The surprisingly long history of electric cars - Daniel Sperling and Gil Tal
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By the end of the 19th century, nearly 40% of American cars were electric. But these vehicles had a few major problems — early car batteries were expensive and inefficient, and the vehicles were twice the price of a gas-powered car. And so for the next several decades, gas-powered cars dominated the market. Can electric cars reclaim their place on the road? Daniel Sperling and Gil Tal investigate.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Gil Tal, Daniel Sperling
- Director Lobster Studio
- Narrator Jack Cutmore-Scott
- Storyboard Artist Miguel Ángel Camprubí
- Animator Ralitsa Aleksieva , Teodor Hristov
- Art Director Miguel Ángel Camprubí
- Composer Fabrizio Martini
- Sound Designer Fabrizio Martini
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Content Associate Abdallah Ewis
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Fact-Checker Jennifer Nam
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hillel dgani
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How can we be sure that the process of generating electricity for electric vehicles is not polluting as well?
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ellie yaacobi
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interesting question I think that this is one of the disadvantages to electric vehicles while the car itself isn't polluting the energy source is. buying electricity from a clean energy source is a good way to reduce pollution.
bobby wan
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in response to Christopher McDonald Show comment
why are you so pessimistic
bobby wan
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use renewable resources
Christopher McDonald
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You can't.
