Vw s electrify america taps flintstones jetsons to promote evs more people know the 1960s cartoons than know electric cars exist.
Electric cars commercial flintstones.
The campaign here is part of 45 million public education program and includes a television commercial called jetstones which features general motors co s fully electric chevy bolt model and.
They re fast quiet and fun to drive.
The flintstones character wearing a full beard and plaid shirt pulls up to a stoplight in an aging subaru outback painted orange to evoke fred flintstone s stone wheeled foot powered car.
And industry forecasts project that electric cars won t exceed 5.
Plug in electric cars accounted for only 1 2 percent of u s.
Say goodbye to the stone age.
He was paid 350 000 and insisted that it not be shown in england he still makes a persuasive case.
The bolt ditches the tree hugger sticker present on the outback s rear bumper and.
Comparisons aside the ad is clearly pushing the modern and fun approach that electric cars have on the world.
The volkswagen group of america says that the instant acceleration and affordability of electric cars makes them more fun than ever.
In between as the ad talks about electric car affordability it shows the hyundai ioniq electric at an electrify america dc fast charge station.
Olivier did only one commercial in his career this 1972 spot for the polaroid sx 70.
In references to the well known television shows the flintstones and the jetsons a self proclaimed planet hugger driving a traditional gas powered car comes up to a stoplight alongside a more futuristic version of himself driving an electric car.