It’s Friday Night! Grab some popcorn, cuddle up with a blanket, and watch our top EV stars for this week!
EDUCATIONAL
Watch some EV documentaries and you'll sound like an EV expert!
not rated | 50 minutes
If there was ever a premonition about what Tesla could achieve, it was outlined in this National Geographic feature 8 years ago. Focused on the goals of Elon Musk and what his firm hopes to achieve, the Nat Geo piece goes on to elaborate on how the company looks to shake up the motoring world.
not rated | 49 minutes
"Electric Kingdom" is a behind the scenes documentary following the first Formula E electric car race in the Middle East. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, famous as being the world’s largest producer of oil, played host to an electric car race to make a statement. Sustainability is a core focus of the nation’s 2030 vision and Electric Kingdom captures history as the Saudi’s host Formula E in the capital Rhiyad.
SCIENCE FICTION
EVs are no longer a thing of our imagination. Here are the sci-fi movies that got the world's electric future right!
PG | 2 hr 05 min
Sam, the son of famous video-game developer Kevin Flynn, has been haunted for a long time by his father's mysterious disappearance. A strange signal draws Sam to Flynn's Arcade, and he is pulled into the same cyberworld in which his father, its creator, has been trapped for 20 years. With fearless warrior Quorra, Kevin and Sam seek to escape from a universe that, while magnificent, is far more advanced and dangerous than Kevin had ever imagined.
FUN FACT: The iconic TRON Light Cycle is real! Powered by a 96-volt electric motor and lithium-ion batteries, the real-life Tron Light Cycle reaches a top speed of over 100 mph.
PG | 1 hr 56 min
In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents and must make sure that they fall in love or he'll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown.
FUN FACT: The DeLorean time machine, a DMC DeLorean vehicle with a flux capacitor, requires 1.21 gigawatts of power and needs to travel 88 miles per hour (142 km/h) to initiate time travel.
VIRTUAL TEST DRIVES
These people reviewed these EV cars so you don't have to!
New 2022 Nissan Ariya electric SUV first drive – DrivingElectric
March 22, 2022 | 9 min 23 sec
In 2011, Nissan launched the revolutionary Leaf: the world’s first mainstream family electric car. But times have changed. Over a decade later, the Japanese brand’s latest EV, the Ariya family SUV, faces a wide range of established competitors from the likes of Ford, Tesla, VW, Kia, Hyundai and more. It arrives in UK showrooms later this year, and Grace Webb has already had the chance to drive a near-production prototype – here’s what she thought of it...
Nissan Leaf electric hatchback review - DrivingElectric
October 19, 2018| 3 min 18 sec
The Nissan Leaf is the world’s best-selling electric car and it’s not very hard to see why. With either a 40kWh battery for a 168-mile official electric range in the standard model, or a 62kWh battery for a 239-mile electric range in the 'e+' variant, there’s a version of this second-generation Leaf to suit every buyer, from the city commuter to the high-mileage motorway driver switching to an electric vehicle from a petrol or diesel car.
Hyundai Kona Electric SUV review - DrivingElectric
May 18, 2021| 6 min 32 sec
A compact SUV launched in 2018, Hyundai's Kona has been offered with petrol, diesel and hybrid power during its time on sale, but this fully electric version is possibly the most impressive of the bunch. While the combustion-engined variants are little more than midfield runners in their class, the zero-emissions Kona is one of best electric family cars you can buy – and even more so after its 2021 update and styling refresh.
THANKS FOR WATCHING!
We hope you enjoyed our picks for ELECTRIC movies.
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