Electric Cars Won’t Save Us [Part 2]

The Climate Denier's Playbook

How I'm I supposed to live my life with a car that only goes 300 miles per charge when I might need to go to the dry cleaner 4 miles from my house?

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CREDITS

• Created by: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan & Ben Boult
• Hosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole Conlan
• Executive Producer: Ben Boult
• Producer: Gregory Haddock
• Editor: Brittany Terrell
• Researchers: Carly Rizzuto, Canute Haroldson & James Crugnale
• Art: Jordan Doll
• Music: Tony Domenick
• Special thanks: The Civil Liberties Defense Center

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Additional Media:

• The horror of alligator attack on boy at Disney World resort is detailed in new reports - Los Angeles Times
• America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars - The Atlantic
• Robinson Meyer, Elon Musk Is Putting the EV Transition in Peril
• Ed Zitron, Enron Musk Ft. Ed Niedermeyer
• VW Beetle converted to electric in a day
• How The Cheapest Electric Car In The World Held Up After 1 Year
• Unboxing The World's Cheapest New Car Reveals It's So Much Better Than You Think
• [HOONIGAN] DT 012: Electric Smart Car Burnouts, Donuts and Other Bad Ideas
• I'm an electric car - The Simpsons
• WATCH: Pete Stauber Tears Into Sec. Pete Buttigieg Over EV Mandates

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