EVs in popular culture ... where are they?

[Tommy]

Is it just me or is there a distinct lack of mention of EVs in popular culture, films, TV, books, music, etc. I don't actually watch that much TV, so it may have passed me by, but the only reference to EVs I can think of in recent memory was in the recent series of Vigil - and that was used as an insult against the main character

Can be seen at 1:45 if you want to skip ahead

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Let's see... (takes deep breath)

• GM EV1 shown charging in "For All Mankind" season 2.
• Renault Megane e-Tech in the latest series of Shetland.
• EVERY car except Crowley's Bentley in Good Omens season 2.
• In Netflix's "Bodies", there's a Megane e-Tech in the "present" scenes and a concept Scenic e-Tech in the "Future" scenes
• In "Red Notice", the Rock drives a Porsche Taycan
• EVERY car in "The World's End" (Cornetto Trilogy) was a Vauxhall Ampera
• Spiderman: No Way Home had an Ioniq 5
• Avengers: Endgame - Stark drives an e-Tron to the funeral
• The 2009 remake of "The Italian Job" used prototype electric Minis, for safety reasons
• There's a Renault Kangoo (and Zappi charger) regularly seen on Emmerdale
• A Nissan Ariya in Gran Turismo
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps has a Tesla Roadster

For more, try searching The Internet Movie Cars Database

 

[Archev]

I find yon Postman Pat’s Van really quiet - or am I needing the old ears checked out ?

 

[Tommy]

Let's see... (takes deep breath)

• GM EV1 shown charging in "For All Mankind" season 2.
• Renault Megane e-Tech in the latest series of Shetland.
• EVERY car except Crowley's Bentley in Good Omens season 2.
• In Netflix's "Bodies", there's a Megane e-Tech in the "present" scenes and a concept Scenic e-Tech in the "Future" scenes
• In "Red Notice", the Rock drives a Porsche Taycan
• EVERY car in "The World's End" (Cornetto Trilogy) was a Vauxhall Ampera
• Spiderman: No Way Home had an Ioniq 5
• Avengers: Endgame - Stark drives an e-Tron to the funeral
• The 2009 remake of "The Italian Job" used prototype electric Minis, for safety reasons
• There's a Renault Kangoo (and Zappi charger) regularly seen on Emmerdale
• A Nissan Ariya in Gran Turismo
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps has a Tesla Roadster

For more, try searching The Internet Movie Cars Database

Just me then ... guess I don't watch enough TV !

 

[Rolfe]

I was reading the sixth in a fantasy series about a group of people in present-day Britain with special powers derived from and bringing them close to nature. The author tells us what sort of car everyone drives. Our hero has an old Land Rover he managed to rescue and restore after it was completely submerged in an earlier adventure. His girlfriend has a Toyota. Others have a Fiesta and a Honda. Not a single EV among them. It was only reading this installment (published a couple of months ago) after having got my EV that I started wondering why such an eco-aware group of people isn't even thinking about the CO2 they're spewing out. Our hero has a particular affinity for trees, too.

I don't think it has even occurred to the author. I don't think EVs are even on her radar. Our hero does dash off across the country in the "Landy" and in the most recent book he was saved because he was driving it - comment that he'd have been toast if he'd been in a Fiesta. How would they cope if they were having to watch their range, and couldn't fill up in five minutes? What would Dan drive if he gave up diesel?

I don't know, but it would be interesting to work it in, and it's something that will have to be faced eventually.

 

[Gadget Geek]

Bob Llewellyn did a "Fully Charged" video from the set of Emmerdale, which highlighted the EV's and Zappi chargers they have on set.

 

[Gadget Geek]

More to the point, where are all the government EV's which they should be using to shuttle the cabinet around to various meetings etc?

 

[Rolfe]

Aren't they? In London, too? That's nuts.

 

[Tommy]

More to the point, where are all the government EV's which they should be using to shuttle the cabinet around to various meetings etc?

They really should be leading by example, shouldn't they ... ?

 

[OriginalBigAl]

What were the power plants in the futuristic cars from UFO ? and when Jimmy Bond (Roger Moore ) drove his Lotus off the pier into the briney he must have had some batteries in there, are we allowing hybrids?

 

[Gadget Geek]

Aren't they? In London, too? That's nuts.

Yep. When you see them on the news rolling up outside Number Ten, they're all gas guzzlers.

 

[Grriff]

Yep. When you see them on the news rolling up outside Number Ten, they're all gas guzzlers.

Ah, the problem is that we don't yet have electric helicopters and luxury private planes.

 

[Ian Key]

The Hairy Bikers used electric motorbikes in Hairy Bikers Go Local

 

[JimD]

..........................

• The 2009 remake of "The Italian Job" used prototype electric Minis, for safety reasons

That one alone is a gem.

 

[m4rmite]

Wait till the new bev range rover hits the streets.

All the wannabes will have them in their pop videos and reality shows.

 

[dsimpkins]

EVERY car except Crowley's Bentley in Good Omens season 2.

Not every car, Sam drove a Fiesta, and Gary had an old Ford Grenada called "The Beast"

 

[Nicko]

I can't believe no one mentioned Logans Run lol

 

[dsimpkins]

or Automan

 

[m4rmite]

Morbius on netflix. A taycan at the very end.

 

[Ruislip Resident]

In the recent Netflix cimedy crime show 'The Brother's Sun' some assassins arrived at a club on electric motorbikes.