This is the version of the “Who Killed the Electric Car?” trailer that I worked on. It was tweaked and changed by another, final editor, and that slightly different version is the one you could see in theaters preceding Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”. Who Killed really is a great movie/documentary, and I am not just saying that because I worked on it as an assistant/associate editor for 6 months, and poured my heart into it. It is an important film whose message is vital to a green …
“Who Killed the Electric Car?” TRAILER edited in part by me.
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#1 by kostea13 at December 11th, 2008
Toyota RAV EV have 100 miles range and run on NiMH batery pack watch who killed the electric car movie
#2 by GoodMarilynManson at December 15th, 2008
Ah Jesus, but why nobody go kill them ALL!
With all the serial killers and maniacs here in USA no one go to kill the right people. Wasted Talent.
#3 by aja145 at December 16th, 2008
i have to study this movie for a huge science test tomorrow. thanks for the helpful comments guys, i hope i get an A on this! eek!
#4 by aja145 at December 16th, 2008
Are you aware of how the consumers murdered the electric car and what their motives were? I am stumped on this one.
#5 by thoughtchallenge at December 16th, 2008
Was that the NiMH battery that Chevron has patent on, or am I thinking of a different battery?
#6 by thoughtchallenge at December 16th, 2008
Shanghaikidx- The car companies did not pull the car, because the technology wasn’t there. They pulled it because it had low maintenance requirements, and because they were not in the battery and electric motor business which essentially would place all of their engine works out of production.
#7 by thoughtchallenge at December 16th, 2008
We can all point fingers at the car companies both foreign and domestic for killing the EV, however these companies are invested in gasoline engine plants and equipment. A switch to EV would mean shutting down those plants and laying people off. If you really want to see electric cars you need to get somebody like General Electric in the business, they make electric motors and would be able to ramp up battery production which would mean new business for them.
#8 by thoughtchallenge at December 16th, 2008
aja145- How is it that the consumer killed the electric car? Have you seen the movie? If you had watched the movie, you would have seen that the automaker marketing was not aimed at promoting the vehicle. EVs are not for everyone, but the owners liked them. Basically, it is not in the industry’s interest to make high quality cars, that don’t require regular maintenance.
#9 by aja145 at December 16th, 2008
No wonder I was stumped. Thanks for clearing things up.
#10 by joaquinveyron at December 17th, 2008
blablablaba … I don’t know how it is with shitty American car companies, but in Europe, we are technology leaders in automotive. So learn from us, if you want to change something.
And certainly no stupid oil companies would stop us from bringing an electric car to the market if it were ready for the taste of the mass markets.
#11 by thegreatkoua at December 30th, 2008
we all know
#12 by PitaUsatf at January 4th, 2009
You are absolutely correct.
#13 by PitaUsatf at January 4th, 2009
Well, I had tried to make it a direct reply: Yes it was Chevron who acquired the patent to the NiMh battery that makes EV vehicles practical NOW. Chevron will not let anybody DO anything with that patent thus placing a giant thumb on any possible progress to remove our addiction to the oil products THEY SELL.
#14 by PitaUsatf at January 4th, 2009
You must watch this entire production. It is hard to find, “someone” keeps having it removed from youtube, the versions that exist have technical issues, but keep resurfacing. Look for it, accept the technical problems and learn from the message.
#15 by emforty2 at February 13th, 2009
we wont win even if we drive electric cars
they will start taxing electic vehicles heavily as the reason you don’t buy gasoline and therefore not paying gas tax to pay for road building repair.
they are even now thinking of taxing bicycles for the same reason.
there was a song that had a verse “if you use the street they will tax your feet”
every move you make a tax will take !
#16 by briackman at March 10th, 2009
thoughtchallenge- whats better, a dying planet or a few hundred people losing they’re jobs, i would pick option b, because we will lose our jobs sometime or another, they can retrain, becoming something other than a gas plant worker.
joaquineyron is right, we should learn from europe…
#17 by yesturtle at March 18th, 2009
We should all drive cars that have only normal gaslines not cars that explode themselves and ruin the environment
Go green save gas only pollute if you have to because it hurts animals in the forrest
and when you take showers try to catch the water with a bucket so you save it
#18 by Tamayo1980 at April 5th, 2009
why we can’t have both. 90% of our driving is less than 40 miles a day. i wish i could have both eclectic and gas not one car with both. I don’t think saving my wash water is same as trying to help the recycle process. exploding cars. Sounds like the ford exploder and i know that was not electric. By the way what in normal about gasoline? do u know of an electric car that exploded? but i know that GM, Ford, even Toyota have recalled millions of car because they have explosive personalities.
#19 by Tamayo1980 at April 5th, 2009
thats wat the car companies want u to believe. which is more important Clean air or just keep gasoline vehicle till it too late to turn around. I not saying get rid of gas vehicles. why cant we have more than just GAS to choose from? we bailing then out anyway. and if GM had stick with EV-1 back then,Toyota would not have had a hard time filling Prius orders in 06-08. Gas is monopoly that’s just the truth, more competition is needed electric is the answer as its universal currency of energy.
#20 by Tamayo1980 at April 5th, 2009
Right, NO stupid car/oil company should tell us or let us believe that Electric is not the way. So lets spend billion on antiquated technology ( the combustion engine) hydrogen/fuel cells that are decades if not centuries away from practical production when we already had the answer in electric vehicles. GAS is just a monopoly and when we Americans face that fact, then they will start crying ” so what did my tax dollars go too”. the car companies will say the oil companies lol
#21 by shanghaikidx at April 5th, 2009
Who will ask the USA when it comes to develop good cars?? So who gives a shit about car “technology” coming from the USA?
“when we already had the answer in electric vehicles. ” ???? … What kind of weed do you smoke?? The answer was that e-cars are unpractical and not more eco-friendly than conventional cars. That’s the answer??
#22 by SeaLionMermaid at April 23rd, 2009
this film is not about taxing vehicles. sure, its important, but its about driving a car that will not harm our enviroment. People don’t think that its a big deal, but we are going to run out of oil sooner than we think…..we knew that it was a non-renewable resource from the beginning. You say that we can’t win……but we can!
#23 by grassfibre at April 24th, 2009
NEWSFLASH (apr. 09): In the Netherlands the electrical power companies decided to install 10.000 electricity uploading points to boost the development of the electric car. If you (US) are able to put men on the moon, making electric cars and their infrastucture able is just peanuts.
#24 by 13lackside at June 2nd, 2009
depending on the battery type.. battery’s can explode.. Lithium is one i know off top that will explode if over charged.. so yea, to answer ur question a car that runs on battery’s would probably run on lithium since its light and lasts longer.. but since its being charged over night in the example in the video.. unless theres a limiter lol allot of them would evenchually go boom.. im not a electrician pro just my .02..
#25 by PineEmbers at June 9th, 2009
Great movie, everyone should watch it.
An electric car is a fairly simple car compared to other cars – be it gas, diesel, hybrid and others.
They should be able to make them for a very reasonable price, although it might not be great for cross country trips it would be a great second vehicle.
With modern batteries the range is extending all the time, so it could be practical as a main vehicle for many people who could rent a car a few times a year for longer trips.