Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

Directed by

Chris Paine

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

G

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 203 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at why early electric cars like the General Motors EV1 were taken off the road. It points fingers at car companies, oil interests, and government decisions.

investigativefrustratinginformativethought-provokingpolemicalurgentfast-paced

What happens

Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Chris Paine that explores the creation, limited commercialization and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the mid-1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the federal government of the United States, the California government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology. After a premiere at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, it was released theatrically by Sony Pictures Classics on June 28, 2006. A follow-up documentary, Revenge of the Electric Car, was released in 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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