of a technology (fuel cell) that will take 20 years to develop. that gives the oil/auto companies lots of time to reap temporary benefits.
meanwhile, the japanese auto makers jumped on hybrid and left the american companies in the dust. hybrid is probably just a bridge to the next big thing but the u.s. completely missed the boat on it. now they're trying to catch up and doing a very bad job at it. putting hybrids into massive suv's so they can get 20 mpg instead of 12 mpg. by the time the u.s. catches up to hybrids the technology will have moved on.
2006-08-25 14:24:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the electric car is not dead just evolved into a hybred. the electric was too slow and created a traffic problem. by adding a gas engine with electric you have the best of two worlds. besides the electrics were really ugly.
2006-08-25 14:38:46 · answer #4 · answered by La-z Ike 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Consumers. If your product is in low enough demand, you just stop making the product.
2006-08-25 14:19:49 · answer #5 · answered by nighthawk_842003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bush
2006-08-25 14:18:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋