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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If electric cars were to entirely replace gas-powered vehicles, what changes might we see on a domestic and global scale?
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Noe Gutierrez
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If at some point electric cars replace cars that use gasoline, we could notice a notable change in society's thinking because they would be prioritizing the care of the environment, beneficial in every sense.
Susanti Retno
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clean air from pollution
VIPIN KUMAR TYAGI
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It may reduce air pollution
Adrianna Gorosics
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reduce gas usage
C1 C2
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On a global scale, the world would be less polluted and in a personal scale we would have our conscience clean.
JOSHUA CRUZ
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they wont use gas
JOSHUA CRUZ
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done
juan camilo
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We could see how the price of oil will drop and a great benefit in the air pollution and climate change, because electric cars will not produce the absurd quantities of co2 diesel cars do.
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Matheus Arcanjo
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If it happened, on a global scale we could observe the drop of oil price and all the status quo build around it, with the changing of most powerfull nations. The board of power would change as well the economy model from many countries that have their economys oil based. Consequently, the cheapering of plastic products(maybe more plastic waste), a rise on air quality as on the health.
