Documentary
A CONTRESENS
THE AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY ON EV SUSTAINABILITY Interview by Joanna Pays & Martin Gillet
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time is set for action. We reached out to the editorial Team of ‘A Contresens’. This is their story. Nous Production’s most recent documentary, A Contresens, was the fruit of a deep, independent research project to compare the real environmental impact of electric and petrol-driven vehicles. Essential viewing if you want to know the true facts!
THE BEGINNINGS OF A FACT-FINDING MISSION
Since the beginning, it has been quite a challenge to fully support the ‘rEVolution’ and ‘Evangelizing’ of our Peers as way too many lobbyists and fakenews are out there. Although most of us have enough experience and background knowledge of the subject as we embraced the e-Mobility, the Grand Public is sadly gullible and very sensitive to these incorrect information, leading to quick shortcuts and conclusions. Sadly. We were very pleased to see the ‘A Contresens’ initiative rising and getting broadcasted. It is one of the many sources that still need to be disclosed to the Grand Public again and again in order to successfully the counter fakenews surrounding us everyday. A much needed ‘debunking’ with a great line up of guests. Today the
Nous Production is a TV production company based in Switzerland. The company was co-founded by TV and radio journalist Jonas Schneiter and by engineer Marc Muller. Their area of expertise is in sustainable development. In 2017, Marc and Jonas converted a vintage Volkswagen Camper Van into an electric vehicle, complete with solar panels. They were then interviewed about the project by the Swiss national TV news program, Aujourd’hui. “We started to notice a lot of comments from people, saying EV’s have a heavier impact on the environment than petrol-engine cars” says Jonas. “That’s when we saw that there was a real need for deep and independent research into the facts – especially in terms of manufacturing, where there seem to be a lot of unproven myths.”
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