In the 1990s, in order to reduce the harm of automobile exhaust to the environment and public health, California passed the "Zero Emissions Mandate", which stipulated that among the new cars sold in California in 1998, zero-emission vehicles must reach 2. %, and reached 10% in 2003, which is the most thorough anti-smoke bill since the catalytic converter was put into use. It was in this context that in 1996 GM introduced the revolutionary EV1 electric vehicle. At the heart of this car is the battery, which requires no petrol and oil changes, no muffler, and little brake maintenance, with typical scheduled maintenance overhauls consisting only of replenishing windshield wiper fluid and tire rotation. In today's society where energy is increasingly tense, it has incomparable advantages such as low cost of environmental protection and energy saving compared with fuel vehicles, hybrid vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. But the response to the car's launch was disappointing. Six years later, the fleet of electric vehicles has sunk, and EV charging stations in California are covered in dust and cobwebs like tombstones. With regard to the loss of electric vehicles, automakers have concluded that such vehicles do not meet the needs of consumers
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EV1 is the fastest and most efficient electric car since the advent of the car. It is powered by electricity and has no emissions. The few people who are lucky enough to drive an electric car like Chris fell in love with it at first sight and did not want to think about it again. As to why General Motors self-destructed a large inventory of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert, it begs the question of Chris Payne. Hence the birth of this documentary
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