I want an electric car. But, after seeing this movie, I don't. Not if it makes me wear blinders like I'm some sort of one legged pack horse named Hoppy. This "documentary" seems to have been made by people who hate cars, don't understand them, don't want to even try. All combustion engines are pure evil, they say. It's ludicrous. They even state that the EV1 was fast. It wasn't, similar to a Honda Fit (which only gets 30 combined, but still!). And the condescending tone of the film is insulting to an extreme. They dumb down the tech to the point where it's isn't even addressed. This movie was stupid, stupid, stupid. It should have been much more balanced. Are the car companies evil? Yes. Are all of the people working in them? No.
Still, the big car companies are stupid, too. There is absolutely NO reason why they don't produce more EVs and hybrids. They can do it, they just don't want to. It will change sooner or later, no matter what. Whether they want to do it or not.
A better usage of your time might be to read Electric and Hybrid Cars: A History by Curtis Anderson.
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