Limitation of electric cars

As we know, electric cars have a lot of advantages. It saves the energy, it is environment friendly, and it is convenient. Nissan Leaf, which introduced in Japan and the U.S. in December 2010, attracted a lot of people. Leaf is the first mass-produced electric car for sale from a major manufacturer. The United State Environmental Protection Agency determined the range to be 118 kilometers, with an energy consumption of 765 KJ/km and rated the Leaf’s combined fuel economy at 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent.

But actually, electric car is not a new topic. The General Motors EV1 was an electric car produced a leased by the GMC from 1996 to 1999. It was the first mass-produced and purpose-designed electric vehicle of the modern ear from a major automaker. The video I posted was the trailer of a movie called Who Killed the Electric Car. The film explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the U.S, specifically the General Motors EV1. The film explores the roles of the automobile manufacturers, the oil Industry, the government, the Californian government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology.

The reason for me to post this video is that the movie made to think the limitation of electric cars. Nissan Leaf might have the same fate as General Motors EV1. We should notice the limitation when we look at the advantage of electric cars.

Jie Ji