Critical Analysis # 10
“Who Killed the Electric Car?”

From the movie I watched, “Who Killed the Electric Car?” 2006 year by the director Chris Paine, is impressed me very much. The truth that coming out of this movie is leaving in the audience’s mind exclamation, contradiction, and questions. This is not just a film about a car, it is film about us. But more than that, it is an uplifting film about us. About the nation that could be prosper in the future life with amazing life conditions. The plot of this movie is about the electric car in 90-s which was very popular and was becoming very high on demand among U.S. consumers. However, for the big monopolies and for the government was unprofitably to multiply and distribute these electric cars. In fact, the electric cars were much cheaper in use for consumers, because of the several aspects.
The first and the most important aspect was petroleum. For the petroleum company the electric car could cause their bankruptcy, and therefore it is not profitably to distribute on the market the electric car. Second, electric cars were much cheaper than gas/petroleum cars; in fact, they did not need the expensive repair like gas/petroleum cars needed. This means that enormous car and dealer shops will no longer need for E.C. Also, no longer need for E.C. expensive spare parts, therefore no more spending on car parts.

The big pressure was coming from the petroleum companies and government; however, the biggest reason to terminate the existence of electric car was unprofitable for GM Company. This is the company which was producing these electric cars. The GM board of directors never really wanted the car to succeed as they didn't think they would make profit from the car. They saw losses from development costs and the virtual absence of maintenance and replacement parts which, for gas cars, bring ongoing profits.
In contradict of these three biggest “sharks” there was the CARB organization (The Californian Air Resources Board) which was against all of them. The CARB organization was trying to prevent the existence of petroleum cars but they were for producing electric cars. The CARB organization was fighting against the petroleum cars because they were causing problems such as: global warming, kid’s asthma, pollution and etc. But the electric car was clean for pollution and nature.
However, the battle between CARB vs. GM Company and petroleum companies terminated in favor of GM and petroleum companies. From my humble opinion I think that the big monopolies will win always. In fact, they control everybody and everything so therefore there is unfortunately to fight against such big companies. It is sadly that electric car has been ruined and terminated its existence. However, I hope and believe that the EC will come back soon.