A new ecomentary is up. Be prepared for this genre now that Al Gores “and inconvenient truth” is nominated for two Oscar (well, one is for the soundtrack) a lot more will come since these movies also proves to be good business. This one is called “Who Killed the Electric Car?” and once again the oil industry and President Bush are among the usual suspects:

“It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American  … all » technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert?”

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It reminds me of the local big time start up company when I was a young teenager. The company produced hundres if not thousands of these one-person electric cars called “Ellerts”. They could run about 40 km/h. and had a range at a bit more than 30 km. The price was low as far as I remember a new one could be purchased for 6-7.000 euro in 1990. Unfortunately the company did not have any experience in this field, the technological financial challenges where to much and the company went bankrupt.

The Ellert was produced some years after that in Germany and some fanatics are still driving around in their Ellerts.

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