Last night, for the first time I saw the documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car? It is an enjoyable movie and I highly recommend it. It seems though that I watched this movie at a rather ironic time.
GM has developed a new electric car, the Chevy Volt, as its argument for government bail out money. President Obama's task force visited GM on Monday and test drove the new car. The task force is charged with figuring out if GM is still an economically viable company and if it deserves bail out money.
It seems ironic though that GM is going back to a car, the EV1, that it developed in the late 90's and later took off the market because it wasn't deemed profitable. The new economic shift is forcing GM to revive the old idea in search of a way to revive their company. The Chevy Volt is expected to be available in 2010. If you would like to follow the Volt, check out this blog or if you are just a bit bored CHECK out some other electic cars like Aptera 2e which will be available in Cali in October!
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI2iCE51R9U
ReplyDeleteCheck it!
And with this new nanoball battery, it'll soon be possible to recharge a car in mere minutes.
ReplyDeleteOk, I'm really not a car guy. They all look the same to me. Seriously though, that car looks a heck of a lot like the EV 1. Did they just rename it so Obama would throw them cash?
ReplyDeleteThat movie is great, Chloe, I'm glad you managed to watch it. On that note, they've done the hard work already. They were production ready on the EV 1. They have a working concept of this "new" car, that means they've been building this car for at least 3 years, probably more like 10, couting the old model