Who Killed the Electric Car? Quotes

  • Mel Gibson: Who writes the history? Um, well... The guy with the biggest club.

  • Narrator: A fuel cell car, powered by hydrogen made with electricity, uses three to four times more energy than a car powered by batteries.

  • David Freeman: The oil industry and the automobile companies are resistant to change. The American people need to be reminded that it took a law to get seatbelts in the cars. It took a law to get airbags in the cars. It took a law to get the mileage up from 12 to 20 miles per gallon. It took a law to get catalytic converters to control the pollution. And i think clean cars are too important to be left to the automobile industry.

  • Ed Begley Jr.: The electric vehicle is not for everybody. It can only meet the needs of 90 percent of the population.

  • Eric Garcetti: I was an EV1 driver, still am, from 1998 until December of this year when GM will have to pry it out of my charger's dead cold hands.

Extended Reading
  • Kaela 2022-03-26 09:01:15

    The competition between environmental protection and interests is the truth

  • Shanna 2022-03-23 09:03:36

    It is heartbreaking to see the crystallization of the wisdom and blood and sweat of the working people being actually ground into powder and piled up in the garbage dump. Humans do really shitty things for control and greed. When capitalism develops to a certain stage, the collusion of power and wealth becomes the most terrifying enemy of the development of human society, and even leads people to death in great strides. Be vigilant!